Texts 32-33]
How Parīkṣit Received the Age of Kali
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tasyāham abja-kuliśāṅkuśa-ketu-ketaiḥ śrīmat-padair bhagavataḥ samalaṅkṛtāṅgī trīn aty aroca upalabhya tato vibhūtim lokān sa mām vyasṛjad utsmayatīm tadante
brahmā-ādayaḥ—demigods such as Brahmā; bahutitham—for many days; yat—of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune; apāṅga-mokṣa—glance of grace; kāmāḥ—being desirous of; tapaḥ—penances; samacaran—executing; bhagavat—unto the Personality of Godhead; prapannāḥ—surrendered; sā—she (the goddess of fortune); śrīḥ—Lakṣmījī; sva-vāsam—her own abode; aravinda-vanam—the forest of lotus flowers; vihāya—leaving aside; yat—whose; pāda—feet; saubhagam—all-blissful; alam—without hesitation; bhajate—worships; anuraktā—being attached; tasya—His; aham—myself; abja—lotus flower; kuliśa—thunderbolt; aṅkuśa—rod for driving elephants; ketu—flag; ketaiḥ—impressions; śrīmat—the owner of all opulence; padaiḥ—by the soles of the feet; bhagavataḥ—of the Personality of Godhead; samalaṅkṛta-aṅgī—one whose body is so decorated; trīn—three; ati—superseding; aroce—beautifully decorated; upalabhya—having obtained; tataḥ—thereafter; vibhūtim—specific powers; lokān—planetary systems; saḥ—He; mām—me; vyasṛjat—gave up; utsmayatīm—while feeling proud; tadante—at the end.
TRANSLATION
Lakṣmījī, the goddess of fortune, whose glance of grace was sought by demigods like Brahmā and others and for whom they surrendered many a day unto the Personality of Godhead, gave up her own abode in the forest of lotus flowers and engaged herself in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord. I was endowed with specific powers to supersede the fortune of all the three planetary systems by being decorated with the impressions of the flag, thunderbolt, elephant driving rod and lotus flower, which are signs of the lotus feet of the Lord. But at the end, when I felt I was so fortunate, the Lord left me.
PURPORT
The beauty and opulence of the world can be enhanced by the grace of the Lord and not by any manmade planning. When the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa was present on this earth, the impressions of the special signs of His lotus feet were stamped on the dust, and as a result of this specific grace, the whole earth was made as perfect as possible. In other words, the rivers, the seas, the forests, the hills and the mines, which are the supplying agents for the