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TEXT 18
tam sri-sakhim kanaka-kundala-caru-karna-
nasa-kapola-vadanam para-devatakhyam
samviksya sammumuhur utsmita-viksanena
devasura vigalita-stana-pattikantam
SYNONYMS
tamunto Her; sri-sakhimappearing like a personal associate of the goddess of fortune; kanaka-kundalawith golden earrings; caruvery beautiful; karnaears; nasanose; kapolacheeks; vadanamface; para-devata-akhyamthe Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, appearing in that form; samviksyalooking at Her; sammumuhuhall of them became enchanted; utsmitaslightly smiling; viksanenaglancing over them; deva-asurahall the demigods and demons; vigalita-stana-pattika-antamthe border of the sari on the breasts moved slightly.
TRANSLATION
Her attractive nose and cheeks and Her ears, adorned with golden earrings, made Her face very beautiful. As She moved, Her saris border on Her breasts moved slightly aside. When the demigods and demons saw these beautiful features of Mohini-murti, who was glancing at them and slightly smiling, they were all completely enchanted.
PURPORT
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks here that Mohini-murti is the Supreme Personality of Godhead in a feminine form and that the goddess of fortune is Her associate. This form assumed by the Personality of Godhead challenged the goddess of fortune. The goddess of fortune is beautiful, but if the Lord accepts the form of a woman, He surpasses the goddess of fortune in beauty. It is not that the goddess of fortune, being female, is the most beautiful. The Lord is so beautiful that He can excel any beautiful goddess of fortune by assuming a female form.
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