nice deity verse.

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I hope all the devotees are deeply drinking the nectar of the darshan of the

Lord's lotus face.

 

ys MMDASBR

 

 

payanti te me rucir€Šy amba santaƒ

prasanna-vaktr€ruŠa-locan€ni

r™p€Ši divy€ni vara-prad€ni

s€kaˆ v€caˆ sphaŠ…y€ˆ vadanti

SYNONYMS

payanti—see; te—they; me—My; rucir€Ši—beautiful; amba—O mother;

santaƒ—devotees; prasanna—smiling; vaktra—face; aruŠa—like the morning sun;

locan€ni—eyes; r™p€Ši—forms; divy€ni—transcendental;

vara-prad€ni—benevolent; s€kam—with Me; v€cam—words; sphaŠ…y€m—favorable;

vadanti—they speak.

TRANSLATION

O My mother, My devotees always see the smiling face of My form, with eyes

like the rising morning sun. They like to see My various transcendental

forms, which are all benevolent, and they also talk favorably with Me.

PURPORT

M€y€v€d…s and atheists accept the forms of the Deities in the temple of the

Lord as idols, but devotees do not worship idols. They directly worship the

Personality of Godhead in His arc€ incarnation. Arc€ refers to the form

which we can worship in our present condition. Actually, in our present

state it is not possible to see God in His spiritual form because our

material eyes and senses cannot conceive of a spiritual form. We cannot even

see the spiritual form of the individual soul. When a man dies we cannot see

how the spiritual form leaves the body. That is the defect of our material

senses. In order to be seen by our material senses, the Supreme Personality

of Godhead accepts a favorable form which is called arc€-vigraha. This

arc€-vigraha, sometimes called the arc€ incarnation, is not different from

Him. Just as the Supreme Personality of Godhead accepts various

incarnations, He takes on forms made out of matter—clay, wood, metal and

jewels.

There are many €stric injunctions which give instructions for carving forms

of the Lord. These forms are not material. If God is all-pervading, then He

is also in the material elements. There is no doubt about it. But the

atheists think otherwise. Although they preach that everything is God, when

they go to the temple and see the form of the Lord, they deny that He is

God. According to their own theory, everything is God. Then why is the Deity

not God? Actually, they have no conception of God. The devotees’ vision,

however, is different; their vision is smeared with love of God. As soon as

they see the Lord in His different forms, the devotees become saturated with

love, for they do not find any difference between the Lord and His form in

the temple, as do the atheists. The smiling face of the Deity in the temple

is beheld by the devotees as transcendental and spiritual, and the

decoration of the body of the Lord is very much appreciated by the devotees.

It is the duty of the spiritual master to teach how to decorate the Deity in

the temple, how to cleanse the temple and how to worship the Deity. There

are different procedures and rules and regulations which are followed in

temples of ViŠu, and devotees go there and see the Deity, the vigraha, and

spiritually enjoy the form because all of the Deities are benevolent. The

devotees express their minds before the Deity, and in many instances the

Deity also gives answers. But one must be a very elevated devotee in order

to be able to speak with the Supreme Lord. Sometimes the Lord informs the

devotee through dreams. These exchanges of feelings between the Deity and

the devotee are not understandable by atheists, but actually the devotee

enjoys them. Kapila Muni is explaining how the devotees see the decorated

body and face of the Deity and how they speak with Him in devotional

service.

SB 3.25.35

 

 

"One day while Krsna was playing with His small playmates,

including Balarama and other sons of the gopas, all His friends came

together and lodged a complaint to mother Yasoda. 'Mother,' they

submitted, 'Krsna has eaten earth.'"

Bhagavata, 10.8.32

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Dear prabhu,

 

Your verses are excellent.

wonderful.

What mercy you have for us.

 

your servant

Mukta purusa das

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nice deity verse.

 

 

> Camp: Kaunas Lithuania Rathayatra

>

> I hope all the devotees are deeply drinking the nectar of the darshan of

the

> Lord's lotus face.

>

> ys MMDASBR

>

>

> pazyanti te me rucirANy amba santaH

> prasanna-vaktrAruNa-locanAni

> rUpANi divyAni vara-pradAni

> sAkaM vAcaM spRhaNIyAM vadanti

> SYNONYMS

> pazyanti-see; te-they; me-My; rucirANi-beautiful; amba-O mother;

> santaH-devotees; prasanna-smiling; vaktra-face; aruNa-like the morning

sun;

> locanAni-eyes; rUpANi-forms; divyAni-transcendental;

> vara-pradAni-benevolent; sAkam-with Me; vAcam-words; spRhaNIyAm-favorable;

> vadanti-they speak.

> TRANSLATION

> O My mother, My devotees always see the smiling face of My form, with eyes

> like the rising morning sun. They like to see My various transcendental

> forms, which are all benevolent, and they also talk favorably with Me.

> PURPORT

> MAyAvAdIs and atheists accept the forms of the Deities in the temple of

the

> Lord as idols, but devotees do not worship idols. They directly worship

the

> Personality of Godhead in His arcA incarnation. ArcA refers to the form

> which we can worship in our present condition. Actually, in our present

> state it is not possible to see God in His spiritual form because our

> material eyes and senses cannot conceive of a spiritual form. We cannot

even

> see the spiritual form of the individual soul. When a man dies we cannot

see

> how the spiritual form leaves the body. That is the defect of our material

> senses. In order to be seen by our material senses, the Supreme

Personality

> of Godhead accepts a favorable form which is called arcA-vigraha. This

> arcA-vigraha, sometimes called the arcA incarnation, is not different from

> Him. Just as the Supreme Personality of Godhead accepts various

> incarnations, He takes on forms made out of matter-clay, wood, metal and

> jewels.

> There are many zAstric injunctions which give instructions for carving

forms

> of the Lord. These forms are not material. If God is all-pervading, then

He

> is also in the material elements. There is no doubt about it. But the

> atheists think otherwise. Although they preach that everything is God,

when

> they go to the temple and see the form of the Lord, they deny that He is

> God. According to their own theory, everything is God. Then why is the

Deity

> not God? Actually, they have no conception of God. The devotees' vision,

> however, is different; their vision is smeared with love of God. As soon

as

> they see the Lord in His different forms, the devotees become saturated

with

> love, for they do not find any difference between the Lord and His form in

> the temple, as do the atheists. The smiling face of the Deity in the

temple

> is beheld by the devotees as transcendental and spiritual, and the

> decoration of the body of the Lord is very much appreciated by the

devotees.

> It is the duty of the spiritual master to teach how to decorate the Deity

in

> the temple, how to cleanse the temple and how to worship the Deity. There

> are different procedures and rules and regulations which are followed in

> temples of ViSNu, and devotees go there and see the Deity, the vigraha,

and

> spiritually enjoy the form because all of the Deities are benevolent. The

> devotees express their minds before the Deity, and in many instances the

> Deity also gives answers. But one must be a very elevated devotee in order

> to be able to speak with the Supreme Lord. Sometimes the Lord informs the

> devotee through dreams. These exchanges of feelings between the Deity and

> the devotee are not understandable by atheists, but actually the devotee

> enjoys them. Kapila Muni is explaining how the devotees see the decorated

> body and face of the Deity and how they speak with Him in devotional

> service.

> SB 3.25.35

>

>

> "One day while Krsna was playing with His small playmates,

> including Balarama and other sons of the gopas, all His friends came

> together and lodged a complaint to mother Yasoda. 'Mother,' they

> submitted, 'Krsna has eaten earth.'"

> Bhagavata, 10.8.32