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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.59.23

ततश्च भू: कृष्णमुपेत्य कुण्डले प्रतप्तजाम्बूनदरत्नभास्वरे । सवैजयन्त्या वनमालयार्पयत् प्राचेतसं छत्रमथो महामणिम् ॥ २३ ॥
tataś ca bhūḥ kṛṣṇam upetya kuṇḍale
[tatash cha bhooh krishnam upetya kundale]
pratapta-jāmbūnada-ratna-bhāsvare
[pratapta-jaamboonada-ratna-bhaasvare]
sa-vaijayantyā vana-mālayārpayat
[sa-vaijayantyaa vana-maalayaarpayat]
prācetasaṁ chatram atho mahā-maṇim
[praachetasam chatram atho mahaa-manim]
tataḥ — then ca — and bhūḥ — the goddess of the earth kṛṣṇam — Lord Kṛṣṇa upetya — approaching kuṇḍale — the two earrings (belonging to Aditi) pratapta — glowing jāmbūnada — gold ratna — with jewels bhāsvare — shining sa — together with vaijayantyā — named Vaijayantī vana - mālayā — and with a flower garland arpayat — presented prācetasam — of Varuṇa chatram — the umbrella atha u — then mahā - maṇim — Maṇi-parvata, the peak of Mandara Mountain .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tataś ca bhūḥ kṛṣṇam upetya kuṇḍale
tataḥ
then
ca
and
bhūḥ
the goddess of the earth
kṛṣṇam
Lord Kṛṣṇa
upetya
approaching
kuṇḍale
the two earrings (belonging to Aditi)
pratapta-jāmbūnada-ratna-bhāsvare
pratapta
glowing
jāmbūnada
gold
ratna
with jewels
bhāsvare
shining
sa-vaijayantyā vana-mālayārpayat
sa
together with
vaijayantyā
named Vaijayantī
vana - mālayā
and with a flower garland
arpayat
presented
prācetasaṁ chatram atho mahā-maṇim
prācetasam
of Varuṇa
chatram
the umbrella
atha u
then
mahā - maṇim
Maṇi-parvata, the peak of Mandara Mountain .
  • bhūḥ — the goddess of the earth
    Bhū-devī, Mother Earth — Bhauma's birth-mother. Gauḍīyas note that she appears precisely after her son's death; the same Earth that grieved Parīkṣit's curse in SB 1.16 grieves here too, and her grief is the doorway to her praise.
  • kuṇḍale — the two earrings
    Dual — Aditi's pair of earrings, originally given by Lord Viṣṇu (per tradition) and stolen by Bhauma. The pair circles the chapter; their return motivates Kṛṣṇa's later journey to Indra's abode (verse 38).
  • vaijayantyā — the Vaijayantī garland
    Vaijayantī = 'victory-flag'. A garland of five-colored forest flowers, traditionally worn by Viṣṇu (Bhāgavatam 8.18.2 describes Vāmana wearing it). Bhūmi restores to Kṛṣṇa what is iconographically already His.
  • mahā - maṇim — the great jewel (Mandara's peak)
    Compound: mahā (great) + maṇi (jewel). The Maṇi-parvata — Mandara's peak — was the demigods' recreation ground (the site of the churning of the milk-ocean in earlier cantos). Bhauma had taken it; Bhūmi returns it.
The goddess of the earth then approached Lord Kṛṣṇa and presented Him with Aditi’s earrings, which were made of glowing gold inlaid with shining jewels. She also gave Him a Vaijayantī flower garland, Varuṇa’s umbrella and the peak of Mandara Mountain.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The goddess of the earth then approached Lord Kṛṣṇa and presented Him with Aditi's earrings, which were made of glowing gold inlaid with shining jewels. She also gave Him a Vaijayantī flower garland, Varuṇa's umbrella and the peak of Mandara Mountain.
Commentary

Bhumi returned everything stolen by her son, including the jewel mountain (maha manim).

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The Vaijayantī is a five colored garland and vanamālā garland made of leaves and flowers, extending to the feet. She offered him the earrings along with a vanamāla and vaijyayanti garland.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Bhū lived always in the house of Naraka, being his mother. Or she appeared at that time. She approached Kṛṣṇa, directly bhagavān, and her husband. The Vaijayantī is a five colored garland and the vanamālā garland made of leaves and flowers, extending to the feet. She offered him the earrings along with a vanamāla and vaijyayanti garland. Atha indicates all or after some time. After that she offered the umbrella and mountain.

Concepts
Jiva
Bhūmi, the earth-goddess, approaches the Lord and presents Aditi's earrings, a Vaijayantī garland, Varuṇa's umbrella, and Mandara's peak. Returning stolen items from the source; recovery is publicly handed over.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do you publicly return what has come back through your work?
  • How does public handover prevent quiet retention?

A mother holds the stolen goods of her wayward son in trembling hands and offers them, with him gone, to the Lord who took him — Bhūmi's approach to Kṛṣṇa is the gesture of a grieving parent returning what was never truly hers. The earrings, the garland, the umbrella, the mountain-peak: a heap of borrowed cosmos restored to its source.

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