Section 67
Vaikuëöha Is Eternal

          Lord Brahmä explains to Çré Närada about the eternality of Vaikuëöha  (2.5.39): "His neck is thought of as Janaloka, and His two nipples are meditated upon as Tapoloka. His head is considered Satyaloka, but Brahmaloka is eternal."

          Çrédhara Svämé comments: Brahmaloka means the planet called Vaikuëöha. That place is eternal. This means that it is not part of the created material world. This is the end of his comment.

          The planet which has the nature of Brahman is Brahmaloka.

 

Purport 

          Everything in the material world is made of matter and is temporary.  Since Vaikuëöha is beyond the material world, it is eternal.  In 5th chapter of second canto Lord Brahmä explains the process of meditating on the various planets as the limbs of Lord's body. Lord Brahmä tells Närada that the universal egg is a form of the Lord and that everything up to Satyaloka, the topmost material planet, is temporary. Vaikuëöha, however, is eternal.  Lord Çiva confirms this while speaking to Parvaté (Padma Puräëa, Uttarakhaëòa 227.56,57,58):

"In this way, O daughter of Himälaya, I have explained the best opulence's of material nature.  Now listen to the wonderful features of the supra-mundane region.  Between the un-manifest material nature (pradhäna) and the spiritual sky exists the Virajä river, the auspicious current of water generated from the perspiration of the Vedas personified.  Beyond this is the spiritual sky, called tripäda-vibhüti, which is eternal.  It is supreme, immortal, unchanging, unlimited, and never diminishes.  This divine abode of the Lord is unfathomable and in pure goodness."