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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.12.25

सुदुर्जयं विष्णुपदं जितं त्वया यत्सूरयोऽप्राप्य विचक्षते परम् । आतिष्ठ तच्चन्द्रदिवाकरादयो ग्रहर्क्षतारा: परियन्ति दक्षिणम् ॥ २५ ॥
sudurjayaṁ viṣṇu-padaṁ jitaṁ tvayā
[sudurjayam vishnu-padam jitam tvayaa]
yat sūrayo ’prāpya vicakṣate param
[yat soorayo ’praapya vichakshate param]
ātiṣṭha tac candra-divākarādayo
[aatishtha tach chandra-divaakaraadayo]
graharkṣa-tārāḥ pariyanti dakṣiṇam
[graharksha-taaraah pariyanti dakshinam]
sudurjayam — very difficult to achieve viṣṇu-padam — planet known as Vaikuṇṭhaloka or Viṣṇuloka jitam — conquered tvayā — by you yat — which sūrayaḥ — great demigods aprāpya — without achieving vicakṣate — simply see param — supreme ātiṣṭha — please come tat — that candra — the moon diva-ākara — sun ādayaḥ — and others graha — the nine planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) ṛkṣa-tārāḥ — stars pariyanti — circumambulate dakṣiṇam — to the right.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sudurjayaṁ viṣṇu-padaṁ jitaṁ tvayā
sudurjayam
very difficult to achieve
viṣṇu-padam
planet known as Vaikuṇṭhaloka or Viṣṇuloka
jitam
conquered
tvayā
by you
yat sūrayo ’prāpya vicakṣate param
yat
which
sūrayaḥ
great demigods
aprāpya
without achieving
vicakṣate
simply see
param
supreme
ātiṣṭha tac candra-divākarādayo
ātiṣṭha
please come
tat
that
candra
the moon
diva-ākara
sun
ādayaḥ
and others
graharkṣa-tārāḥ pariyanti dakṣiṇam
graha
the nine planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto)
ṛkṣa-tārāḥ
stars
pariyanti
circumambulate
dakṣiṇam
to the right.
To achieve Viṣṇuloka is very difficult, but by your austerity you have conquered. Even the great ṛṣis and demigods cannot achieve this position. Simply to see the supreme abode [the Viṣṇu planet], the sun and moon and all the other planets, stars, lunar mansions and solar systems are circumambulating it. Now please come; you are welcome to go there.

Even in this material world the so-called scientists, philosophers and mental speculators strive to merge into the spiritual sky, but they can never go there. But a devotee, by executing devotional service, not only realizes what the spiritual world actually is, but factually goes there to live an eternal life of bliss and knowledge. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is so potent that by adopting these principles of life and developing love of God one can very easily go back home, back to Godhead. Here the practical example is the case of Dhruva Mahārāja. While the scientist and philosopher go to the moon but are disappointed in their attempts to stay there and live, the devotee makes an easy journey to other planets and ultimately goes back to Godhead. Devotees have no interest in seeing other planets, but while going back to Godhead they see all of them as passing phases, just as one who is going to a distant place passes through many small stations.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
You have attained the planet of Viṣṇu, difficult to achieve, which the devatās see but cannot attain. Stay there. The moon, sun and other planets, the constellations and stars circumambulate that supreme place clockwise. The devatās and the seven sages, without attaining that place, look at it from below. The moon and other planets turn around that planet.
Viṣṇuloka is hard even for great ṛṣis and demigods; even sun and moon circumambulate it. Your austerity has earned you direct access. Some doorways are not opened by status — only by sincere effort.
Reflection Questions
  • Where am I waiting for status to open doors that austerity would unlock directly?
  • Which direct invitation would my deeper practice actually merit, and would I accept it?
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