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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.12.29

పరీత్యాభ్యర్చ్య ధిష్ణ్యాగ్ర్యం పార్షదావభివన్ద్య చ । ఇయేష తదధిష్ఠాతుం బిభ్రద్రూపం హిరణ్మయమ్ ॥ ౨౯ ॥
parītyābhyarcya dhiṣṇyāgryaṁ
[pareetyaabhyarchya dhishnyaagryam]
pārṣadāv abhivandya ca
[paarshadaav abhivandya cha]
iyeṣa tad adhiṣṭhātuṁ
[iyesha tad adhishthaatum]
bibhrad rūpaṁ hiraṇmayam
[bibhrad roopam hiranmayam]
parītya — having circumambulated abhyarcya — having worshiped dhiṣṇya-agryam — the transcendental airplane pārṣadau — unto the two associates abhivandya — having offered obeisances ca — also iyeṣa — he attempted tat — that plane adhiṣṭhātum — to board bibhrat — illuminating rūpam — his form hiraṇmayam — golden.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
parītyābhyarcya dhiṣṇyāgryaṁ
parītya
having circumambulated
abhyarcya
having worshiped
dhiṣṇya-agryam
the transcendental airplane
pārṣadāv abhivandya ca
pārṣadau
unto the two associates
abhivandya
having offered obeisances
ca
also
iyeṣa tad adhiṣṭhātuṁ
iyeṣa
he attempted
tat
that plane
adhiṣṭhātum
to board
bibhrad rūpaṁ hiraṇmayam
bibhrat
illuminating
rūpam
his form
hiraṇmayam
golden.
Before getting aboard, Dhruva Mahārāja worshiped the airplane, circumambulated it, and also offered obeisances to the associates of Viṣṇu. In the meantime he became as brilliant and illuminating as molten gold. He was thus completely prepared to board the transcendental plane.

In the absolute world, the plane, the associates of Lord Viṣṇu and Lord Viṣṇu Himself are all spiritual — there is no material contamination. In quality, everything there is one. As Lord Viṣṇu is worshipable, so also are His associates, His paraphernalia, His airplane and His abode, for everything of Viṣṇu’s is as good as Lord Viṣṇu. Dhruva Mahārāja knew all this very well, as a pure Vaiṣṇava, and he offered his respects to the associates and to the plane before riding in it. But in the meantime, his body changed into spiritual existence, and therefore it was illuminating like molten gold. In this way he also became one with the other paraphernalia of Viṣṇuloka.

Māyāvādī philosophers cannot imagine how this oneness can be achieved even in different varieties. Their idea of oneness is that there is no variety. Therefore they have become impersonalists. As Śiśumāra, Viṣṇuloka or Dhruvaloka are completely different from this material world, so a Viṣṇu temple within this world is also completely different from this material world. As soon as we are in a temple we should know very well that we are situated differently from the material world. In the temple, Lord Viṣṇu, His throne, His room and all other things associated with the temple are transcendental. The three modes — sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa — have no entrance into the temple. It is said, therefore, that to live in the forest is in the mode of goodness, to live in the city is in the mode of passion, and to live in a brothel, liquor shop or slaughterhouse is in the mode of ignorance, but to live in the temple means to live in Vaikuṇṭhaloka. Everything in the temple is as worshipable as Lord Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Circumambulating and worshipping the plane, offering respects to the two associates, assuming a golden form, he desired to board the plane. He circled the plane and then worshipped it by offering sandalwood and flowers saying “Bhagavad-vimānāya namaḥ.” Assuming a golden form, he desired to board the plane.
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