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Plate 47

The Supersoul

One should meditate upon the Supersoul within the heart, for that form is the most auspicious goal of all mystic meditation. The Lord in the heart is perfectly proportioned, gentle, and cheerful. He possesses four beautiful long arms, a charming, beautiful neck, a handsome forehead, a pure smile, and glowing shark-shaped earrings suspended from His ears. He is the color of a dark raincloud and is garbed in golden-yellowish silk. His chest is the abode of Srivatsa and the goddess of fortune, and He is decorated with a conchshell, disc, club, lotus, and garland of forest flowers. His two brilliant lotus feet are decorated with ankle bells, He is wearing the Kaustubha gem and an effulgent crown, His waist is beautified by a golden belt, and His arms are decorated with valuable bracelets. All of the Supersoul's beautiful features, especially His merciful glances, captivate the heart. Withdrawing the senses from the sense objects, one should be grave and self-controlled and should use one's intelligence to firmly fix the mind upon all the limbs of the Supersoul's transcendental form.

Painting by DHṚTI-DEVĪ DĀSĪ (1981)

The Supersoul