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The Activities of King Bharata
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निजपुरुषहृद्धिखितेनात्मनि पुरुषरूपेण विरोचमान उच्चैस्तरां भक्तिर- नुदिनमेथमानरयाजायत ॥ ७ ॥
evam karma-viśuddhyā viśuddha-sattvasyāntar-hṛdayākāśa-śarīre brahmaṇi bhagavati vāsudeve mahā-puruṣa-rūpopalakṣaṇe śrīvatsa- kaustubha-vana-mālāri-dara-gadādibhir upalakṣite nija-puruṣa-hṛl- likhitenātmani puruṣa-rūpeṇa virocamāna uccaistarām bhaktir anudinam edhamāna-rayājāyata.
evam —thus:  karma-viśuddhyā —by offering everything for the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and not desiring any results of his pious activities:  viśuddha-sattvasya —of Bharata Mahārāja, whose existence was completely purified:  antaḥ-hṛdaya-ākāśa-śarīre —the Supersoul within the heart, as meditated on by  yogīs ;  brahmaṇi —into impersonal Brahman, which is worshiped by impersonalist  jñānīs ;  bhagavati —unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead:  vāsudeve —the son of Vasudeva, Lord Kṛṣṇa:  mahā-puruṣa —of the Supreme Person:  rūpa —of the form:  upalakṣaṇe —having the symptoms:  śrīvatsa —the mark on the chest of the Lord:  kaustubha —the Kaustubha gem used by the Lord:  vana-mālā —flower garland:  ari-dara —by the disc and conch-shell:  gadā-ādibhiḥ —by the club and other symbols:  upalakṣite —being recognized:  nija-puruṣa-hṛt-likhitena —which is situated in the heart of His own devotee like an engraved picture:  ātmani —in his own mind:  puruṣa-rūpeṇa —by His personal form:  virocamāne —shining:  uccaistarām —on a very high level:  bhaktiḥ —devotional service:  anudinam —day after day:  edhamāna —increasing:  rayā —possessing force:  ajāyata —appeared.
TRANSLATION
In this way, being purified by ritualistic sacrifices, the heart of Mahārāja Bharata was completely uncontaminated. His devotional service unto Vāsudeva, Lord Kṛṣṇa, increased day after day. Lord Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vasudeva, is the original Personality of Godhead manifest as the Supersoul [Paramātmā] as well as the impersonal Brahman. Yogīs meditate upon the localized Paramātmā situated in