SB 3.15.22

TEXT 22

TEXT

वापीषु विद्रुमतटास्वमलामृताप्सु प्रेष्यान्विता निजवने तुलसीभिरीशम् ।
अभ्यर्चती स्वलकमुन्नसमीक्ष्य वक्त्रम् उच्छेषितं भगवतेत्यमताङ्ग यच्छ्रीः ॥ २२ ॥

vapisu vidruma-tatasv amalamrtapsu

presyanvita nija-vane tulasibhir isam

abhyarcati sv-alakam unnasam iksya vaktram

ucchesitam bhagavatety amataṅga yac chrih

vapisu-in the ponds; vidruma-made of coral; tatasu-banks; amala-transparent; amrta-nectarean; apsu-water; presya-anvita-surrounded by maidservants; nija-vane-in her own garden; tulasibhih-with tulasi; isam-the Supreme Lord; abhyarcati-worship; su-alakam-with her face decorated with tilaka; unnasam-raised nose; iksya-by seeing; vaktram-face; ucchesitam-being kissed; bhagavata-by the Supreme Lord; iti-thus; amata-thought; aṅga-O demigods; yat srih-whose beauty.

TRANSLATION

The goddesses of fortune worship the Lord in their own gardens by offering tulasi leaves on the coral-paved banks of transcendental reservoirs of water. While offering worship to the Lord they can see on the water the reflection of their beautiful faces with raised noses, and it appears that they have become more beautiful because of the Lord's kissing their faces.

PURPORT

Generally, when a woman is kissed by her husband, her face becomes more beautiful. In Vaikuntha also, although the goddess of fortune is naturally as beautiful as can be imagined, she nevertheless awaits the kissing of the Lord to make her face more beautiful. The beautiful face of the goddess of fortune appeared in ponds of transcendental crystal water when she worshiped the Lord with tulasi leaves in her garden.

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