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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.28.28

కౌమోదకీం భగవతో దయితాం స్మరేత దిగ్ధామరాతిభటశోణితకర్దమేన । మాలాం మధువ్రతవరూథగిరోపఘుష్టాం చైత్యస్య తత్త్వమమలం మణిమస్య కణ్ఠే ॥ ౨౮ ॥
kaumodakīṁ bhagavato dayitāṁ smareta
[kaumodakeem bhagavato dayitaam smareta]
digdhām arāti-bhaṭa-śoṇita-kardamena
[digdhaam araati-bhata-shonita-kardamena]
mālāṁ madhuvrata-varūtha-giropaghuṣṭāṁ
[maalaam madhuvrata-varootha-giropaghushtaam]
caityasya tattvam amalaṁ maṇim asya kaṇṭhe
[chaityasya tattvam amalam manim asya kanthe]
kaumodakīm — the club named Kaumodakī bhagavataḥ — of the Personality of Godhead dayitām — very dear smareta — one should remember digdhām — smeared arāti — of the enemies bhaṭa — soldiers śoṇita-kardamena — with the bloodstains mālām — the garland madhuvrata — of bumblebees varūtha — of a swarm girā — with the sound upaghuṣṭām — surrounded caityasya — of the living entity tattvam — principle, truth amalam — pure maṇim — the pearl necklace asya — of the Lord kaṇṭhe — on the neck.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kaumodakīṁ bhagavato dayitāṁ smareta
kaumodakīm
the club named Kaumodakī
bhagavataḥ
of the Personality of Godhead
dayitām
very dear
smareta
one should remember
digdhām arāti-bhaṭa-śoṇita-kardamena
digdhām
smeared
arāti
of the enemies
bhaṭa
soldiers
śoṇita-kardamena
with the bloodstains
mālāṁ madhuvrata-varūtha-giropaghuṣṭāṁ
mālām
the garland
madhuvrata
of bumblebees
varūtha
of a swarm
girā
with the sound
upaghuṣṭām
surrounded
caityasya tattvam amalaṁ maṇim asya kaṇṭhe
caityasya
of the living entity
tattvam
principle, truth
amalam
pure
maṇim
the pearl necklace
asya
of the Lord
kaṇṭhe
on the neck.
The yogī should meditate upon His club, which is named Kaumodakī and is very dear to Him. This club smashes the demons, who are always inimical soldiers, and is smeared with their blood. One should also concentrate on the nice garland on the neck of the Lord, which is always surrounded by bumblebees, with their nice buzzing sound, and one should meditate upon the pearl necklace on the Lord’s neck, which is considered to represent the pure living entities who are always engaged in His service.

The yogī must contemplate the different parts of the transcendental body of the Lord. Here it is stated that the constitutional position of the living entities should be understood. There are two kinds of living entities mentioned here. One is called the arāti. They are averse to understanding the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For them, the Lord appears with His hand clutching the terrible mace, which is always smeared with bloodstains from His killing of demons. Demons are also sons of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, all the different species of living entities are sons of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are, however, two classes of living entities, who act in two different ways. The Supreme Lord keeps on His neck those living entities who are pure, as one protects the jewels and pearls on the bosom and neck of one’s body. Those living entities in pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness are symbolized by the pearls on His neck. Those who are demons and are inimical towards the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are punished by His mace, which is always smeared with the blood of such fallen living entities. The club of the Lord is very dear to Him because He uses this instrument to smash the bodies of the demons and mix their blood. As mud is kneaded with water and earth, so the earthly bodies of the enemies of the Lord, or the atheists, are smashed by the club of the Lord, which becomes muddied with the blood of such demons.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
One should meditate on the Lord’s dear club Kaumadakī, smeared with the blood of the enemy. One should meditate on his garland buzzing with swarms of bees, and on the pure Kaustubha jewel on his neck, which represents jīva-tattva. Digdhām means smeared. Upaghuṣṭām means buzzing. Citta means “to be visible, to appear.” Though the word caitya everywhere means the Paramātmā, in this case it means the jīva, since the jīva is his śakti. The Kaustubha is the tattva of jīva-śakti. It is said in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa: ātmānam asya jagato nirlepam aguṇāmalaṁ vibharti kaustabha-maṇi-svarūpaṁ bhagavān hariḥ The Supreme Lord distributes the form of the Kaustubha jewel, uncontaminated and pure, as the ātmā in the universe. Thus the Kaustubha represents the unlimited rays or jīvas.
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