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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.28.16

కాఞ్చీగుణోల్లసచ్ఛ్రోణిం హృదయామ్భోజవిష్టరమ్ । దర్శనీయతమం శాన్తం మనోనయనవర్ధనమ్ ॥ ౧౬ ॥
kāṣcī-guṇollasac-chroṇiṁ
[kaashchee-gunollasach-chronim]
hṛdayāmbhoja-viṣṭaram
[hridayaambhoja-vishtaram]
darśanīyatamaṁ śāntaṁ
[darshaneeyatamam shaantam]
mano-nayana-vardhanam
[mano-nayana-vardhanam]
kāṣcī — girdle guṇa — quality ullasat — brilliant śroṇim — His loins and hips hṛdaya — heart ambhoja — lotus viṣṭaram — whose seat darśanīya-tamam — most charming to look at śāntam — serene manaḥ — minds, hearts nayana — eyes vardhanam — gladdening.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kāṣcī-guṇollasac-chroṇiṁ
kāṣcī
girdle
guṇa
quality
ullasat
brilliant
śroṇim
His loins and hips
hṛdaya
heart
hṛdayāmbhoja-viṣṭaram
ambhoja
lotus
viṣṭaram
whose seat
darśanīyatamaṁ śāntaṁ
darśanīya-tamam
most charming to look at
śāntam
serene
mano-nayana-vardhanam
manaḥ
minds, hearts
nayana
eyes
vardhanam
gladdening.
His loins and hips encircled by a girdle, He stands on the lotus of His devotee’s heart. He is most charming to look at, and His serene aspect gladdens the eyes and souls of the devotees who behold Him.

The word darśanīyatamam, which is used in this verse, means that the Lord is so beautiful that the devotee- yogī does not wish to see anything else. His desire to see beautiful objects is completely satisfied by the sight of the Lord. In the material world we want to see beauty, but the desire is never satisfied. Because of material contamination, all the propensities we feel in the material world are ever unsatisfied. But when our desires to see, hear, touch, etc., are dovetailed for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are on the level of the topmost perfection.

Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His eternal form is so beautiful and pleasing to the heart of the devotee, He does not attract the impersonalists, who want to meditate on His impersonal aspect. Such impersonal meditation is simply fruitless labor. The actual yogīs, with half-closed eyes, fix on the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, not upon anything void or impersonal.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
His hips shine with the cords of his belt. He sits in the lotus heart of the devotees. He is most attractive to see, peaceful, and increases the joy of the mind and eye. He has a waist shining with cords of his belt. His seat (viṣṭaram) is the lotus heart of the devotees. He is peaceful (śāntam).
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