Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 7: The Sacrifice Performed by Daksha. Text 18

अध्वर्युणात्तहविषा यजमानो विशाम्पते ।
धिया विशुद्धया दध्यौ तथा प्रादुरभूद्धरिः ॥१८॥

adhvaryuṇÄtta-haviá¹£Ä
yajamÄno viÅ›Ämpate
dhiyÄ viÅ›uddhayÄ dadhyau
tathÄ prÄdurabhÅ«d dhariḥ

 adhvaryuá¹‡Ä - with the Yajur Veda; Ätta - taking; haviá¹£Ä - with clarified butter; yajamÄnaḥ - King Daká¹£a; viÅ›Äm-pate - O Vidura; dhiyÄ - in meditation; viÅ›uddhayÄ - sanctified; dadhyau - offered; tathÄ - immediately; prÄduḥ - manifest; abhÅ«t - became; hariḥ - Hari, the Lord.


Text

The great sage Maitreya said to Vidura: My dear Vidura, as soon as King Daká¹£a offered the clarified butter with Yajur Veda mantras in sanctified meditation, Lord Viṣṇu appeared there in His original form as NÄrÄyaṇa.

Purport

Lord Viṣṇu is all-pervading. Any devotee who, in sanctified meditation, following the regulative principles, chants the required mantras in service and in a devotional mood can see Viṣṇu. It is said in the Brahma-saá¹hitÄ that a devotee whose eyes are anointed with the ointment of love of Godhead can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead always within his heart. Lord ÅšyÄmasundara is so kind to His devotee.