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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 6]
TRANSLATION
After that, under the shadow of a banyan tree in an uninhabited forest I began to meditate upon the Supersoul situated within, using my intelligence, as I learned from liberated souls.
PURPORT
One should not meditate according to one's personal whims. One should know perfectly well from the authoritative sources of scriptures through the transparent medium of a bona fide spiritual master and by proper use of one's trained intelligence for meditating upon the Supersoul dwelling within every living being. This consciousness is firmly developed by a devotee who has rendered loving service unto the Lord by carrying out the orders of the spiritual master. Śrī Nāradajī contacted a bona fide spiritual master, served him sincerely and got enlightenment rightly. Thus he began to meditate.
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ध्यायतश्चरणाम्भोजं भावनिर्जितचेतसा । अत्कण्ठ्याश्रुकलाक्षस्य हृद्यासीन्मे शनैर्हरिः ।१६।
dhyāyataś caraṇāmbhojaṁ bhāva-nirjita-cetasā autkaṇṭhyāśru-kalākṣasya hṛdy āsīn me śanair hariḥ
dhyāyataḥ —thus meditating upon;  caraṇāmbhojam —lotus feet of the localized Personality of Godhead;  bhāva-nirjita —mind transformed into transcendental love for the Lord;  cetasā —all mental activities (thinking, feeling and willing);  autkaṇṭhya —eagerness;  aśru-kala —tears rolled down;  akṣasya —of the eyes;  hṛdi —within my heart;  āsīt —appeared;  me —my;  śanaiḥ —without delay;  hariḥ —the Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
As soon as I began to meditate with my mind transformed in transcendental love upon the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead, tears rolled down my eyes, and without delay the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa appeared on the lotus of my heart.