Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Description of the Kingdom of God

When Diti's pregnancy generates overwhelming darkness and distress across the cosmos, the troubled demigods petition Lord Brahmā for relief, learning from him about the supreme spiritual realm of *Vaikuṇṭha* and its divine inhabitants. Brahmā explains that true spiritual liberation and devotion are achieved through profound human understanding of the *Supreme Personality of Godhead**, whose transcendent kingdom remains untouched by material illusion and discord. Subsequently, the ancient mind-born sages known as the **Kumāras* journey to Vaikuṇṭha, where they are obstructed at the final threshold by the divine doorkeepers *Jaya and Vijaya**. Outraged by this disrespect, the youthful sages curse the guards to fall into the material world, though the doorkeepers immediately repent and beg for mercy. Moved by the disturbance, **Lord Viṣṇu* personally appears before the sages in His magnificent, all-attractive form, prompting the Kumāras to offer heartfelt prayers and express their unwavering dedication to His divine service.