TEXT 17
tatah krta-svastyayanotpala-srajam
nadad-dvirepham parigrhya panina
cacala vaktram sukapola-kundalam
savrida-hasam dadhati susobhanam
SYNONYMS
tatahthereafter; krta-svastyayanabeing worshiped regularly by all-auspicious ritualistic ceremonies; utpala-srajama garland of lotuses; nadathumming; dvirephamsurrounded by bumblebees; parigrhyacapturing; paninaby the hand; cacalawent on; vaktramface; su-kapola-kundalamher cheeks decorated with earrings; sa-vrida-hasamsmiling with shyness; dadhatiexpanding; su-sobhanamher 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. Smiling 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. 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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