124 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 9

yat te gatindm tisrndm
isituh paramam padam
narvdcino visargasya

dhatar veditum arhati

yat—which; te—of You; gatindm tisrnam—of the three destinations
(the heavenly planets, the earthly planets and hell); iituh—who are the
controller; paramam padam—the supreme abode, Vaikunthaloka; na—
not: arvacinah—a person appearing after; visargasya—the creation;
dhatah—O supreme controller; veditum—to understand; arhati—is
able.
TRANSLATION

O supreme controller, You control the three destinations
[promotion to the heavenly planets, birth as a human being, and
condemnation in hell], yet Your supreme abode is Vaikuntha-
dhama. Since we appeared after You created this cosmic manifesta-
tion, Your activities are impossible for us to understand. We
therefore have nothing to offer You but our humble obeisances.

PURPORT

An inexperienced man generally does not know what to beg from the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everyone is under the jurisdiction of
the created material world, and no one knows what benediction to ask
when praying to the Supreme Lord. People generally pray to be pro-
moted to the heavenly planets because they have no information of
Vaikunthaloka. Srila Madhvacarya quotes the following verse:

deva-lokat pitr-lokat
niraydc capi yat param
tisrbhyah paramam sthanam
vaisnavam vidusam gatih

There are different planetary systems, known as Devaloka (the planets of
the demigods), Pitrloka (the planet of the Pitas) and Niraya (the hellish
planets). When one transcends these various planetary systems and en-
ters Vaikunthaloka, he achieves the ultimate resort of the Vaisnavas.
Vaisnavas have nothing to do with the other planetary systems.
