Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.9.18
तां श्रीसखीं कनककुण्डलचारुकर्ण-
नासाकपोलवदनां परदेवताख्याम् ।
संवीक्ष्य सम्मुमुहुरुत्स्मितवीक्षणेन
देवासुरा विगलितस्तनपट्टिकान्ताम् ॥ १८ ॥
tāṁ śrī-sakhīṁ kanaka-kuṇḍala-cāru-karṇa-
[taam shree-sakheem kanaka-kundala-chaaru-karna-]
nāsā-kapola-vadanāṁ para-devatākhyām
[naasaa-kapola-vadanaam para-devataakhyaam]
saṁvīkṣya sammumuhur utsmita-vīkṣaṇena
[samveekshya sammumuhur utsmita-veekshanena]
devāsurā vigalita-stana-paṭṭikāntām
[devaasuraa vigalita-stana-pattikaantaam]
Word-for-word
tām
—
unto Her
śrī-sakhīm
—
appearing like a personal associate of the goddess of fortune
kanaka-kuṇḍala
—
with golden earrings
cāru
—
very beautiful
karṇa
—
ears
nāsā
—
nose
kapola
—
cheeks
vadanām
—
face
para-devatā-ākhyām
—
the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, appearing in that form
saṁvīkṣya
—
looking at Her
sammumuhuḥ
—
all of them became enchanted
utsmita
—
slightly smiling
vīkṣaṇena
—
glancing over them
deva-asurāḥ
—
all the demigods and demons
vigalita-stana-paṭṭika-antām
—
the border of the sari on the breasts moved slightly.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tāṁ śrī-sakhīṁ kanaka-kuṇḍala-cāru-karṇa-
tām
unto Her
śrī-sakhīm
appearing like a personal associate of the goddess of fortune
kanaka-kuṇḍala
with golden earrings
cāru
very beautiful
karṇa
ears
nāsā-kapola-vadanāṁ para-devatākhyām
nāsā
nose
kapola
cheeks
vadanām
face
para-devatā-ākhyām
the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, appearing in that form
saṁvīkṣya sammumuhur utsmita-vīkṣaṇena
saṁvīkṣya
looking at Her
sammumuhuḥ
all of them became enchanted
utsmita
slightly smiling
vīkṣaṇena
glancing over them
devāsurā vigalita-stana-paṭṭikāntām
deva-asurāḥ
all the demigods and demons
vigalita-stana-paṭṭika-antām
the border of the sari on the breasts moved slightly.
Her attractive nose and cheeks and Her ears, adorned with golden earrings, made Her face very beautiful. As She moved, Her sari’s border on Her breasts moved slightly aside. When the demigods and demons saw these beautiful features of Mohinī-mūrti, who was glancing at them and slightly smiling, they were all completely enchanted.
Purport
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks here that Mohinī-mūrti 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.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Gazing at this form of the Lord, resembling a friend of Lakṣmī, whose face had beautiful ears, nose and cheeks, gold earrings, with the cloth falling from her breast, the devatās and demons become enchanted by her smiling glance.
Though the Lord is the friend of Lakṣmī, he became her female friend. Though Nārāyaṇa is most beautiful among males, you, Lakṣmī, should not become proud and think that you are the most beautiful among women. I, the Supreme lord, am also the most beautiful among women. To prove this to Lakṣmī, he showed this form. She had golden earrings and beautiful nose.
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Personal Guidance
Sari border slipping, Mohinī glancing and smiling — all were enchanted. Even Lakṣmī is surpassed by the Lord's female form. The Lord is the source of all beauty, and any form He takes will exceed all comparable forms.
Reflection Questions
- Whose beauty have I treated as ultimate when even Lakṣmī can be surpassed by the Lord's own form?
- Where am I worshiping a derived beauty as if it were the source?
My note
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