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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.32

శ్రోణ్యోరధ్యస్తయా కాఞ్‍చ్యా కాఞ్చన్యా బహురత్నయా । హారేణ చ మహార్హేణ రుచకేన చ భూషితమ్ ॥ ౩౨ ॥
śroṇyor adhyastayā kāṣcyā
[shronyor adhyastayaa kaashchyaa]
kāṣcanyā bahu-ratnayā
[kaashchanyaa bahu-ratnayaa]
hāreṇa ca mahārheṇa
[haarena cha mahaarhena]
rucakena ca bhūṣitam
[ruchakena cha bhooshitam]
śroṇyoḥ — on the hips adhyastayā — worn kāṣcyā — with a girdle kāṣcanyā — made of gold bahu-ratnayā — decorated with numerous jewels hāreṇa — with a pearl necklace ca — and mahā-arheṇa — precious rucakena — with auspicious substances ca — and bhūṣitam — adorned.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śroṇyor adhyastayā kāṣcyā
śroṇyoḥ
on the hips
adhyastayā
worn
kāṣcyā
with a girdle
kāṣcanyā bahu-ratnayā
kāṣcanyā
made of gold
bahu-ratnayā
decorated with numerous jewels
hāreṇa ca mahārheṇa
hāreṇa
with a pearl necklace
ca
and
mahā-arheṇa
precious
rucakena ca bhūṣitam
rucakena
with auspicious substances
ca
and
bhūṣitam
adorned.
About her hips she wore a girdle of gold, set with numerous jewels, and she was further adorned with a precious pearl necklace and auspicious substances.

Auspicious substances include saffron, kuṅkuma and sandalwood pulp. Before taking a bath there are other auspicious substances, such as turmeric mixed with mustard seed oil, which are smeared all over the body. All kinds of auspicious substances were used to bathe Devahūti from top to toe.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
She was decorated with a gold belt with many jewels on her waist, by a precious necklace and by auspicious substances. She had a belt on her hips. Her body was also decorated with auspicious substances (rucakena). Viśva-kośa says that rucaka means auspicious substance, an ornament for the neck, or a tooth.
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