Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.15.28

matta-dvirepha-vanamālikayā nivītau

vinyastayāsita-catuṣṭaya-bāhu-madhye

vaktraḿ bhruvā kuṭilayā sphuṭa-nirgamābhyāḿ

raktekṣaṇena ca manāg rabhasaḿ dadhānau

SYNONYMS

matta — intoxicated; dvi-repha — bees; vana-mālikayā — with a garland of fresh flowers; nivītau — hanging on the neck; vinyastayā — placed around; asita — blue; catuṣṭaya — four; bāhu — hands; madhye — between; vaktram — face; bhruvā — with their eyebrows; kuṭilayā — arched; sphuṭa — snorting; nirgamābhyām — breathing; rakta — reddish; īkṣaṇena — with eyes; ca — and; manāk — somewhat; rabhasam — agitated; dadhānau — glanced over.

TRANSLATION

The two doormen were garlanded with fresh flowers which attracted intoxicated bees and which were placed around their necks and between their four blue arms. From their arched eyebrows, discontented nostrils and reddish eyes, they appeared somewhat agitated.

PURPORT

Their garlands attracted swarms of bees because they were garlands of fresh flowers. In the Vaikuṇṭha world everything is fresh, new and transcendental. The inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha have bodies of bluish color and four hands like Nārāyaṇa.

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