Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.65.31

kamam vihrtya salilad

uttirnayasitambare

bhusanani maharhani

dadau kantih subham srajam

SYNONYMS

kamam -- as pleased Him; vihrtya -- having played; salilat -- from the water; uttirnaya -- to Him who had risen; asita -- blue; ambare -- a pair of garments (upper and lower); bhusanani -- ornaments; maha -- greatly; arhani -- valuable; dadau -- gave; kantih -- Goddess Kanti; subham -- splendidly beautiful; srajam -- a necklace.

TRANSLATION

The Lord played in the water to His full satisfaction, and when He came out Goddess Kanti presented Him with blue garments, precious ornaments and a brilliant necklace.

PURPORT

Srila Sridhara Svami quotes from the Visnu Purana to show that the Goddess Kanti mentioned here is actually Laksmi, the goddess of fortune:

varuna-prahita casmai

malam amlana-pankajam

samudrabhe tatha vastre

nile laksmir ayacchata

"Sent by Varuna, Goddess Laksmi then presented Him with a garland of unfading lotuses and a pair of garments colored blue like the ocean."

The great Bhagavatam commentator Srila Sridhara Svami also quotes the following statement from Sri Hari-vamsa, spoken by Goddess Laksmi to Lord Balarama:

jatarupa-mayam caikam

kundalam vajra-bhusanam

adi-padmam ca padmakhyam

divyam sravana-bhusanam

devemam pratigrhnisva

pauranim bhusana-kriyam

"O Lord, please accept as divine ornaments for Your ears this single gold earring studded with diamonds and this primeval lotus called Padma. Kindly accept them, for this act of adornment is traditional."

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti further points out that Goddess Laksmi is the consort of the Lord's plenary expansion Sankarsana who belongs to the second vyuha.

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