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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.29.10

खद्योताविर्मुखी चात्र नेत्रे एकत्र निर्मिते । रूपं विभ्राजितं ताभ्यां विचष्टे चक्षुषेश्वर: ॥ १० ॥
khadyotāvirmukhī cātra
[khadyotaavirmukhee chaatra]
netre ekatra nirmite
[netre ekatra nirmite]
rūpaṁ vibhrājitaṁ tābhyāṁ
[roopam vibhraajitam taabhyaam]
vicaṣṭe cakṣuṣeśvaraḥ
[vichashte chakshusheshvarah]
Word-for-word
khadyotā — named Khadyotā āvirmukhī — named Āvirmukhī ca — also atra — here netre — the two eyes ekatra — in one place nirmite — created rūpam — form vibhrājitam — named Vibhrājita (brilliant) tābhyām — through the eyes vicaṣṭe — perceive cakṣuṣā — with the sense of sight īśvaraḥ — the master.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
khadyotāvirmukhī cātra
khadyotā
named Khadyotā
āvirmukhī
named Āvirmukhī
ca
also
atra
here
netre ekatra nirmite
netre
the two eyes
ekatra
in one place
nirmite
created
rūpaṁ vibhrājitaṁ tābhyāṁ
rūpam
form
vibhrājitam
named Vibhrājita (brilliant)
tābhyām
through the eyes
vicaṣṭe cakṣuṣeśvaraḥ
vicaṣṭe
perceive
cakṣuṣā
with the sense of sight
īśvaraḥ
the master.
The two gates named Khadyotā and Āvirmukhī, which have been spoken of, are the two eyes side by side in one place. The town named Vibhrājita should be understood as form. In this way the two eyes are always engaged in seeing different kinds of forms.
Purport

The two eyes are attracted by brilliant things like light. Sometimes we find that little insects are attracted by the brightness of fire and thus enter into it. Similarly, the two eyes of the living entity are attracted by bright and beautiful forms. They are entangled in these forms, exactly as the insect becomes attracted to fire.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The two gates named Khadyotā and Āvirmukhī which have been mentioned are the two eyes constructed side by side. The city called Vibhrājita is the sense object called form. The jīva sees by the eye sense organ. [Note: Purañjana went with his friend Dyumān to the city of Vibhrājita by the two gates. This means that the jīva along with the subtle sense organ of the eye, contacts the sense object form through the gross organ of the eye (the gate). ] The names of the eyes are Khadyotā and Āvirmukhī. With his friend Dyuman, the eye sense organ (cakṣuṣā), the jīva went to the sense object form (rūpam).
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Personal Guidance
Khadyotā and Āvirmukhī — the two eyes — engage with Vibhrājita, the world of forms. The eyes are perpetually engaged with form; whether you choose what they engage matters.
Reflection Questions
  • What 'Vibhrājita' do my eyes drift toward when I'm not directing them?
  • Where would deliberate eye-direction transform my interior?
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