SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 37] The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone 49adaya-Sanandana and the others; jagmu-went; caranta-travelingabout; bhuvana-trayam-the three worlds.TRANSLATIONThe great saint Narada said: Once upon a time when the foursons of Lord Brahma named Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana andSanat-kumara were wandering throughout the three worlds, theycame by chance to Viuloka.TEXT 37q--'fiiW\1¥flm: 'fi1W{ t: I««:qqm Q: 161'( ll \SIIpaiica-$a44,hiiyanii,rbhiibhiipilroe$(im api purvajadig-viisasa siSun matvadva-sthau tan pratyU$edhatampaiica-$a!-dhii-five or six years; ayana-approaching; arbhaabhii-likeboys; pilrve$lim-the ancients of the universe (Marici andthe rest); api-even though; pilrva-ja-born before; dik-viisasabeingnaked; siSiln-children; matvd-thinking; dva-sthau-the twogate guards, Jaya and Vijaya; tan-them; pratyU$edhatam-forbade.TRANSLATIONAlthough these four great sages were older than Brahma's othersons like Marici, they appeared like small naked children only fiveor six years old. When Jaya and Vijaya saw them trying to enterV aikuthaloka, these two gatekeepers, thinking them ordinarychildren, forbade them to enter.PURPORTIn this regard, Srila Madhvacarya says in his Tantra-sara:dva-sthiiv ity anenadhikara-sthatvam uktam