592 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 15

TEXT 22

amity = faguazrararaaa
afar Faas qaathrtaq |

MIA ACTA TA
BOs MAA AAT A: MURA

vapisu vidruma-tatasv amalamrtapsu
presyanvita nija-vane tulasibhir isam

abhyarcati sv-alakam unnasam iksya vaktram
ucchesitam bhagavatety amatanga yac chrih

vapisu—in the ponds; vidruma—made of coral; tatdsu—banks;
amala—transparent; amrta—nectarean; apsu—water; presya-anvita—sur-
rounded by maidservants; nija-vane—in her own garden; tulasibhih—
with tulasi; isam—the Supreme Lord; abhyarcati— worship; su-
alakam—with her face decorated with tilaka; unnasam—raised nose;
tksya—by seeing; vaktram—face; ucchesitam—being kissed; bhagavata—
by the Supreme Lord; iti—thus; amata—thought; ariga—O demigods; yat
srih—whose beauty.

TRANSLATION

The goddesses of fortune worship the Lord in their own gardens by
offering tulasi leaves on the coral-paved banks of transcendental reservoirs
of water. While offering worship to the Lord they can see on the water the
reflection of their beautiful faces with raised noses, and it appears that they
have become more beautiful because of the Lord’s kissing their faces.

PURPORT

Generally, when a woman is kissed by her husband, her face becomes
more beautiful. In Vaikuntha also, although the goddess of fortune is
naturally as beautiful as can be imagined, she nevertheless awaits the
kissing of the Lord to make her face more beautiful. The beautiful face of
the goddess of fortune appeared in ponds of transcendental crystal water
when she worshiped the Lord with tulast leaves in her garden.

TEXT 23

qa aaecqateal TAATAAUT-
spatea AMAT: FRAT AAA: |
