1192 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 28

kirtanya-tirtha-yasasam
punya-sloka-yasaskaram

dhydyed devam samagrangam
yavan na cyavate manah

kirtanya—worth singing; tirtha-yaSasam—the glories of the Lord; punya-
sloka—of the devotees; yasah-karam—enhancing the glory; dhyayet—one
should meditate; devam—upon the Lord; samagra-angam—all the limbs;
yavat—as much as; na—not; cyavate—deviates; manah—the mind.

TRANSLATION

The glory of the Lord is always worth singing, for His glories enhance
the glories of His devotees. One should therefore meditate upon the
Supreme Personality of Godhead and upon His devotees. One should
meditate on the eternal form of the Lord until the mind becomes fixed.

PURPORT

One has to fix his mind on the Supreme Personality of Godhead
constantly. When one is accustomed to thinking of one of the innumerable
forms of the Lord—Krsna, Visnu, Rama, Narayana, etc.—he has reached
the perfection of yoga. This is confirmed in the Brahma-samhita: a person
who has developed pure love for the Lord, and whose eyes are smeared
with the ointment of transcendental loving exchange, always sees within
his heart the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The devotees especially
see the Lord in the beautiful blackish form of Syamasundara. That is the
perfection of yoga. This yoga system should be continued until the mind
does not vacillate for a moment. Om tad visnoh paramam padam sada
pasyanti stirayah: the form of Visnu is the highest individuality and is
always visible to sages and saintly persons.

The same purpose is served when a devotee worships the form of the
Lord in the temple. There is no difference between devotional service in
the temple and meditation on the form of the Lord, since the form of the
Lord is the same whether He appears within the mind or in some concrete
element. There are eight kinds of forms recommended for the devotees to
see. The forms may be made out of sand, clay, wood or stone, they may be
contemplated within the mind, or made of jewel, metal or painted colors,
but all the forms are of the same value. It is not that one who meditates on
the form within the mind sees differently from one who worships the
