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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.28.27

బాహూంశ్చ మన్దరగిరే: పరివర్తనేన నిర్ణిక్తబాహువలయానధిలోకపాలాన్ । సఞ్చిన్తయేద్దశశతారమసహ్యతేజ: శఙ్ఖం చ తత్కరసరోరుహరాజహంసమ్ ॥ ౨౭ ॥
bāhūṁś ca mandara-gireḥ parivartanena
[baahoomsh cha mandara-gireh parivartanena]
nirṇikta-bāhu-valayān adhiloka-pālān
[nirnikta-baahu-valayaan adhiloka-paalaan]
saṣcintayed daśa-śatāram asahya-tejaḥ
[sashchintayed dasha-shataaram asahya-tejah]
śaṅkhaṁ ca tat-kara-saroruha-rāja-haṁsam
[shankham cha tat-kara-saroruha-raaja-hamsam]
bāhūn — the arms ca — and mandara-gireḥ — of Mount Mandara parivartanena — by the revolving nirṇikta — polished bāhu-valayān — the arm ornaments adhiloka-pālān — the source of the controllers of the universe saṣcintayet — one should meditate on daśa-śata-aram — the Sudarśana disc (ten hundred spokes) asahya-tejaḥ — dazzling luster śaṅkham — the conch ca — also tat-kara — in the hand of the Lord saroruha — lotuslike rāja-haṁsam — like a swan.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bāhūṁś ca mandara-gireḥ parivartanena
bāhūn
the arms
ca
and
mandara-gireḥ
of Mount Mandara
parivartanena
by the revolving
nirṇikta-bāhu-valayān adhiloka-pālān
nirṇikta
polished
bāhu-valayān
the arm ornaments
adhiloka-pālān
the source of the controllers of the universe
saṣcintayed daśa-śatāram asahya-tejaḥ
saṣcintayet
one should meditate on
daśa-śata-aram
the Sudarśana disc (ten hundred spokes)
asahya-tejaḥ
dazzling luster
śaṅkham
the conch
śaṅkhaṁ ca tat-kara-saroruha-rāja-haṁsam
ca
also
tat-kara
in the hand of the Lord
saroruha
lotuslike
rāja-haṁsam
like a swan.
The yogī should further meditate upon the Lord’s four arms, which are the source of all the powers of the demigods who control the various functions of material nature. Then the yogi should concentrate on the polished ornaments, which were burnished by Mount Mandara as it revolved. He should also duly contemplate the Lord’s discus, the Sudarśana cakra, which contains one thousand spokes and a dazzling luster, as well as the conch, which looks like a swan in His lotuslike palm.

All departments of law and order emanate from the arms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The law and order of the universe is directed by different demigods, and it is here said to emanate from the Lord’s arms. Mandara Hill is mentioned here because when the ocean was churned by the demons on one side and the demigods on the other, Mandara Hill was taken as the churning rod. The Lord in His tortoise incarnation became the pivot for the churning rod, and thus His ornaments were polished by the turning of Mandara Hill. In other words, the ornaments on the arms of the Lord are as brilliant and lustrous as if they had been polished very recently. The wheel in the hand of the Lord, called the Sudarśana cakra, has one thousand spokes. The yogī is advised to meditate upon each of the spokes. He should meditate upon each and every one of the component parts of the transcendental form of the Lord.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
One should meditate on the arms of the Lord, whose bracelets became polished by the turning of Mandara Mountain, and which bestow powers to the devatās protecting the planets. One should meditate on the arms of the Lord holding the cakra with unbearable power and the conch, white like a swan in his lotus hand. One should meditate on the arms of the Lord which churned the milk ocean. His arm bands become polished by the turning of the mountain. By his arms, devotees become designated as protectors of the planets. One should also meditate on the four arms of the Lord in Vaikuṇṭha holding the four weapons, and also on his garland and Kaustubha. The sentence continues into the next verse. Daśaśatāram means cakra.
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