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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 8]
lotus flowers, which was surrounded by humming bumblebees searching for honey. Then, expecting to get a place on the bosom of the Lord, she remained standing by His side, her face smiling in shyness.
TEXT 25
तस्याः श्रियस्त्रिजगतो जनको जनन्या
वक्षोनिवासमकरोत् परमं विभूतेः ।
श्रीः स्वाः प्रजाः सकरुणेन निरीक्षणेन
यत्र स्थितैधयत साधिपतीं स्त्रिलोकान् ॥२५॥
tasyāḥ śriyas tri-jagato janako jananyā vakṣo nivāsam akarot paramaṁ vibhūteḥ śrīḥ svāḥ prajāḥ sakaruṇena nirīkṣaṇena yatra sthitaidhayata sādhipatīṁs tri-lokān
tasyāḥ —of her;  śriyaḥ —the goddess of fortune;  tri-jagataḥ —of the three worlds;  janakaḥ —the father;  jananyāḥ —of the mother;  vakṣaḥ —bosom;  nivāsam —residence;  akarot —made;  paramam —supreme;  vibhūteḥ —of the opulent;  śrīḥ —the goddess of fortune;  svāḥ —own;  prajāḥ —descendants;  sa-karuṇena —with favorable mercy;  nirīkṣaṇena —by glancing over;  yatra —wherein;  sthitā —staying;  aidhayata —increased;  sa-adhipatīn —with the great directors and leaders;  tri-lokān —the three worlds.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the father of the three worlds, and His bosom is the residence of mother Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, the proprietor of all opulences. The goddess of fortune, by her favorable and merciful glance, can increase the opulence of the three worlds, along with their inhabitants and their directors, the demigods.
PURPORT
According to the desire of Lakṣmīdevī, the goddess of fortune, the Supreme Personality of Godhead made His bosom her residence so that