606 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 15

tasmin prasanta-puruse gata-vigrahe vam
ko vatmavat kuhakayoh parisankaniyah

munayah—the great sages; wcuh—said; kah—who; vam—you two; iha—in
Vaikuntha; etya— having attained; bhagavat— of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; paricaryaya—by the service; uccaih—having been developed by
past pious actions; tat-dharminam—of the devotees; nivasatam—dwelling in
Vaikuntha; visamah—discordant; sva-bhavah—mentality; tasmin—in the
Supreme Lord; prasanta-puruse—without anxieties; gata-vigrahe—without
any enemy; vam—of you two; kah—who; va—or; atmavat—like yourselves;
kuhakayoh—maintaining duplicity; partsankantyah—not becoming trust-
worthy.

TRANSLATION

The sages said: Who are these two persons who have developed such a
discordant mentality even though they are posted in the service of the Lord
in the highest position and are expected to have developed the same
qualities as the Lord? How are these two persons living in Vaikuntha?
Where is the possibility of an enemy's coming into this kingdom of God?
The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no enemy. Who could be envious
of Him? Probably these two persons are imposters; therefore they suspect
others to be like themselves.

PURPORT

The difference between the inhabitants of a Vaikuntha planet and those
of a material planet is that in Vaikuntha all the residents engage in the
service of the Lord Himself and are equipped with all His good qualities. It
has been analyzed by great personalities that when a conditioned soul is
liberated and becomes a devotee, about seventy-nine percent of all the
good qualities of the Lord develop in his person. Therefore in the
Vaikuntha world there is no question of enmity between the Lord and
the residents. Here in this material world the citizens may be inimical to
the chief executives or heads of state, but in Vaikuntha there is no such
mentality. One is not allowed to enter Vaikuntha unless he has completely
developed the good qualities. The basic principle of goodness is to accept
subordination to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The sages, therefore,
were surprised to see that the two doormen who checked them from
entering the palace were not exactly like the residents of Vaikunthaloka.
It may be said that a doorman’s duty is to determine who should be
allowed to enter the palace and who should not. But that is not relevant in
this matter because no one is allowed to enter the Vaikuntha planets unless
he has developed one hundred percent his mentality of devotional service
to the Supreme Lord. No enemy of the Lord can enter Vaikunthaloka.
