300 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 8
TEXT 17
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tatah krta-svastyayanotpala-srajam
nadad-dvirepham parigrhya panina
cacdla vaktram sukapola-kundalam
savrida-hdsam dadhati susobhanam
tatah—thereafter; krta-svastyayand—being worshiped regularly by
all-auspicious ritualistic ceremonies; utpala-srajam—a garland of
lotuses; nadat—humming; dvirepham—surrounded by bumblebees;
parigrhya—capturing; pdnind—by the hand; cacdla—went on;
vaktram—face; su-kapola-kundalam—her cheeks decorated with ear-
rings; sa-vrida-hdsam—smiling with shyness; dadhati—expanding; su-
sobhanam—her natural beauty.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, mother Laksmi, the goddess of fortune, having
been properly celebrated with an auspicious ritualistic ceremony,
began moving about, holding in her hand a garland of lotus
flowers, which were surrounded by humming bumblebees. Smil-
ing with shyness, her cheeks decorated by her earrings, she looked
extremely beautiful.
PURPORT
The goddess of fortune, mother Laksmiji, accepted the ocean of milk
as her father, but she perpetually rests on the bosom of Narayana. She
offers benedictions even to Lord Brahma and other living entities in this
material world, yet she is transcendental to all material qualities. Al-
though she appeared to have been born of the ocean of milk, she im-
mediately resorted to her eternal place on the bosom of Narayana.
