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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.28.24

ఊరూ సుపర్ణభుజయోరధిశోభమానావ్- ఓజోనిధీ అతసికాకుసుమావభాసౌ । వ్యాలమ్బిపీతవరవాససి వర్తమాన కాఞ్చీకలాపపరిరమ్భి నితమ్బబిమ్బమ్ ॥ ౨౪ ॥
ūrū suparṇa-bhujayor adhi śobhamānāv
[ooroo suparna-bhujayor adhi shobhamaanaav]
ojo-nidhī atasikā-kusumāvabhāsau
[ojo-nidhee atasikaa-kusumaavabhaasau]
vyālambi-pīta-vara-vāsasi vartamāna-
[vyaalambi-peeta-vara-vaasasi vartamaana-]
kāṣcī-kalāpa-parirambhi nitamba-bimbam
[kaashchee-kalaapa-parirambhi nitamba-bimbam]
ūrū — the two thighs suparṇa — of Garuḍa bhujayoḥ — the two shoulders adhi — on śobhamānau — beautiful ojaḥ-nidhī — the storehouse of all energy atasikā-kusuma — of the linseed flower avabhāsau — like the luster vyālambi — extending down pīta — yellow vara — exquisite vāsasi — on the cloth vartamāna — being kāṣcī-kalāpa — by a girdle parirambhi — encircled nitamba-bimbam — His rounded hips.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ūrū suparṇa-bhujayor adhi śobhamānāv
ūrū
the two thighs
suparṇa
of Garuḍa
bhujayoḥ
the two shoulders
adhi
on
śobhamānau
beautiful
ojo-nidhī atasikā-kusumāvabhāsau
ojaḥ-nidhī
the storehouse of all energy
atasikā-kusuma
of the linseed flower
avabhāsau
like the luster
vyālambi-pīta-vara-vāsasi vartamāna-
vyālambi
extending down
pīta
yellow
vara
exquisite
vāsasi
on the cloth
vartamāna
being
kāṣcī-kalāpa-parirambhi nitamba-bimbam
kāṣcī-kalāpa
by a girdle
parirambhi
encircled
nitamba-bimbam
His rounded hips.
Next, the yogi should fix his mind in meditation on the Personality of Godhead’s thighs, the storehouse of all energy. The Lord’s thighs are whitish blue, like the luster of the linseed flower, and appear most graceful when the Lord is carried on the shoulders of Garuḍa. Also the yogī should contemplate His rounded hips, which are encircled by a girdle that rests on the exquisite yellow silk cloth that extends down to His ankles.

The Personality of Godhead is the reservoir of all strength, and His strength rests on the thighs of His transcendental body. His whole body is full of opulences: all riches, all strength, all fame, all beauty, all knowledge and all renunciation. The yogī is advised to meditate upon the transcendental form of the Lord, beginning from the soles of the feet and then gradually rising to the knees, to the thighs, and finally arriving at the face. The system of meditating on the Supreme Personality of Godhead begins from His feet.

The description of the transcendental form of the Lord is exactly represented in the arcā-vigraha, the statue in the temples. Generally, the lower part of the body of the statue of the Lord is covered with yellow silk. That is the Vaikuṇṭha dress, or the dress the Lord wears in the spiritual sky. This cloth extends down to the Lord’s ankles. Thus, since the yogī has so many transcendental objectives on which to meditate, there is no reason for his meditating on something imaginary, as is the practice of the so-called yogīs whose objective is impersonal.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
He should place in his mind the two beautiful, powerful thighs of the Lord, blue like the atasi flower, as he sits on the shoulders of Garuḍa, with hips surrounded by a belt and draped with the best yellow cloth It has already been said that one should meditate on the Lord moving in verse 19. One should meditate on the two thighs of the Lord mounted on Garuḍa going to give blessings to Pṛthu and Dhruva. Bhūjayor adhi means “upon the shoulders.” Nitamba-bimbam means “the area of his hips.”
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