Text 12] Conversation Between Manu and Kardama 811
sees the Personality of Godhead in His eternal form. The process of Krsna
consciousness is to deliver the form of Krsna directly. The form of Krsna is
described in the authoritative Vedic literature Brahma-samhita: His abode
is made of cintamani stone, and the Lord plays there as a cowherd boy
and is served by many thousands of gopis. These descriptions are authori-
tative, and a Krsna conscious person takes them directly, acts on them,
preaches them and practices devotional service as enjoined in the authori-
tative scriptures.
TEXT 12
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ifirereazorehfceanareat HaTAts All? 2
jata-harso ‘patan miirdhna
ksitau labdha-manorathah
girbhis tv abhyagynat priti-
svabhdvatma krtanjalih

jata-harsah—naturally jubilant; apatat—he fell down; miirdhna—with his
head; ksitau—on the ground; labdha—having been achieved; manas-rathah—
his desire; girbhih—with prayers; tu—and; abhyagrnat—he satisfied; priti-
svabhava-dtma—whose heart is by nature always full of love; krtdfjalih—
with folded hands.

TRANSLATION

When Kardama Muni actually realized the Supreme Personality of God-
head 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 perfec-
tional stage of yoga. In the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita, 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
samadhi—absorption in the Supreme. In the samadhi stage one can see the
Supreme Personality of Godhead in His partial form as Paramatma, or as
