Shloka 16
The Kingdom of God (Vaikuṇṭha) and the Curse of Jaya and Vijaya
यत्र नै:श्रेयसं नाम वनं कामदुघैर्द्रुमै: । सर्वर्तुश्रीभिर्विभ्राजत्कैवल्यमिव मूर्तिमत् ॥ १६ ॥
yatra naiḥśreyasaṁ nāma vanaṁ kāma-dughair drumaiḥ sarvartu-śrībhir vibhrājat kaivalyam iva mūrtimat
Dans ces planètes de Vaikuṇṭha se trouve une forêt nommée Naiḥśreyasa, remplie d’arbres kalpa exauçant les désirs. Elle resplendit de la beauté de toutes les saisons, comme si la délivrance elle-même prenait corps.
In the Vaikuṇṭha planets the land, the trees, the fruits and flowers and the cows — everything — is completely spiritual and personal. The trees are desire trees. On this material planet the trees can produce fruits and flowers according to the order of material energy, but in the Vaikuṇṭha planets the trees, the land, the residents and the animals are all spiritual. There is no difference between the tree and the animal or the animal and the man. Here the word mūrtimat indicates that everything has a spiritual form. Formlessness, as conceived by the impersonalists, is refuted in this verse; in the Vaikuṇṭha planets, although everything is spiritual, everything has a particular form. The trees and the men have form, and because all of them, although differently formed, are spiritual, there is no difference between them.
FAQs
It describes Naiḥśreyasa as a divine forest in the Lord’s realm, filled with wish-fulfilling trees and radiant with the beauty of all seasons, resembling liberation itself in visible form.
To convey that in the spiritual world, freedom from material limitation is not an abstract idea—it is experienced directly as a positive, blissful reality pervading the Lord’s abode.
It encourages seekers to aim beyond temporary material ‘fulfillment’ toward the higher goal of naiḥśreyasa—devotional life that leads to lasting spiritual freedom and the Lord’s eternal abode.