584 Srimad-Bhagavatam {Canto 1, Ch. 11
TEXT 26
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TET SKUSAT ARH TergAZ Rall
sriyo nivaso yasyorah
pana-patram mukham drsam
bahavo loka-palanam
sdranganam padambujam
Sriyah—of the goddess of fortune; nivasah—residential place; yasya—
one whose; urah—chest; pdna-pdtram—the drinking pot; mukham—face;
drgam—of eyes; bahavah—the arms; loka-palanam—of the administrative
demigods; sadranganam—of the devotees who talk and sing of the essence
or substance; pada-ambujam—the lotus feet.
TRANSLATION
The Lord’s chest is the abode of the goddess of fortune. His moonlike
face is the drinking vessel for eyes which hanker after all that is beautiful.
His arms are resting places for the administrative demigods. And His lotus
feet are the refuge of pure devotees who never talk or sing of any subject
except His Lordship.
PURPORT
There are different classes of human beings, all seeking different enjoy-
ments from different objects. There are persons who are seeking after the
favor of the goddess of fortune, and for them the Vedic literatures give
information that the Lord is always served with all reverence by thousands
and thousands of goddesses of fortune at the cintamani-dhdma,* the
transcendental abode of the Lord where the trees are all desire-trees and
the buildings are made of touchstone. The Lord Govinda is engaged there
in herding the surabhi cows as His natural occupation. These goddesses of
*cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa-
laksavrtesu surabhir abhipalayantam
laks mi-sahasra-sata-sambhrama-sevyamanam
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami (Bs. 5.29)
