🪷 ŚB 5.18.17
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
तद्भगवतो मायामयं रूपं परमसमाधियोगेन रमा देवी संवत्सरस्य रात्रिषु प्रजापतेर्दुहितृभिरुपेताह:सु च तद्भर्तृभिरुपास्ते इदं चोदाहरति ॥ १७ ॥
Transliteration
tad bhagavato māyāmayaṁ rūpaṁ parama-samādhi-yogena ramā devī saṁvatsarasya rātriṣu prajāpater duhitṛbhir upetāhaḥsu ca tad-bhartṛbhir upāste idaṁ codāharati.
Synonyms
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.
Translation
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.
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