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his heart, but all of a sudden, when the Supreme Personality disappeared from his heart, he thought that he had lost Him. He was perturbed, but upon opening his eyes and breaking his meditation he saw the same form of the Lord before him. In the  Brahma-saṁhitā  (5.38) it is said,  premānjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena : a saintly person who has developed love of Godhead by devotional service always sees the Lord's transcendental form of Śyāmasundara. This Śyāmasundara form of the Lord within the heart of a devotee is not imagination. When a devotee becomes mature in his prosecution of devotional service, he sees eye to eye the same Śyāmasundara he has thought of during the entire course of his devotional service. Since the Supreme Lord is absolute, the form within the heart of a devotee, the form in the temple and the original form in Vaikuṇṭha, Vṛndāvana-dhāma, are all the same; they are nondifferent from one another.
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तद्दर्शनेनागतसाध्वसः क्षिता- ववन्दताङ्गं विनमग्य दण्डवत् । दृग्भ्यां प्रपश्यन् प्रपिबन्निवार्भक- श्चुम्बन्निवास्येन भुजैरिवाश्लिषन् ॥ ३ ॥
tad-darśanenāgata-sādhvasaḥ kṣitāv avandatāṅgam vinamayya daṇḍavat dṛgbhyām prapaśyan prapibann ivārbhakaś cumbann ivāsyena bhujair ivāśliṣan
tat-darśanena—after seeing the Lord; āgata-sādhvasaḥ—Dhruva Mahārāja, being greatly confused; kṣitau—on the ground; avandata—offered obeisances; aṅgam—his body; vinamayya—prostrating; daṇḍa-vat—just like a rod; dṛgbhyām—with his eyes; prapaśyan—looking upon; prapiban—drinking; iva—like; arbhakaḥ—the boy; cumban—kissing; iva—like; āsyena—with his mouth; bhujaiḥ—with his arms; iva—like; āśliṣan—embracing.
TRANSLATION
When Dhruva Mahārāja saw his Lord just in front of him, he was greatly agitated and offered Him obeisances and respect. He fell flat before Him like a rod and became absorbed in love of God. Dhruva Mahārāja, in ecstasy, looked upon the Lord as if he were drinking the Lord with his eyes, kissing the lotus feet of the Lord with his mouth, and embracing the Lord with his arms.