तद्भगवतो मायामयं रूपं परमसमाधियोगेन रमा देवी संवत्सरस्य रात्रिषु प्रजापतेर्दुहितृभिरुपेताह:सु च तद्भर्तृभिरुपास्ते इदं चोदाहरति ॥ १७ ॥
tad bhagavato mayamayam rupam parama-samadhi-yogena rama devi samvatsarasya ratrisu prajapater duhitrbhir upetahahsu ca tad-bhartrbhir upaste idam codaharati.
- tat
- that
- bhagavatah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- maya-mayam
- full of affection for the devotees
- rupam
- form
- parama
- highest
- samadhi-yogena
- by absorption of the mind in the service of the Lord
- rama
- the goddess of fortune
- devi
- divine woman
- samvatsarasya
- known as Samvatsara
- ratrisu
- during the nights
- prajapateh
- of Prajapati
- duhitrbhih
- with the daughters
- upeta
- combined
- ahahsu
- during the days
- ca
- also
- tat-bhartrbhih
- with the husbands
- upaste
- worships
- idam
- this
- ca
- also
- udaharati
- chants
Accompanied during the daytime by the sons of the Prajapati (the predominating deities of the days) and accompanied at night by his daughters (the deities of the nights), Laksmidevi worships the Lord during the period known as the Samvatsara in His most merciful form as Kamadeva. Fully absorbed in devotional service, she chants the following mantras.