5. The Vision of Lotuses
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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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