Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.28.30
Mukti· LiberationMeditate on the Lord’s Actual Form
“The yogi then meditates upon the beautiful face of the Lord, which is adorned with curly hair and decorated by lotuslike eyes and dancing eyebrows. A lotus surrounded by swarming bees and a pair of swimming fish would be put to shame by its elegance.”
What the purport teaches
- Meditating on the Lord within the mind does not mean imagining a form. Devotees worship His eternal forms as described in scripture and experienced by devotees.
- A form of the Lord carved within the mind is one of His eight kinds of representations. Like representations made from clay, stone or wood, it is meant for worship.
- The Lord’s face is compared to a lotus, His hair to swarming bees, and His eyes to swimming fish. His beauty is complete in itself and surpasses the natural beauty of a lotus.
Try this today
Reread the description of the Lord’s face, then briefly remember His curly hair, lotuslike eyes and dancing eyebrows.
Ask yourself
Am I grounding my meditation in the Lord’s described form rather than my own invention?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.