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Namah pankajanabhaya namah pankajamaline
Namah pankajanetraya namaste pankajanghraye.
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Namah—all respeciful obeisances, Pankajanabhaya—unto the Lord who has a specific depression in the centre of the abdomen resembling a lotus flower, Pankajamaline—one who is always decorated with garland of lotus flower, Pankajanetraya—one whose glance is as cooling as the lotus flower, Namaste—respectful obeisances unto you, Pankajanghraye—oh unto you whose palm of the feet is engraved with a lotus flower. The Lord is called therefore to possess lotus feet.
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My respectful obeisances are unto You the Lord who has a specific depression in the centre of the abdomen like the lotus flower, who is always decorated with garlands of lotus flower, whose glance is as cooling as that of the lotus flower and whose palm of feet is engraved with marks of lotus flower.
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Here are some of the specific symbolical marks in the spiritual body of the Personality of Godhead just distinguished from the body of all others. They are all special features of the body of the Lord. The Lord may appear before us as one of us but He is always distinct by his specifie bodily features. Srimati Kunti claims herself as unfit for seeing the Lord on account of her becoming a woman. This is claimed by her because the woman as a class, the Sudras or the labourer class of men and the dwijabandhus or the wretched descendants of the higher three classes all are unfit by intelligence to understand transcendental subject matter concerning the spiritual name, fame, attributes, forms, etc of the Supreme Absolute Truth. Such persons, although they are unfit to enter into spiritual affairs of the Lord, can see Him as Archa Vigraha Who descends on the material world just to distribute favors to the fallen souls including the above mentioned woman, sudras and the dwijabandhus. Because such fallen souls cannot see anything beyond matter, the Lord condescends to enter into each and everyone of the innumerable universes as the Garbhodaksayee Vishnu who grows a lotus stem from the lotus like depression in the centre of His transcendental abdomen and thus the first living being in the universe is born by the name Brahma. Therefore, the Lord is known as the Pankajanavi. So the Pankajanava Lord accepts the Archa Vigraha (His transcendental Form) in different elements namely a form within the mind, a form made of wood, a form made of earth, a form made of metal, a form made of jewel, a form made of painting, a form drawn on sand and all such forms of the Lord are always decorated with garlands of lotus flower a soothing atmosphere in the temple of worship to attract the burning attention of the non-devotees always engaged in material wranglings. The meditators worship a form within the mind. Therefore, the Lord is mercifull even for the woman class, Sudra class and Dwijabandhu class of men provided they agree to visit the temple of worship in different form made for them. Such temple visitors are not idolators as it is alleged by some men with poor fund of knowledge. All the great Acharyas established such temples of worship in all places just to favor the less intelligent class of members of the society and one should not pose himself unnecessarily to have transcended the stage of temple worship while one is actually in the grades of the Sudras and the woman class or less than them. One should begin to see the Lord from His Lotus feet gradually rising to thighs, belt, chest and the face. One should not try to look on the face of the Lord without being accustomed in the matter of seeing the lotus feet of the Lord. Srimati Kunti on account of her becoming the aunt of the Lord does not begin to see the Lord from the Lotus feet because the Lord may feel ashamed for this and thus Kunti Devi just to save a painful situation for the Lord she began to see the Lord just above His lotus feet i.e. from the belt of the Lord gradually rising to the face and then the round comes down to the lotus feet. In the round everything there is in order.
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=namaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#namaḥ#/i# — all respectful obeisances; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=paṅkaja&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#paṅkaja-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=nābhāya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#nābhāya#/i# — unto the Lord who has a specific depression resembling a lotus flower in the center of His abdomen; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=namaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#namaḥ#/i# — obeisances; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=paṅkaja&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#paṅkaja-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=māline&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#māline#/i# — one who is always decorated with a garland of lotus flowers; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=namaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#namaḥ#/i# — obeisances; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=paṅkaja&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#paṅkaja-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=netrāya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#netrāya#/i# — one whose glance is as cooling as a lotus flower; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=namaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#namaḥ #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=te&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#te#/i# — respectful obeisances unto You; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=paṅkaja&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#paṅkaja-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aṅghraye&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aṅghraye#/i# — unto You, the soles of whose feet are engraved with lotus flowers (and who are therefore said to possess lotus feet).
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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.
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Teachings of Queen Kuntī, 5 The Vision of Lotuses
#$p#Here are some of the specific symbolical marks on the spiritual body of the Personality of Godhead which distinguish 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. Śrīmatī Kuntī claims herself unfit to see the Lord because of her being a woman. This is claimed because women, #i#śūdras#/i# (the laborer class) and the #i#dvija-bandhus#/i#, or the wretched descendants of the higher three classes, are unfit by intelligence to understand transcendental subject matter concerning the spiritual name, fame, attributes, forms, etc., of the Supreme Absolute Truth. Such persons, although they are unfit to enter into the spiritual affairs of the Lord, can see Him as the #i#arcā-vigraha#/i#, who descends on the material world just to distribute favors to the fallen souls, including the above-mentioned women, #i#śūdras#/i# and #i#dvija-bandhus#/i#. Because such fallen souls cannot see anything beyond matter, the Lord condescends to enter into each and every one of the innumerable universes as the Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who grows a lotus stem from the lotuslike depression in the center of His transcendental abdomen, and thus Brahmā, the first living being in the universe, is born. Therefore, the Lord is known as the Paṅkajanābhi. The Paṅkajanābhi Lord accepts the #i#arcā-vigraha#/i# (His transcendental form) in different elements, namely a form within the mind, a form made of wood, a form made of earth, a form made of metal, a form made of jewel, a form made of paint, a form drawn on sand, etc. All such forms of the Lord are always decorated with garlands of lotus flowers, and there should be a soothing atmosphere in the temple of worship to attract the burning attention of the nondevotees always engaged in material wranglings. The meditators worship a form within the mind. Therefore, the Lord is merciful even to the women, #i#śūdras#/i# and #i#dvija-bandhus#/i#, provided they agree to visit the temple of worship in different forms made for them. Such temple visitors are not idolaters, as alleged by some men with a poor fund of knowledge. All the great #i#ācāryas#/i# established such temples of worship in all places just to favor the less intelligent, and one should not pose himself as transcending the stage of temple worship while one is actually in the category of the #i#śūdras#/i# and the women or less. One should begin to see the Lord from His lotus feet, gradually rising to the thighs, waist, chest and face. One should not try to look at the face of the Lord without being accustomed to seeing the lotus feet of the Lord. Śrīmatī Kuntī, because of her being the aunt of the Lord, did not begin to see the Lord from the lotus feet because the Lord might feel ashamed, and thus Kuntīdevī, just to save a painful situation for the Lord, began to see the Lord just above His lotus feet, i.e., from the waist of the Lord, gradually rising to the face, and then down to the lotus feet. In the round, everything there is in order.
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