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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.18.29

హిరణ్మయేఽపి భగవాన్నివసతి కూర్మతనుం బిభ్రాణస్తస్య తత్ప్రియతమాం తనుమర్యమా సహ వర్షపురుషై: పితృగణాధిపతిరుపధావతి మన్త్రమిమం చానుజపతి ॥ ౨౯ ॥
hiraṇmaye ’pi bhagavān nivasati kūrma-tanuṁ bibhrāṇas tasya tat priyatamāṁ tanum aryamā saha varṣa-puruṣaiḥ pitṛ-gaṇādhipatir upadhāvati mantram imaṁ cānujapati.
[hiranmaye ’pi bhagavaan nivasati koorma-tanum bibhraanas tasya tat priyatamaam tanum aryamaa saha varsha-purushaih pitri-ganaadhipatir upadhaavati mantram imam chaanujapati.]
Word-for-word
hiraṇmaye — in Hiraṇmaya-varṣa api — indeed bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead nivasati — resides kūrma-tanum — the body of a tortoise bibhrāṇaḥ — manifesting tasya — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead tat — that priya-tamām — dearmost tanum — body aryamā — Aryamā, the chief resident of Hiraṇmaya-varṣa saha — with varṣa-puruṣaiḥ — the people of that tract of land pitṛ-gaṇa-adhipatiḥ — who is the chief of the pitās upadhāvati — worships in devotional service mantram — hymn imam — this ca — also anujapati — chants.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
hiraṇmaye ’pi bhagavān nivasati kūrma-tanuṁ bibhrāṇas tasya tat priyatamāṁ tanum aryamā saha varṣa-puruṣaiḥ pitṛ-gaṇādhipatir upadhāvati mantram imaṁ cānujapati.
hiraṇmaye
in Hiraṇmaya-varṣa
api
indeed
bhagavān
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
nivasati
resides
kūrma-tanum
the body of a tortoise
bibhrāṇaḥ
manifesting
tasya
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
tat
that
priya-tamām
dearmost
tanum
body
aryamā
Aryamā, the chief resident of Hiraṇmaya-varṣa
saha
with
varṣa-puruṣaiḥ
the people of that tract of land
pitṛ-gaṇa-adhipatiḥ
who is the chief of the pitās
upadhāvati
worships in devotional service
mantram
hymn
imam
this
ca
also
anujapati
chants.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: In Hiraṇmaya-varṣa, the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, lives in the form of a tortoise [kūrma-śarīra]. This most dear and beautiful form is always worshiped there in devotional service by Aryamā, the chief resident of Hiraṇmaya-varṣa, along with the other inhabitants of that land. They chant the following hymns.
Purport

The word priyatama (dearmost) is very significant in this verse. Each devotee regards a particular form of the Lord as most dear. Because of an atheistic mentality, some people think that the tortoise, boar and fish incarnations of the Lord are not very beautiful. They do not know that any form of the Lord is always the fully opulent Personality of Godhead. Since one of His opulences is infinite beauty, all the Lord’s incarnations are very beautiful and are appreciated as such by devotees. Nondevotees, however, think that Lord Kṛṣṇa’s incarnations are ordinary material creatures, and therefore they distinguish between the beautiful and the not beautiful. A certain form of the Lord is worshiped by a particular devotee because he loves to see that form of the Lord. As stated in Brahma-saṁhitā (5.33) : advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam ādyaṁ purāṇa-puruṣaṁ nava-yauvanaṁ ca. The very beautiful form of the Lord is always youthful. Sincere servants of a particular form of the Lord always see that form as very beautiful, and thus they engage in constant devotional service to Him.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In Hiraṇmaya-varṣa, the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu resides in the form of a tortoise. Aryamā, the chief resident of Hiraṇmaya-varṣa, along with the other inhabitants of that land, worship this beloved form of the Lord. They chant the following hymns. He worships that form, which is most beloved (tat-priyatamām).
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