Text 24] Prahlāda, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu
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remembering. These are as follows: (a) conducting research into the worship of a particular form of the Lord, (b) concentrating the mind on one subject and withdrawing the mind's activities of thinking, feeling and willing from all other subjects, (c) concentrating upon a particular form of the Lord (this is called meditation), (d) concentrating one's mind continuously on the form of the Lord (this is called  dhruvānusmṛti , or perfect meditation), and (e) awakening a likening for concentration upon a particular form (this is called  samādhi , or trance). Mental concentration upon particular pastimes of the Lord in particular circumstances is also called remembrance. Therefore  samādhi , trance, can be possible in five different ways in terms of one's relationship. Specifically, the trance of devotees on the stage of neutrality is called mental concentration.
(4)  Pāda-sevanam . According to one's taste and strength, hearing, chanting and remembrance may be followed by  pāda-sevanam . One obtains the perfection of remembering when one constantly thinks of the lotus feet of the Lord. Being intensely attached to thinking of the Lord's lotus feet is called  pāda-sevanam . When one is particularly adherent to the process of  pāda-sevanam , this process gradually includes other processes, such as seeing the form of the Lord, touching the form of the Lord, circumambulating the form or temple of the Lord, visiting such places as Jagannātha Purī, Dvārakā and Mathurā to see the Lord's form, and bathing in the Ganges or Yamunā. Bathing in the Ganges and serving a pure Vaiṣṇava are also known as  tadīya-upāsanam . This is also  pāda-sevanam . The word  tadīya  means "in relationship with the Lord." Service to the Vaiṣṇava, Tulasī, Ganges and Yamunā are included in  pāda-sevanam . All these processes of  pāda-sevanam  help one advance in spiritual life very quickly.
(5)  Arcanam . After  pāda-sevanam  comes the process of  arcanam , worship of the Deity. If one is interested in the process of  arcanam , one must positively take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master and learn the process from him. There are many books for  arcana , especially  Nārada-pañcarātra . In this age, the  Pañcarātra  system is particularly recommended for  arcana , Deity worship. There are two systems of  arcana —the  bhāgavata  system and  pāñcarātrikī  system. In the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  there is no recommendation of  pāñcarātrikī  worship because in this Kali-yuga, even without Deity worship, everything can be