Revive your eternal relationship with Krishna to restore the soul's natural happiness and peace.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.28 — December 6, 1973, Los Angeles 731206SB-LOS ANGELES [31:33 Minutes] SB-01.15.28_731206SB-LOS ANGELES Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] sūta uvāca evaṁ cintayato jiṣṇoḥ kṛṣṇa-pāda-saroruham sauhārdenātigāḍhena śāntāsīd vimalā matiḥ [SB 1.15.28] [break] sūtaḥ uvāca—Sūta Gosvāmī said; evam—thus; cintayataḥ—while thinking of the instructions; jiṣṇoḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kṛṣṇa-pāda—the feet of Kṛṣṇa; saroruham—resembling lotuses; sauhārdena—by deep friendship; ati-gāḍhena—in great intimacy; śāntā—pacified; āsīt—it so became; vimalā—without any tinge of material contamination; matiḥ...
This is the process. In the Second Canto you'll find we have to think of Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet. The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, First Canto and Second Canto are the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. Then you gradually rise.
When you are accustomed to think of Kṛṣṇa, that is called transcendental meditation. At any time, at any moment, if you immediately meditate, you'll see the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. That is transcendental meditation. Then gradually rise to think of this portion, this portion, this portion and, at last, the smiling face.
That smiling face is compared with the Tenth Canto, Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. This is explained. So Arjuna was disturbed in so many ways, but as soon as he began to think of Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet, saroruha, kṛṣṇa-pāda saroruha, immediately everything became pacified. This is the process. This is transcendental consciousness or transcendental meditation.
Immediately, without any delay for a moment you'll feel completely pacified. Therefore Kṛṣṇa advises, man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru [Bg. 18.65]: "Always...," man-manāḥ, "always engage your mind upon Me." This Deity worship means to train the neophytes devotees how to concentrate upon the form of Kṛṣṇa, especially His lotus feet. That will make our life pacified always, śānta, śānta, pacified, peaceful. Another point is, sauhārdenātigāḍhena: very deep intimacy.
We have got already our relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati [Bg. 5.29]. We are seeking after friends who can give me some benefit, who can give me some peace of mind. You are reading so many books, so many..., consulting so many philosophers, scientists, searching out peace of mind.
But we are forgetting that our real suhṛt, friend, is Kṛṣṇa. Suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānām. Actually that is a fact, because we are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. The example I have given many times: Just like this finger is part and parcel of my body. So the finger is always happy when it is attached with this body.