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his heart, but all of a sudden, when the Supreme Personality disappeared
from his heart, he thought that he had lost Him. He was perturbed, but
upon opening his eyes and breaking his meditation he saw the same form
of the Lord before him. In the Brahma-samhitd (5.38) it is said, prem-
diijana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena: a saintly person who has developed
love of Godhead by devotional service always sees the Lord’s transcen-
dental form of Syamasundara. This Syamasundara form of the Lord within
the heart of a devotee is not imagination. When a devotee becomes mature
in his prosecution of devotional service, he sees eye to eye the same
Syamasundara he has thought of during the entire course of his devotional
service. Since the Supreme Lord is absolute, the form within the heart of a
devotee, the form in the temple and the original form in Vaikuntha,
Vrndavana-dhama, are all the same; they are nondifferent from one
another.
TEXT 3
qedaamaanra: — ftar-
qaraay Ray wea |
creat areay aftahaanie
Tyeaferareta gaearhary 1 3 UI
tad-darsanenagata-sadhvasah ksitav
avandatangam vinamayya dandavat
drgbhyam prapasyan prapibann ivarbhakas
cumbann ivasyena bhujair ivaslisan
tat-darsanena—after seeing the Lord; aégata-sadhvasah—Dhruva Maharaja,
being greatly confused; ksitau—on the ground;avandata—offered obeisances;
angam—his body; vinamayya—prostrating; danda-vat—just like a rod;
drgbhyam—with his eyes; prapasyan—looking upon; prapiban—drinking;
iva—like; arbhakah—the boy; cumban—kissing; iva—like; @syena—with his
mouth; bhujaih—with his arms; iva—like; a@slisan—embracing.
TRANSLATION
When Dhruva Maharaja saw his Lord just in front of him, he was greatly

agitated and offered Him obeisances and respect. He fell flat before Him
like a rod and became absorbed in love of God. Dhruva Maharaja, in
ecstasy, looked upon the Lord as if he were drinking the Lord with his
eyes, kissing the lotus feet of the Lord with his mouth, and embracing the
Lord with his arms.
