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From Srimad Bhagavatam, 3.15.38-44:

 

"The sages, headed by Sanaka Rsi, saw that the Supreme Personality

of Godhead, Visnu, who was formerly visible only within their hearts in

ecstatic trance, had now actually become visible to their eyes. As He came

forward, accompanied by His own associates bearing all paraphernalia, such

as an umbrella and a camara fan, the white bunches of hair moved very

gently, like two swans, and due to their favorable breeze the pearls

garlanding the umbrella also moved, like drops of nectar falling from the

white full moon or ice melting due to a gust of wind."

The Lord is the reservoir of all pleasure. His auspicious presence is

meant for everyones benediction, and His affectionate smiling and glancing

touch the core of the heart. The Lord's beautiful bodily color is

blackish, and His broad chest is the resting place of the goddess of

fortune, who glorifies the entire spiritual world, the summit of all

heavenly planets. Thus it appeared that the Lord was personally spreading

the beauty and good fortune of the spiritual world."

He was adorned with a girdle that shone brightly on the yellow cloth

covering His large hips, and He wore a garland of fresh flowers which was

distinguished by humming bees. His lovely wrists were graced with

bracelets, and He rested one of His hands on the shoulder of Garuda, His

carrier, and twirled a lotus with another hand."

His countenance was distinguished by cheeks that enhanced the beauty of

His alligator-shaped pendants, which outshone lightning. His nose was

prominent, and His head was covered with a gem-studded crown. A charming

necklace hung between His stout arms, and His neck was adorned with the

gem known by the name Kaustubha."

The exquisite beauty of Narayana, being many times magnified by the

intelligence of His devotees, was so attractive that it defeated the pride

of the goddess of fortune in being the most beautiful. My dear demigods,

the Lord who thus manifested Himself is worshipable by me, by Lord Siva

and by all of you. The sages regarded Him with unsated eyes and joyously

bowed their heads at His lotus feet."

When the breeze carrying the aroma of tulasi leaves from the toes of the

lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead entered the nostrils of those

sages, they experienced a change both in body and in mind, even though

they were attached to the impersonal Brahman understanding."

The Lord's beautiful face appeared to them like the inside of a blue

lotus, and the Lord's smile appeared to be a blossoming jasmine

flower. After seeing the face of the Lord, the sages were fully satisfied,

and when they wanted to see Him further, they looked upon the nails of His

lotus feet, which resembled rubies. Thus they viewed the Lord's

transcendental body again and again, and so they finally achieved

meditation on the Lord's personal feature."

 

Mukunda Datta dasa