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ŚB 10.70.11

Devanagari

आत्मानं भूषयामास नरलोकविभूषणम् । वासोभिर्भूषणै: स्वीयैर्दिव्यस्रगनुलेपनै: ॥ ११ ॥

Text

ātmānaṁ bhūṣayām āsa
nara-loka-vibhūṣaṇam
vāsobhir bhūṣaṇaiḥ svīyair
divya-srag-anulepanaiḥ

Synonyms

ātmānam — Himself; bhūṣayām āsa — He decorated; nara-loka — of human society; vibhūṣaṇam — the very ornament; vāsobhiḥ — with clothes; bhūṣaṇaiḥ — and jewelry; svīyaiḥ — belonging to Himself; divya — divine; srak — with flower garlands; anulepanaiḥ — and ointments.

Translation

He would decorate His body, the very ornament of human society, with His own special clothes and jewelry and with divine flower garlands and ointments.

Purport

Śrīdhara Svāmī points out that the Lord’s “own garments and ornaments” include the Lord’s well-known yellow garments, the Kaustubha gem and so on.