PLATE ONE

After Aditi had performed the ritualistic ceremony known as payo-
vrata, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, dressed in yellow
garments and bearing a conchshell, disc, club and lotus in His four
hands, appeared before her. At that time Aditi was so overwhelmed by
transcendental bliss that she at once stood up and then fell to the ground
like a rod to offer the Lord her respectful obeisances. When she arose,
she was trembling, her eyes were filled with tears and her hair was
standing on end, and thus she could not utter a word. She appeared to be
drinking the Supreme Lord through her eyes. Finally she regained her
composure and began offering her prayers to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead in a faltering voice and with great love: “‘O master and enjoyer
of all sacrificial ceremonies, O infallible and most famous person, whose
name, when chanted, spreads all good fortune! O original Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, supreme controller, shelter of all holy places, You
are the shelter of all poor, suffering living entities, and You have ap-
peared to diminish their suffering. Please be kind to us and spread our
good fortune.” (pp. 3-8)
