Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.16.27
బ్రహ్మోవాచ
అథ తే మునయో దృష్ట్వా నయనానన్దభాజనమ్ ।
వైకుణ్ఠం తదధిష్ఠానం వికుణ్ఠం చ స్వయంప్రభమ్ ॥ ౨౭ ॥
brahmovāca
[brahmovaacha]
atha te munayo dṛṣṭvā
[atha te munayo drishtvaa]
nayanānanda-bhājanam
[nayanaananda-bhaajanam]
vaikuṇṭhaṁ tad-adhiṣṭhānaṁ
[vaikuntham tad-adhishthaanam]
vikuṇṭhaṁ ca svayaṁ-prabham
[vikuntham cha svayam-prabham]
Word-for-word
brahmā uvāca
—
Lord Brahmā said
atha
—
now
te
—
those
munayaḥ
—
sages
dṛṣṭvā
—
after seeing
nayana
—
of the eyes
ānanda
—
pleasure
bhājanam
—
producing
vaikuṇṭham
—
the Vaikuṇṭha planet
tat
—
of Him
adhiṣṭhānam
—
the abode
vikuṇṭham
—
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
ca
—
and
svayam-prabham
—
self-illuminating.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
brahmovāca
brahmā uvāca
Lord Brahmā said
atha te munayo dṛṣṭvā
atha
now
te
those
munayaḥ
sages
dṛṣṭvā
after seeing
nayanānanda-bhājanam
nayana
of the eyes
ānanda
pleasure
bhājanam
producing
vaikuṇṭhaṁ tad-adhiṣṭhānaṁ
vaikuṇṭham
the Vaikuṇṭha planet
tat
of Him
adhiṣṭhānam
the abode
vikuṇṭhaṁ ca svayaṁ-prabham
vikuṇṭham
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
ca
and
svayam-prabham
self-illuminating.
Lord Brahmā said: After seeing the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the self-illuminated Vaikuṇṭha planet, the sages left that transcendental abode.
Purport
The transcendental abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as stated in Bhagavad-gītā and confirmed in this verse, is self-illuminated. In Bhagavad-gītā it is said that in the spiritual world there is no need of sun, moon or electricity. This indicates that all the planets there are self-illuminated, self-sufficient and independent; everything there is complete. Lord Kṛṣṇa says that once one goes to that Vaikuṇṭha planet, he never returns. The inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha never return to the material world, but the incident of Jaya and Vijaya was a different case. They came to the material world for some time, and then they returned to Vaikuṇṭha.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Brahmā said: The sages, having seen the object of bliss for their eyes, the self-illuminated Lord and his abode Vaikuṇṭha, circumambulated the Lord and offered him respects, and, taking his permission, left that place with great joy, praising the greatness of the Vaiṣṇavas.
The Lord (vikuṇṭha) and his abode are self illuminating (full of knowledge), since they are śuddha-sattva. Anumānya means “taking permission.”
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