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<strong>Vishnu</strong> is the bliss of Brahma and other gods and of the liberated ones as well,<br />
theirs being the reflection of the Bliss of <strong>Vishnu</strong>. No similarity is perceived here.<br />
From His Grace alone is the indescribable divine Bliss. Thus in Varaha Purana.<br />
Further Explanation:<br />
Being eternal amog te eternals, Cosciousness among the conscious ones, He<br />
the One who dwells within many, whom the men of Widom ever perceive, shouid<br />
be know and experienced. Only the perennial peace dawns one, not otherwise.<br />
Normally people assuming the supreme Lord being outside in the world prays for<br />
his grace and benediction. But men of Wisdom who know and being informed in<br />
scriptures as on dwelling within, reflets and meditates on him for grace and<br />
benediction. The former approach is external one through worship and prayer; the<br />
latter approach is internal one through reflection and meditation. The former Path<br />
may not be the proper one, but appeals to many. Therefore could be the<br />
preliminary one. The latter Path may be difficul and arduous but desirable as the<br />
sure one that leads one to the goaql.<br />
na t~ saUyaao- Baait na cand`tarkM naomaa ivaVutao Baaint kutao|yamigna: |<br />
tmaova BaantmanauBaait savMa- tsya Baasaa sava-imadM ivaBaait || 15 ||<br />
Sun does not shine there, nor does the moon nor even the stars, nor does the<br />
lightening; how can then there be this fire? That One alone shines, shining all<br />
others; in his luminous light alone all others become luminous.<br />
Further Explanation;<br />
Vaikunth, the region where Sri <strong>Vishnu</strong> dwellsis not a geaographical region,<br />
where neither the physical Sun nor the moon nor the stars, nor even the lightening<br />
illuminating the sky shine; how can then there be fire which illumines the worlds ?<br />
Vaikunth is pshychological region within one‟s own heart, where one experiences<br />
not through instrument of senses but where one experiences spiritual Bliss of<br />
Beatitude. Vaikunth is self-enlightened, self-luminous shining in the resplendent<br />
luminous Light, reflcte from the Ligt of the Lights, the most gloriousand gracious<br />
of the Lights, which beyond all obscurity – „Aaid%yavaNMa- tmasa: prstat\ |‟, which scripotures<br />
describes the seers having experienced – “]WyaM tmasaspir hyaaoitYpSyant ]