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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.4

పశ్యన్త్యదో రూపమదభ్రచక్షుషా సహస్రపాదోరుభుజాననాద్భుతమ్ । సహస్రమూర్ధశ్రవణాక్షినాసికం సహస్రమౌల్యమ్బరకుణ్డలోల్లసత్ ॥ ౪ ॥
paśyanty ado rūpam adabhra-cakṣuṣā
[pashyanty ado roopam adabhra-chakshushaa]
sahasra-pādoru-bhujānanādbhutam
[sahasra-paadoru-bhujaananaadbhutam]
sahasra-mūrdha-śravaṇākṣi-nāsikaṁ
[sahasra-moordha-shravanaakshi-naasikam]
sahasra-mauly-ambara-kuṇḍalollasat
[sahasra-mauly-ambara-kundalollasat]
paśyanti — see adaḥ — the form of the puruṣa rūpam — form adabhra — perfect cakṣuṣā — by the eyes sahasra-pāda — thousands of legs ūru — thighs bhuja-ānana — hands and faces adbhutam — wonderful sahasra — thousands of mūrdha — heads śravaṇa — ears akṣi — eyes nāsikam — noses sahasra — thousands mauli — garlands ambara — dresses kuṇḍala — earrings ullasat — all glowing.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
paśyanty ado rūpam adabhra-cakṣuṣā
paśyanti
see
adaḥ
the form of the puruṣa
rūpam
form
adabhra
perfect
cakṣuṣā
by the eyes
sahasra-pādoru-bhujānanādbhutam
sahasra-pāda
thousands of legs
sahasra-mūrdha-śravaṇākṣi-nāsikaṁ
ūru
thighs
bhuja-ānana
hands and faces
adbhutam
wonderful
sahasra-mauly-ambara-kuṇḍalollasat
sahasra
thousands of
mūrdha
heads
śravaṇa
ears
akṣi
eyes
nāsikam
noses
sahasra
thousands
mauli
garlands
ambara
dresses
kuṇḍala
earrings
ullasat
all glowing.
The devotees, with their perfect eyes, see the transcendental form of the puruṣa who has thousands of legs, thighs, arms and faces — all extraordinary. In that body there are thousands of heads, ears, eyes and noses. They are decorated with thousands of helmets and glowing earrings and are adorned with garlands.

With our present materialized senses we cannot perceive anything of the transcendental Lord. Our present senses are to be rectified by the process of devotional service, and then the Lord Himself becomes revealed to us. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is confirmed that the transcendental Lord can be perceived only by pure devotional service. So it is confirmed in the Vedas that only devotional service can lead one to the side of the Lord and that only devotional service can reveal Him. In the Brahma-saṁhitā also it is said that the Lord is always visible to the devotees whose eyes have been anointed with the tinge of devotional service. So we have to take information of the transcendental form of the Lord from persons who have actually seen Him with perfect eyes smeared with devotional service. In the material world also we do not always see things with our own eyes; we sometimes see through the experience of those who have actually seen or done things. If that is the process for experiencing a mundane object, it is more perfectly applicable in matters transcendental. So only with patience and perseverance can we realize the transcendental subject matter regarding the Absolute Truth and His different forms. He is formless to the neophytes, but He is in transcendental form to the expert servitor.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
With spiritual eyes, the devotees see this amazing form with thousands of legs and arms, thousands of heads, ears, eyes and noses, shining with thousands of crowns, earrings and clothes.
Commentary

Those who have reached perfection by bhakti see this form. Adabhra means “not scant,” spiritual.

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