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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.18.17

తద్భ‍గవతో మాయామయం రూపం పరమసమాధియోగేన రమా దేవీ సంవత్సరస్య రాత్రిషు ప్రజాపతేర్దుహితృభిరుపేతాహ:సు చ తద్భ‍‌ర్తృభిరుపాస్తే ఇదం చోదాహరతి ॥ ౧౭ ॥
tad bhagavato māyāmayaṁ rūpaṁ parama-samādhi-yogena ramā devī saṁvatsarasya rātriṣu prajāpater duhitṛbhir upetāhaḥsu ca tad-bhartṛbhir upāste idaṁ codāharati.
[tad bhagavato maayaamayam roopam parama-samaadhi-yogena ramaa devee samvatsarasya raatrishu prajaapater duhitribhir upetaahahsu cha tad-bhartribhir upaaste idam chodaaharati.]
tat — that bhagavataḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead māyā-mayam — full of affection for the devotees rūpam — form parama — highest samādhi-yogena — by absorption of the mind in the service of the Lord ramā — the goddess of fortune devī — divine woman saṁvatsarasya — known as Saṁvatsara rātriṣu — during the nights prajāpateḥ — of Prajāpati duhitṛbhiḥ — with the daughters upeta — combined ahaḥsu — during the days ca — also tat-bhartṛbhiḥ — with the husbands upāste — worships idam — this ca — also udāharati — chants.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tad bhagavato māyāmayaṁ rūpaṁ parama-samādhi-yogena ramā devī saṁvatsarasya rātriṣu prajāpater duhitṛbhir upetāhaḥsu ca tad-bhartṛbhir upāste idaṁ codāharati.
tat
that
bhagavataḥ
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
māyā-mayam
full of affection for the devotees
rūpam
form
parama
highest
samādhi-yogena
by absorption of the mind in the service of the Lord
ramā
the goddess of fortune
devī
divine woman
saṁvatsarasya
known as Saṁvatsara
rātriṣu
during the nights
prajāpateḥ
of Prajāpati
duhitṛbhiḥ
with the daughters
upeta
combined
ahaḥsu
during the days
ca
also
tat-bhartṛbhiḥ
with the husbands
upāste
worships
idam
this
ca
also
udāharati
chants.
Accompanied during the daytime by the sons of the Prajāpati [the predominating deities of the days] and accompanied at night by his daughters [the deities of the nights], Lakṣmīdevī worships the Lord during the period known as the Saṁvatsara in His most merciful form as Kāmadeva. Fully absorbed in devotional service, she chants the following mantras.

The word māyāmayam used in this verse should not be understood according to the interpretations of the Māyāvādīs. Māyā means affection as well as illusion. When a mother deals with her child affectionately, she is called māyāmaya. In whatever form the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu appears, He is always affectionate toward His devotees. Thus the word māyāmayam is used here to mean “very affectionate toward the devotees.” Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī writes in this regard that māyāmayam can also mean kṛpā-pracuram, deeply merciful. Similarly, Śrīla Vīrarāghava says, māyā-pracuranātmīya-saṅkalpena parigṛhītam ity arthaḥ jṣāna-paryāyo ’tra māyā-śabdaḥ: when one is very affectionate due to an intimate relationship, one is described as māyāmaya. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains māyāmayam by dividing it into the words māyā and āmayam. He explains these words to indicate that because the living entity is covered by the disease of illusion, the Lord is always eager to deliver His devotee from the clutches of māyā and cure him of the disease caused by the illusory energy.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Accompanied during the daytime by the predominating deities of the days and accompanied during the night by Prajāpati’s daughters, Lakṣmīdevī worships the Lord in his most merciful form as Kāmadeva by absorption in devotional service, and chants the following mantras. Māyāmayam means merciful. Or it can mean the Lord who produces disease (āmaya) through ignorance (māyā) of the jīva. She worships with the daughters of Prajāpati, presiding deities of the night during the night, and with their husbands, the sons of Prajāpati, the presiding deities of the day during the day.
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