Text 9] The Churning of the Milk Ocean 293

TEXT 9
Tat aE: wet at ATUGAAT: |
eiaaiaaafearaa: = 4 tl

tasyam cakruh sprham sarve
sasurdsura-manavah

rijpaudarya-vayo-varna-
mahimaksipta-cetasah

tasyam—unto her; cakruh—did; sprham—desire; sarve—everyone;
sa-sura-asura-madnavah—the demigods, the demons and the human
beings; riipa-audarya—by the exquisite beauty and bodily features;
vayah—youth; varma—complexion; mahima—glories; daksipta—agi-
tated; cetasah—their minds.

TRANSLATION

Because of her exquisite beauty, her bodily features, her youth,
her complexion and her glories, everyone, including the
demigods, the demons and the human beings, desired her. They
were attracted because she is the source of all opulences.

PURPORT

Who in this world does not want to possess wealth, beauty and the
social respectability that come from these opulences? People generally
desire material enjoyment, material opulence and the association of
aristocratic family members (bhogaisvarya-prasaktanam). Material en-
joyment entails money, beauty and the reputation they bring, which can
all be achieved by the mercy of the goddess of fortune. The goddess of
fortune, however, never remains alone. As indicated in the previous
verse by the word bhagavat-pard, she is the property of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead and is enjoyable only by Him. If one wants the
favor of the goddess of fortune, mother Laksmi, because she is by nature
bhagavat-pard one must keep her with Narayana. The devotees who al-
ways engage in the service of Narayana (ndéraéyana-pardyana) can easily
