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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.9.32

यत्ते गतीनां तिसृणामीशितु: परमं पदम् । नार्वाचीनो विसर्गस्य धातर्वेदितुमर्हति ॥ ३२ ॥
yat te gatīnāṁ tisṛṇām
[yat te gateenaam tisrinaam]
īśituḥ paramaṁ padam
[eeshituh paramam padam]
nārvācīno visargasya
[naarvaacheeno visargasya]
dhātar veditum arhati
[dhaatar veditum arhati]
Word-for-word
yat — which te — of You gatīnām tisṛṇām — of the three destinations (the heavenly planets, the earthly planets and hell) īśituḥ — who are the controller paramam padam — the supreme abode, Vaikuṇṭhaloka na — not arvācīnaḥ — a person appearing after visargasya — the creation dhātaḥ — O supreme controller veditum — to understand arhati — is able.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yat te gatīnāṁ tisṛṇām
yat
which
te
of You
gatīnām tisṛṇām
of the three destinations (the heavenly planets, the earthly planets and hell)
īśituḥ
who are the controller
īśituḥ paramaṁ padam
paramam padam
the supreme abode, Vaikuṇṭhaloka
nārvācīno visargasya
na
not
arvācīnaḥ
a person appearing after
visargasya
the creation
dhātar veditum arhati
dhātaḥ
O supreme controller
veditum
to understand
arhati
is able.
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 Vaikuṇṭha-dhāma. Since we appeared after You created this cosmic manifestation, 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 promoted to the heavenly planets because they have no information of Vaikuṇṭhaloka. Śrīla Madhvācārya quotes the following verse:

deva-lokāt pitṛ-lokāt nirayāc cāpi yat param tisṛbhyaḥ paramaṁ sthānaṁ vaiṣṇavaṁ viduṣāṁ gatiḥ

There are different planetary systems, known as Devaloka (the planets of the demigods), Pitṛloka (the planet of the Pitās) and Niraya (the hellish planets). When one transcends these various planetary systems and enters Vaikuṇṭhaloka, he achieves the ultimate resort of the Vaiṣṇavas. Vaiṣṇavas have nothing to do with the other planetary systems.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Lord! Persons who have appeared later in the creation cannot understand the supreme abode of you, the person who dispenses the destinations of devatās, men and animals. “You are praising me to obtain insignificant, temporary Svarga. Why do you not ask for Vaikuṇṭha which is full of eternal bliss?” Persons like us, recently created in the secondary creation, cannot understand the supreme abode Vaikuṇṭha belonging to you, who award bodies of devatās, men and animals. A cow will not accept or desire any food other than grass and hay. It will refuse milk.
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Personal Guidance
You control the three destinations — heaven, earth, hell — yet Your abode is Vaikuṇṭha. The Lord administers a cosmos He Himself transcends.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do I expect God to be 'inside' the system He runs?
  • What does it mean to address One whose home is beyond every destination He oversees?
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