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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 19]
cloth and ornaments, and before taking breakfast she should worship Lord Viṣṇu and Lakṣmī.
TEXT 4
अलं ते निरपेक्षाय पूर्णकाम नमोऽस्तु ते । महाविभूतिपतये नमः सकलसिद्धये ॥ ४ ॥
alam te nirapekṣāya pūrṇa-kāma namo 'stu te mahāvibhūti-pataye namaḥ sakala-siddhaye
alam—enough; te—to You; nirapekṣāya—indifferent; pūrṇa-kāma—O Lord, whose desire is always fulfilled; namaḥ—obeisances; astu—may there be; te—unto You; mahā-vibhūti—of Lakṣmī; pataye—unto the husband; namaḥ—obeisances; sakala-siddhaye—unto the master of all mystic perfections.
TRANSLATION
[She should then pray to the Lord as follows] My dear Lord, You are full in all opulences, but I do not beg You for opulence. I simply offer my respectful obeisances unto You. You are the husband and master of Lakṣmīdevī, the goddess of fortune, who has all opulences. Therefore You are the master of all mystic yoga. I simply offer my obeisances unto You.
PURPORT
A devotee knows how to appreciate the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
om pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idam pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate
“The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal