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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.15.22
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 22
- vāpīṣu vidruma-taṭāsv amalāmṛtāpsu
- preṣyānvitā nija-vane tulasībhir īśam
- abhyarcatī svalakam unnasam īkṣya vaktram
- uccheṣitaṁ bhagavatety amatāṅga yac-chrīḥ
vāpīṣuin the ponds — in the ponds; vidrumamade of coral — made of coral; taṭāsubanks — banks; amalatransparent — transparent; amṛtanectarean — nectarean; apsuwater — water; preṣyāsurrounded by maidservants-anvitāsurrounded by maidservants — surrounded by maidservants; nijain her own garden-vanein her own garden — in her own garden; tulasībhiḥwith tulasī — with tulasī; īśamthe Supreme Lord — the Supreme Lord; abhyarcatīworship — worship; suwith her face decorated with tilaka-alakamwith her face decorated with tilaka — with her face decorated with tilaka; unnasamraised nose — raised nose; īkṣyaby seeing — by seeing; vaktramface — face; uccheṣitambeing kissed — being kissed; bhagavatāby the Supreme Lord — by the Supreme Lord; itithus — thus; amatathought — thought; aṅgaO demigods — O demigods; yatwhose beauty-śrīḥwhose beauty — whose beauty.
The goddesses of fortune worship the Lord in their own gardens by offering tulasī leaves on the coral-paved banks of transcendental reservoirs of water. While offering worship to the Lord, they can see on the water the reflection of their beautiful faces with raised noses, and it appears that they have become more beautiful because of the Lord's kissing their faces.
Generally, when a woman is kissed by her husband, her face becomes more beautiful. In Vaikuṇṭha also, although the goddess of fortune is naturally as beautiful as can be imagined, she nevertheless awaits the kissing of the Lord to make her face more beautiful. The beautiful face of the goddess of fortune appears in ponds of transcendental crystal water when she worships the Lord with tulasī leaves in her garden.