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Conversation Between Manu and Kardama
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sees the Personality of Godhead in His eternal form. The process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is to deliver the form of Kṛṣṇa directly. The form of Kṛṣṇa is described in the authoritative Vedic literature  Brahma-saṁhitā : His abode is made of  cintāmaṇi  stone, and the Lord plays there as a cowherd boy and is served by many thousands of  gopīs . These descriptions are authoritative, and a Kṛṣṇa conscious person takes them directly, acts on them, preaches them and practices devotional service as enjoined in the authoritative scriptures.
TEXT 12
जातहर्षोऽपतन्मूर्धा क्षितौ लब्धमनोरथः । गीर्भिस्त्वन्यगृणात्प्रीतिस्वभावात्मा कृताञ्जलिः॥१॥
jāta-harṣo 'patan mūrdhnā kṣitau labdha-manorathaḥ gīrbhis tv abhyagṛṇāt prīti- svabhāvātmā kṛtāñjaliḥ
jāta-harṣaḥ—naturally jubilant; apatat—he fell down; mūrdhnā—with his head; kṣitau—on the ground; labdha—having been achieved; manas-rathaḥ—his desire; gīrbhiḥ—with prayers; tu—and; abhyagṛṇāt—he satisfied; prīti-svabhāva-ātmā—whose heart is by nature always full of love; kṛtāñjaliḥ—with folded hands.
TRANSLATION
When Kardama Muni actually realized the Supreme Personality of Godhead in person, he was greatly satisfied because his transcendental desire was fulfilled. He fell on the ground with his head bowed to offer obeisances unto the lotus feet of the Lord. His heart naturally full of love of God, with folded hands he satisfied the Lord with prayers.
PURPORT
The realization of the personal form of the Lord is the highest perfectional stage of  yoga . In the Sixth Chapter of  Bhagavad-gītā , where  yoga  practice is described, this realization of the personal form of the Lord is called the perfection of  yoga . After practicing the sitting postures and other regulative principles of the system, one finally reaches the stage of  samādhi —absorption in the Supreme. In the  samādhi  stage one can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His partial form as Paramātmā, or as