604 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 15
tabhyam misalsv animisesu nisidhyamanah
sv-arhattama hy api hareh pratthara-pabhyam
ucuh suhrttama-didrksita-bhanga isat-
kamanujena sahasa ta upaplutaksah

tabhyam—by those two porters; misatsu—while looking on; animisesu—
demigods living in Vaikuntha; nisidhyamanah—being forbidden; su-
arhattamah—by far the fittest persons; ht api—although; hareh—of Hari, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; pratihara-pabhyam—by the two door-
keepers; tcuh—said; suhrltama—most beloved; didrksita—cagerness to
see; bhange—hindrance; isat—slight; kKama-anujena—by the younger brother
of lust (anger); sahasa—suddenly ; te—those great sages; upapluta—agitated;
aksah—eyes.

TRANSLATION

Although they were by far the fittest persons, when the Kumaras were
thus forbidden entrance by the two chief doorkeepers of Sri Hari while
other divinities looked on, their eyes suddenly turned red because of anger
due to their great eagerness to see their most beloved master, Sri Hari, the
Personality of Godhead.

PURPORT

According to the Vedic system, a sannyasi, a person in the renounced
order of life, is dressed in saffron colored garments. This saffron dress is
practically a passport for the mendicant and sannyasi to go anywhere.
The sannyasi’s duty is to enlighten people in Krsna consciousness. Those in
the renounced order of life have no other business but preaching the
glories and supremacy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore
the Vedic sociological conception is that a sannyast should not be
restricted; he is allowed to go anywhere and everywhere he wants, and he
is not refused any gift he might demand from a householder. The four
Kumaras came to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead Narayana. The
word suhrttama, “best of all friends,” is important. As Lord Krsna states in
the Bhagavad-gita, He is the best friend of all living entities. Suhrdam
sarva-bhutanam. No one can be a greater well-wishing friend to any living
entity than the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Ie is so kindly disposed
towards everyone that in spite of our completely forgetting our relation-
ship with the Supreme Lord, He comes Himself—sometimes personally, as
Lord Krsna appeared on this earth, and sometimes as His devotee, as did
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu—and sometimes He sends His bona fide devo-
tees to reclaim all the fallen souls. Therefore, He is the greatest well-wishing
friend of everyone, and the Kumaras wanted to see Him. The doorkeepers
