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
qaysiarmia: qaraft gm |
Renee Rr Aa AA TY TTTAT |! Bll
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; pirva-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
