Text 45] Description of the Kingdom of God 621
flower. After seeing the face of the Lord, the sages were fully satisfied,
and when they wanted to see Him further, they looked upon the nails of
His lotus feet, which resembled rubies. Thus they viewed the Lord’s
transcendental body again and again, and so they finally achieved
meditation on the Lord’s personal feature.
TEXT 45
Gat aft ararafae aera
walarens ay ad TAHT |
8 q az
diet agagtaranacafirg-
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Geafea: TTT TAAEANT: lvl
pumsam gatim mrgayatam tha yoga-margair
dhyanaspadam bahu-matam nayanabhiramam
paumsnam vapur dargayanam ananya-siddhair
autpattikaih samagrnan yutam asta-bhogaih
pumsam—of those persons; galim—liberation; mrgayatam—who are
searching after; tha—here in this world; yoga-margaih—by the process of
astanga-yoga; dhyana-aspadam—object of meditation; bahu—by the great
yogis; matam—approved ; nayana—eyes; abhiramam—pleasing; paurhsnam—
human; vapuh—form; darsayanam—displaying; ananya—not by others;
siddhaih—perfected; autpattikaih—eternally present; samagrnan—praised;
yutam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is endowed; asta-
bhogaih—with eight kinds of achievement.
TRANSLATION
This is the form of the Lord which is meditated upon by the followers
of the yoga process, and it is pleasing to the yogis in meditation. It is not
imaginary, but is factual, as proved by great yogis. The Lord is full in eight
kinds of achievement, but for others these achievements are not possible in
full perfection.
PURPORT
The success of the yoga process is very nicely described here. It is
specifically mentioned that the form of the Lord as four-handed Narayana
is the object of meditation for the followers of yoga-marga. In the modern
age there are so many so-called yogis who do not target their meditation on
the four-handed Narayana form. Some of them try to meditate on some-
thing impersonal or void, but that is not approved by the great yogis who
