Text 18] The Residents of Jambūdvipa Offer Prayers
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by his daughters [the deities of the nights], Lakṣmidevi worships the Lord during the period known as the Sarivatsara in His most merciful form as Kāmadeva. Fully absorbed in devotional service, she chants the following mantras.
PURPORT
The word  māyāmayam  used in this verse should not be understood according to the interpretations of the Māyāvādis.  Māyā  means affection as well as illusion. When a mother deals with her child affectionately, she is called  māyāmaya . In whatever form the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu appears, He is always affectionate toward His devotees. Thus the word  māyāmayam  is used here to mean “very affectionate toward the devotees.” Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī writes in this regard that  māyāmayam  can also mean  kṛpā-pracuram , deeply merciful. Similarly, Śrīla Virarāghava says,  māyā-pracuranātmīya-saṅkalpena parigṛhītam ity arthaḥ jñāna-paryāyo 'tra māyā-śabdaḥ : when one is very affectionate due to an intimate relationship, one is described as  māyāmaya . Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravatī Thākura explains  māyāmayam  by dividing it into the words  māyā  and  āmayam . He explains these words to indicate that because the living entity is covered by the disease of illusion, the Lord is always eager to deliver His devotee from the clutches of  māyā  and cure him of the disease caused by the illusory energy.
TEXT 18
ॐ हां हीं हूँ ॐ नमो भगवते हृषीकेशाय सर्वगुणविशेषैर्विलक्षितात्मने 
    आकृतीनां चित्तीनां चेतसां विशेषाणां चाधिपतये 
    षोडशकलायच्छन्दोमयायान्नमयायामृतमयाय सर्वमयाय सहसे ओजसे 
    बलाय कान्ताय कामाय नमस्ते उभयत्र भूयात् ॥१८॥
oṁ hrāṁ hrīṁ hrūṁ oṁ namo bhagavate hṛṣīkeśāya sarva-guṇa-viśeṣair 
    vilakṣitātmane ākūtīnāṁ cittīnāṁ cetasāṁ viśeṣāṇāṁ cādhipataye 
    ṣoḍaśa-kalāya cchando-mayāyānna-mayāyāmṛta-mayāya sarva- 
    mayāya sahase ojase balāya kāntāya kāmāya namas te ubhayatra 
    bhūyāt.