Text 28] Kapila’s Instructions on Devotional Service 1205

PURPORT

All departments of law and order emanate from the arms of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. The law and order of the universe is directed by
different demigods, and it is here said to emanate from the Lord’s arms.
Mandara Hill is mentioned here because when the ocean was churned by
the demons on one side and the demigods on the other, Mandara Hill was
taken as the churning rod. The Lord in His tortoise incarnation became
the pivot for the churning rod, and thus His ornaments were polished by
the turning of Mandara Hill. In other words, the ornaments on the arms
of the Lord are as brilliant and lustrous as if they had been polished very
recently. The wheel in the hand of the Lord, called the Sudargana cakra,
has 1,000 spokes. The yogi is advised to meditate upon each of the spokes.
He should meditate upon each and every one of the component parts of
the transcendental form of the Lord.

TEXT 28

MAGA aad sat ata
fenreatacaiasta |

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JAA TAA ATT BS 112

kaumodakim bhagavato dayitam smaret
digdham arati-bhata-sonita-kardamena

malam madhuvrata-variitha-giropaghustam
caityasya tattvam amalam manim asya kanthe

kaumodakim—club named Kaumodaki; bhagavatah—of the Personality
of Godhead; dayitam—very dear; smaret—one should remember; digdham—
smeared; arati—of the enemies; bhata—soldiers; Sonita-kardamena—with the
bloodstains; malam—the garland; madhu-vrata—of bumblebees; variitha—
of a swarm; giri—with the sound; upaghustam—surrounded; caityasya—of
the living entity; tattvam—principle, truth; amalam—pure; manim—the
pearl necklace; asya—of the Lord; kanthe—on the neck.

TRANSLATION

The yogi should meditate upon His club, which is named Kaumodaki
and is very dear to Him. This club smashes the demons, who are always
