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ŚB 8.8.24

Devanagari

तस्यांसदेश उशतीं नवकञ्जमालां
माद्यन्मधुव्रतवरूथगिरोपघुष्टाम् ।
तस्थौ निधाय निकटे तदुर: स्वधाम
सव्रीडहासविकसन्नयनेन याता ॥ २४ ॥

Text

tasyāṁsa-deśa uśatīṁ nava-kañja-mālāṁ
mādyan-madhuvrata-varūtha-giropaghuṣṭām
tasthau nidhāya nikaṭe tad-uraḥ sva-dhāma
savrīḍa-hāsa-vikasan-nayanena yātā

Synonyms

tasya — of Him (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); aṁsa-deśe — on the shoulders; uśatīm — very beautiful; nava — new; kañja-mālām — garland of lotus flowers; mādyat — maddened; madhuvrata-varūtha — of bumblebees; girā — with the vibrating; upaghuṣṭām — surrounded by their humming; tasthau — remained; nidhāya — after placing the garland; nikaṭe — nearby; tat-uraḥ — the bosom of the Lord; sva-dhāma — her real resort; sa-vrīḍa-hāsa — smiling with shyness; vikasat — glittering; nayanena — with the eyes; yātā — so situated.

Translation

Approaching the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the goddess of fortune placed upon His shoulders the garland of newly grown lotus flowers, which was surrounded by humming bumblebees searching for honey. Then, expecting to get a place on the bosom of the Lord, she remained standing by His side, her face smiling in shyness.