292 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 8
tatas cdvirabhit saksdc
chri rama bhagavat-para
ranjayanti disah kantya
vidyut saudamani yatha
tatah—thereafter; ca—and; dvirabhit—manifested; sdksat—
directly; sri—the goddess of fortune; rama—known as Rama; bhagavat-
pard—absolutely inclined to be possessed by the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; rafjayanti—illuminating; disah—all directions; kantya—by
luster; vidyut—lightning; saudamani—Saudamani; yatha—as.
TRANSLATION
Then there appeared the goddess of fortune, Rama, who is ab-
solutely dedicated to being enjoyed by the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. She appeared like electricity, surpassing the lightning
that might illuminate a marble mountain.
PURPORT
Sri means opulence. Krsna is the owner of all opulences.
bhoktaram yajnia-tapasarm
sarva-loka-mahesvaram
suhrdam sarva-bhitanam
Jiatva mam santim rechati
This peace formula for the world is given in Bhagavad-gita (5.29).
When people know that the Supreme Lord, Krsna, is the supreme en-
joyer, the supreme proprietor and the most intimate well-wishing friend
of all living entities, peace and prosperity will ensue all over the world.
Unfortunately, the conditioned souls, being placed into illusion by the
external energy of the Lord, want to fight with one another, and
therefore peace is disturbed. The first prerequisite for peace is that all
the wealth presented by Sri, the goddess of fortune, be offered to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everyone should give up his false
proprietorship over worldly possessions and offer everything to Krsna.
This is the teaching of the Krsna consciousness movement.
