तत: कृतस्वस्त्ययनोत्पलस्रजं नदद्द्विरेफां परिगृह्य पाणिना । चचाल वक्त्रं सुकपोलकुण्डलं सव्रीडहासं दधती सुशोभनम् ॥ १७ ॥
tatah krta-svastyayanotpala-srajam nadad-dvirepham parigrhya panina cacala vaktram sukapola-kundalam savrida-hasam dadhati susobhanam
- tatah
- thereafter
- krta-svastyayana
- being worshiped regularly by all-auspicious ritualistic ceremonies
- utpala-srajam
- a garland of lotuses
- nadat
- humming
- dvirepham
- surrounded by bumblebees
- parigrhya
- capturing
- panina
- by the hand
- cacala
- went on
- vaktram
- face
- su-kapola-kundalam
- her cheeks decorated with earrings
- sa-vrida-hasam
- smiling with shyness
- dadhati
- expanding
- su-sobhanam
- her natural beauty
Thereafter, mother Laksmi, the goddess of fortune, having been properly celebrated with an auspicious ritualistic ceremony, began moving about, holding in her hand a garland of lotus flowers, which were surrounded by humming bumblebees. Smiling with shyness, her cheeks decorated by her earrings, she looked extremely beautiful.