TEXT 7
evam karma-visuddhya visuddha-sattvasyantar-hrdayakasa-sarire brahmani bhagavati vasudeve maha-purusa-rupopalaksane srivatsa-kaustubha-vana-malari-dara-gadadibhir upalaksite nija-purusa-hrl-likhitenatmani purusa-rupena virocamana uccaistaram bhaktir anudinam edhamana-rayajayata.
SYNONYMS
evam—thus; karma-visuddhya—by offering everything for the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and not desiring any results of his pious activities; visuddha-sattvasya—of Bharata Maharaja, whose existence was completely purified; antah-hrdaya-akasa-sarire—the Supersoul within the heart, as meditated on by yogis; brahmani—into impersonal Brahman, which is worshiped by impersonalist jnanis; bhagavati—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vasudeve—the son of Vasudeva, Lord Krsna; maha-purusa—of the Supreme Person; rupa—of the form; upalaksane—having the symptoms; srivatsa—the mark on the chest of the Lord; kaustubha—the Kaustubha gem used by the Lord; vana-mala—flower garland; ari-dara—by the disc and conchshell; gada-adibhih—by the club and other symbols; upalaksite—being recognized; nija-purusa-hrt-likhitena—which is situated in the heart of His own devotee like an engraved picture; atmani—in his own mind; purusa-rupena—by His personal form; virocamane—shining; uccaistaram—on a very high level; bhaktih—devotional service; anudinam—day after day; edhamana—increasing; raya—possessing force; ajayata—appeared.
TRANSLATION
In this way, being purified by ritualistic sacrifices, the heart of Maharaja Bharata was completely uncontaminated. His devotional service unto Vasudeva, Lord Krsna, increased day after day. Lord Krsna, the son of Vasudeva, is the original Personality of Godhead manifest as the Supersoul [Paramatma] as well as the impersonal Brahman. Yogis meditate upon the localized Paramatma situated in the heart, jnanis worship the impersonal Brahman as the Supreme Absolute Truth, and devotees worship Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose transcendental body is described in the sastras. His body is decorated with the Srivatsa, the Kaustubha jewel and a flower garland, and His hands hold a conchshell, disc, club and lotus flower. Devotees like Narada always think of Him within their hearts.
PURPORT
Lord Vasudeva, or Sri Krsna, the son of Vasudeva, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is manifest within the hearts of yogis in His Paramatma feature, and He is worshiped as impersonal Brahman by jnanis. The Paramatma feature is described in the sastras as having four hands, holding disc, conchshell, lotus flower and club. As confirmed in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.2.8):
Paramatma is situated in the hearts of all living beings. He has four hands, which hold four symbolic weapons. All devotees who think of the Paramatma within the heart worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the temple Deity. They also understand the impersonal features of the Lord and His bodily rays, the Brahman effulgence.
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