5 The Vision of Lotuses

namah pankaja-nabhaya
namah pankaja-maline

namah parkaja-netraya
namas te pankajanghraye

My respectful obeisances are unto
You, O Lord, whose abdomen is marked
with a depression like a lotus flower,
who are always decorated with garlands
of lotus flowers, whose glance is as cool
as the lotus, and whose feet are
engraved with lotuses.

—Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.22

Here are some of the specific symbolical marks on the spiritual body of
the Personality of Godhead which distinguishes His body from the
bodies of all others. They are all special features of the body of the Lord.
The Lord may appear as one of us, but He is always distinct by His
specific bodily features. Srimati Kunti claims herself unfit to see the Lord
because of her being a woman. This is claimed because women, Stidras

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