Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.8.17

tatah krita-svastyayanotpala-srajam

nadad-dvirepham parigrihya panina

cacala vaktram sukapola-kundalam

savrida-hasam dadhati susobhanam

SYNONYMS

tatah -- thereafter; krita-svastyayana -- being worshiped regularly by all-auspicious ritualistic ceremonies; utpala-srajam -- a garland of lotuses; nadat -- humming; dvirepham -- surrounded by bumblebees; parigrihya -- capturing; panina -- by the hand; cacala -- went on; vaktram -- face; su-kapola-kundalam -- her cheeks decorated with earrings; sa-vrida-hasam -- smiling with shyness; dadhati -- expanding; su-sobhanam -- her natural beauty.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, mother Lakshmi, 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. Smiling with shyness, her cheeks decorated by her earrings, she looked extremely beautiful.

PURPORT

The goddess of fortune, mother Lakshmiji, 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. Although she appeared to have been born of the ocean of milk, she immediately resorted to her eternal place on the bosom of Narayana.

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