258 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 7

the heart, janis worship the impersonal Brahman as the Supreme
Absolute Truth, and devotees worship Vasudeva, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, whose transcendental body is described in
the Sastras. His body is decorated with the Srivatsa, the Kaustubha
jewel and a flower garland, and His hands hold a conchshell, disc,
club and lotus flower. Devotees like Narada always think of Him
within their hearts.

PURPORT

Lord Vasudeva, or Sri Krsna, the son of Vasudeva, is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. He is manifest within the hearts of yogis in His
Paramatma feature, and He is worshiped as impersonal Brahman by
jJridnis. The Paramatmi feature is described in the sdstras as having four
hands. holding disc, conchshell, lotus flower and club. As confirmed in

the Srimad- -Bhagavatam (2.2.8):

kecit sva-dehantar-hrdayavakase
pradesa-matram purusam vasantam

catur-bhujam kaiija-rathanga-sankha-
gada-dharam dharanayda smaranti

Paramatma is situated in the hearts of all living beings. He has four
hands. which hold four symbolic weapons. All devotees who think of the
Paramatma within the heart worship the Supreme Personality of
Godhead as the temple Deity. They also understand the impersonal
features of the Lord and His bodily rays, the Brahman effulgence.

TEXT 8

ad aiqruenvianheasi hatarecisRigerad Baraat
feet fiatamd wnat free ad aacarafahacafiaang
qoelad TAIT UN < UI

evam varsayuta-sahasra-paryantavasita-karma-nirvandavasaro
‘dhibhujyamanam sva-tanayebhyo riktham pitr-paitamaham yatha-
dayam vibhajya svayam sakala-sampan-niketat sva-niketat
pulahasramam pravavraja.
