Text 37] The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone 49

adayah—Sanandana and the others; jagmuh—went; carantah—travel-
ing about; bhuvana-trayam—the three worlds.

TRANSLATION

The great saint Narada said: Once upon a time when the four
sons of Lord Brahma named Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana and
Sanat-kumara were wandering throughout the three worlds, they
came by chance to Visnuloka.

TEXT 37

Gaya: Taaae am
Perea RA AT AAT AL MALTA UI Rl

parca-saddhayanarbhabhah
purvesam api pirvajah

dig-vdsasah sisiin matva
dvah-sthau tan pratyasedhatam

parica-sat-dha—five or six years; @yana—approaching; arbha-
abhah—like boys; purvesam—the ancients of the universe (Marici and
the rest); api—even though; parva-jah—born before; dik-vdsasah—
being naked; sisin—children; matva—thinking; dvah-sthau—the two
gate guards, Jaya and Vijaya; tan—them; pratyasedhatam—forbade.

TRANSLATION

Although these four great sages were older than Brahma’s other
sons like Marici, they appeared like small naked children only five
or six years old. When Jaya and Vijaya saw them trying to enter
Vaikunthaloka, these two gatekeepers, thinking them ordinary
children, forbade them to enter.

PURPORT

In this regard, Srila Madhvacarya says in his Tantra-sara:

dvah-sthav ity anenddhikara-sthatvam uktam
