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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 16]
namo marakata-śyāma- vapuṣe 'dhigata-śriye keśavāya namas tubhyaṁ namas te pīta-vāsase
namaḥ —I offer my respectful obeisances unto You;  marakata-śyāma-vapuṣe —whose bodily hue is blackish like the  marakata  gem;  adhigata-śriye —under whose control is mother Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune;  keśavāya —Lord Keśava, who killed the Keśī demon;  namaḥ tubhyaṁ —I offer my respectful obeisances unto You;  namaḥ te —again I offer my respectful obeisances unto You;  pīta-vāsase —whose garment is yellow.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who are dressed in yellow garments, whose bodily hue resembles the  marakata  gem, and who have full control over the goddess of fortune. O my Lord Keśava, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
TEXT 36
त्वं सर्ववरदः पुंसां वरेण्य वरदर्षम । अतस्ते श्रेयसे धीराः पादरेणुमुपासते ॥३६॥
tvaṁ sarva-varadaḥ puṁsāṁ vareṇya varadarṣabha atas te śreyase dhīrāḥ pāda-reṇum upāsate
tvaṁ —You;  sarva-vara-daḥ —who can give all kinds of benedictions;  puṁsāṁ —to all living entities;  vareṇya —O most worshipable;  vara-da-rṣabha —O most powerful of all givers of benediction;  ataḥ —for this reason;  te —Your;  śreyase —the source of all auspiciousness;  dhīrāḥ —the most sober;  pāda-reṇum upāsate —worship the dust of the lotus feet.
TRANSLATION
O most exalted and worshipable Lord, best of those who bestow benediction, You can fulfill the desires of everyone, and therefore