1204 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 28

less advanced person, however, has to go to the temple, and as long as he
does not go to the temple he is unable to see the form of the Lord. Either
by hearing, seeing or meditating, the objective is the transcendental form
of the Lord; there is no question of voidness or impersonalism. The Lord
can bestow the blessings of transcendental pleasure upon either the
visitor of the temple, the meditator-yogi or one who hears about the
Lord’s transcendental form from scriptures like the Srimad-Bhagavatam or
Bhagavad-gita. There are nine processes for executing devotional service,
of which smaranam, or meditation, is one. Yogis take advantage of the
process of smaranam, whereas bhakti-yogis take special advantage of the
process of hearing and chanting.

TEXT 27

ae weet: adaa
CCR IIS CIEL ICIG |
AMAA ATA AT:
TET ROTA [1X

bahiims ca mandara-gireh parivartanena
nirnikta-bahu-valayan adhiloka-palan

saiicintayed dasa-Sataram asahya-tejah
Saikham ca tat-kara-saroruha-raja-hamsam

bahiin—the arms; ca—and; mandara-gireh—of Mount Mandara;
parivartanena—by the revolving; nirnikta—polished ; bahu-valayan—the arm
ornaments; adhiloka-palan—the source of the controllers of the universe;
saicintayet—one should meditate on; dasa-Sata-aram—the Sudar$ana disc
(ten hundred spokes); asahya-tejah—dazzling luster; Samkham—the conch;
ca—also; tat-kara—in the hand of the Lord; saroruha—lotuslike; raja-
harisam—like a swan.

TRANSLATION

The yogi should further meditate upon the Lord’s four arms, which are
the source of all the powers of the demigods who control the various
functions of material nature. Then the yogi should concentrate on the
polished ornaments which were burnished by Mount Mandara as it
revolved. He should also duly contemplate the Lord’s discus, the
Sudargana cakra, which contains 1,000 spokes and a dazzling luster, as
well as the conch, which looks like a swan in His lotuslike palm.
