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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.28.21

సఞ్చిన్తయేద్భగవతశ్చరణారవిన్దం వజ్రాఙ్కుశధ్వజసరోరుహలాఞ్ఛనాఢ్యమ్ । ఉత్తుఙ్గరక్తవిలసన్నఖచక్రవాల- జ్యోత్‍స్‍నాభిరాహతమహద్‍ధృదయాన్ధకారమ్ ॥ ౨౧ ॥
saṣcintayed bhagavataś caraṇāravindaṁ
[sashchintayed bhagavatash charanaaravindam]
vajrāṅkuśa-dhvaja-saroruha-lāṣchanāḍhyam
[vajraankusha-dhvaja-saroruha-laashchanaadhyam]
uttuṅga-rakta-vilasan-nakha-cakravāla-
[uttunga-rakta-vilasan-nakha-chakravaala-]
jyotsnābhir āhata-mahad-dhṛdayāndhakāram
[jyotsnaabhir aahata-mahad-dhridayaandhakaaram]
saṣcintayet — he should concentrate bhagavataḥ — of the Lord caraṇa-aravindam — on the lotus feet vajra — thunderbolt aṅkuśa — goad (rod for driving elephants) dhvaja — banner saroruha — lotus lāṣchana — marks āḍhyam — adorned with uttuṅga — prominent rakta — red vilasat — brilliant nakha — nails cakravāla — the circle of the moon jyotsnābhiḥ — with splendor āhata — dispelled mahat — thick hṛdaya — of the heart andhakāram — darkness.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
saṣcintayed bhagavataś caraṇāravindaṁ
saṣcintayet
he should concentrate
bhagavataḥ
of the Lord
caraṇa-aravindam
on the lotus feet
vajrāṅkuśa-dhvaja-saroruha-lāṣchanāḍhyam
vajra
thunderbolt
aṅkuśa
goad (rod for driving elephants)
dhvaja
banner
saroruha
lotus
lāṣchana
marks
āḍhyam
adorned with
uttuṅga-rakta-vilasan-nakha-cakravāla-
uttuṅga
prominent
rakta
red
vilasat
brilliant
nakha
nails
cakravāla
the circle of the moon
jyotsnābhir āhata-mahad-dhṛdayāndhakāram
jyotsnābhiḥ
with splendor
āhata
dispelled
mahat
thick
hṛdaya
of the heart
andhakāram
darkness.
The devotee should first concentrate his mind on the Lord’s lotus feet, which are adorned with the marks of a thunderbolt, a goad, a banner and a lotus. The splendor of their beautiful ruby nails resembles the orb of the moon and dispels the thick gloom of one’s heart.

The Māyāvādī says that because one is unable to fix his mind on the impersonal existence of the Absolute Truth, one can imagine any form he likes and fix his mind on that imaginary form; but such a process is not recommended here. Imagination is always imagination and results only in further imagination.

A concrete description of the eternal form of the Lord is given here. The Lord’s sole is depicted with distinctive lines resembling a thunderbolt, a flag, a lotus flower and a goad. The luster of His toenails, which are brilliantly prominent, resembles the light of the moon. If a yogī looks upon the marks of the Lord’s sole and on the blazing brilliance of His nails, then he can be freed from the darkness of ignorance in material existence. This liberation is not achieved by mental speculation, but by seeing the light emanating from the lustrous toenails of the Lord. In other words, one has to fix his mind first on the lotus feet of the Lord if he wants to be freed from the darkness of ignorance in material existence.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
One should meditate on the Lord’s lotus foot marked with a thunderbolt, elephant goad, flag, and lotus, which destroys the great darkness of the heart with the brilliance of the array of his gleaming, raised, red toenails. Meditation on the limbs beginning from the feet is now described. One should meditate on the elephant goad below the little toe of the right foot. This foot is seen by the devotees, as Kṛṣṇa stands in the pose with three bends beneath a desire tree. Below the elephant goad is a thunder bolt. Below the next toe is a lotus and below the lotus is a flag. Below the big toe is a barley corn, a cakra and other items. The foot is adorned (āḍhyam) with such marks (lāṣchana).
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