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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.9.2

स वै धिया योगविपाकतीव्रया हृत्पद्मकोशे स्फुरितं तडित्प्रभम् । तिरोहितं सहसैवोपलक्ष्य बहि:स्थितं तदवस्थं ददर्श ॥ २ ॥
sa vai dhiyā yoga-vipāka-tīvrayā
[sa vai dhiyaa yoga-vipaaka-teevrayaa]
hṛt-padma-kośe sphuritaṁ taḍit-prabham
[hrit-padma-koshe sphuritam tadit-prabham]
tirohitaṁ sahasaivopalakṣya
[tirohitam sahasaivopalakshya]
bahiḥ-sthitaṁ tad-avasthaṁ dadarśa
[bahih-sthitam tad-avastham dadarsha]
Word-for-word
saḥ — Dhruva Mahārāja vai — also dhiyā — by meditation yoga-vipāka-tīvrayā — on account of mature realization of the yogic process hṛt — the heart padma-kośe — on the lotus of sphuritam — manifested taḍit-prabham — brilliant like lightning tirohitam — having disappeared sahasā — all of a sudden eva — also upalakṣya — by observing bahiḥ-sthitam — externally situated tat-avastham — in the same posture dadarśa — was able to see.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa vai dhiyā yoga-vipāka-tīvrayā
saḥ
Dhruva Mahārāja
vai
also
dhiyā
by meditation
yoga-vipāka-tīvrayā
on account of mature realization of the yogic process
hṛt-padma-kośe sphuritaṁ taḍit-prabham
hṛt
the heart
padma-kośe
on the lotus of
sphuritam
manifested
taḍit-prabham
brilliant like lightning
tirohitaṁ sahasaivopalakṣya
tirohitam
having disappeared
sahasā
all of a sudden
eva
also
upalakṣya
by observing
bahiḥ-sthitaṁ tad-avasthaṁ dadarśa
bahiḥ-sthitam
externally situated
tat-avastham
in the same posture
dadarśa
was able to see.
The form of the Lord, which was brilliant like lightning and in which Dhruva Mahārāja, in his mature yogic process, was fully absorbed in meditation, all of a sudden disappeared. Thus Dhruva was perturbed, and his meditation broke. But as soon as he opened his eyes he saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally present, just as he had been seeing the Lord in his heart.
Purport

Because of his mature position in yogic meditation, Dhruva Mahārāja was constantly observing the form of the Personality of Godhead within his heart, but all of a sudden, when the Supreme Personality disappeared from his heart, he thought that he had lost Him. Dhruva Mahārāja was perturbed, but upon opening his eyes and breaking his meditation he saw the same form of the Lord before him. In the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.38) it is said, premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena: a saintly person who has developed love of Godhead by devotional service always sees the Lord’s transcendental form of Śyāmasundara. This Śyāmasundara form of the Lord within the heart of a devotee is not imaginary. When a devotee becomes mature in his prosecution of devotional service, he sees face to face the same Śyāmasundara he has thought of during the entire course of his devotional service. Since the Supreme Lord is absolute, the form within the heart of a devotee, the form in the temple and the original form in Vaikuṇṭha, Vṛndāvana-dhāma, are all the same; they are nondifferent from one another.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Seeing that the Lord, brilliant as lightning, manifested in the lotus of his heart by intense meditation of advanced yoga had disappeared suddenly, Dhruva then saw that form situated externally. The Lord going there, entering the heart of Dhruva who had his eyes closed in concentration, showed himself to Dhruva. Then he disappeared and stood before him externally. Seeing the Lord sudden appear and disappear like lightning in his heart by intense concentration through advanced yoga meditation, he began to lament like a person who has lost a treasure, since he had seen the Lord near him. His samādhi was broken, and he opened his eyes. He then saw the same Lord situated before him externally.
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Personal Guidance
The Lord's form in Dhruva's heart suddenly disappears, breaking the meditation — only to reveal the same form standing externally before him. Sometimes the absence of an inner experience is just the Lord moving outward to greet you.
Reflection Questions
  • When an inner experience suddenly fades, do I assume failure or look around for what's been arranged outside?
  • Where in my life is the Lord moving from imagination into actual encounter?
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