kÄmaá¹ vihá¹›tya salilÄd
uttÄ«rṇÄyÄsÄ«tÄmbare
bhÅ«á¹£aṇÄni mahÄrhÄṇi
dadau kÄntiḥ Å›ubhÄá¹ srajam
kÄmam - as pleased Him; vihá¹›tya - having played; salilÄt - from the water; uttÄ«rṇÄya - to Him who had risen; asita - blue; ambare - a pair of garments (upper and lower); bhÅ«á¹£aṇÄni - ornaments; mahÄ - greatly; arhÄṇi - valuable; dadau - gave; kÄntiḥ - Goddess KÄnti; Å›ubhÄm - splendidly beautiful; srajam - a necklace.
The Lord played in the water to His full satisfaction, and when He came out Goddess KÄnti presented Him with blue garments, precious ornaments and a brilliant necklace.
ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ« quotes from the Viṣṇu PurÄṇa to show that the goddess KÄnti mentioned here is actually Laká¹£mÄ«, the goddess of fortune:
varuṇa-prahitÄ cÄsmai
mÄlÄm amlÄna-paá¹…kajÄm
samudrÄbhe tathÄ vastre
nīle lakṣmīr ayacchata
“Sent by Varuna, Goddess Laká¹£mÄ« then presented Him with a garland of unfading lotuses and a pair of garments colored blue like the ocean.â€
The great BhÄgavatam commentator ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ« also quotes the following statement from ÅšrÄ« Hari-vaá¹Å›a, spoken by Goddess Laká¹£mÄ« to Lord BalarÄma:
jÄtarÅ«pa-mayaá¹ caikaá¹
kuṇá¸alaá¹ vajra-bhÅ«á¹£aṇam
Ädi-padmaá¹ ca padmÄkhyaá¹
divyaṠśravaṇa-bhūṣaṇam
devemÄá¹ pratigá¹›hṇīṣva
paurÄṇīṠbhÅ«á¹£aṇa-kriyÄm
“O Lord, please accept as divine ornaments for Your ears this single gold earring studded with diamonds and this primeval lotus called Padma. Kindly accept them, for this act of adornment is traditional.â€
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« further points out that Goddess Laká¹£mÄ« is the consort of the Lord’s plenary expansion Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa who belongs to the second vyÅ«ha.
