Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.5.5

vaikuṇṭhaḥ kalpito yena

loko loka-namaskṛtaḥ

ramayā prārthyamānena

devyā tat-priya-kāmyayā

SYNONYMS

vaikuṇṭhaḥ — a Vaikuṇṭha planet; kalpitaḥ — was constructed; yena — by whom; lokaḥ — planet; loka-namaskṛtaḥ — worshiped by all people; ramayā — by Ramā, the goddess of fortune; prārthyamānena — being so requested; devyā — by the goddess; tat — her; priya-kāmyayā — just to please.

TRANSLATION

Just to please the goddess of fortune, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vaikuṇṭha, at her request, created another Vaikuṇṭha planet, which is worshiped by everyone.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks here that this Vaikuṇṭha planet, like Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, appears and is said to be born or created, but both Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Vaikuṇṭha eternally exist beyond the material universes, which are enveloped by eight kinds of coverings. As described in the Second Canto, Lord Brahmā saw Vaikuṇṭha before the creation of the universe. Vīrarāghava Ācārya mentions that this Vaikuṇṭha is within the universe. It is situated above the mountain known as Lokāloka. This planet is worshiped by everyone.

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