वक्षस्यधिश्रितवधूर्वनमाल्युदार
हासावलोककलया रमयंश्च विश्वम् ।
पार्श्वभ्रमद्व्यजनचामरराजहंसः
श्वेतातपत्रशशिनोपरि रज्यमानः ॥२१॥

vaká¹£asy adhiÅ›rita-vadhÅ«r vana-mÄly udÄra-
hÄsÄvaloka-kalayÄ ramayamÅ› ca viÅ›vam
pÄrÅ›va-bhramad-vyajana-cÄmara-rÄja-haá¹saḥ
Å›vetÄtapatra-Å›aÅ›inopari rajyamÄnaḥ

 vaká¹£asi - on the chest; adhiÅ›rita - situated; vadhūḥ - a woman (the goddess of fortune, Laká¹£mÄ«); vana-mÄlÄ« - garlanded with forest flowers; udÄra - beautiful; hÄsa - smiling; avaloka - glance; kalayÄ - with a small part; ramayan - pleasing; ca - and; viÅ›vam - the whole world; pÄrÅ›va - side; bhramat - moving back and forth; vyajana-cÄmara - white yak-tail hair for fanning; rÄja-haá¹saḥ - swan; Å›veta-Ätapatra-Å›aÅ›inÄ - with a white canopy like the moon; upari - above; rajyamÄnaḥ - looking beautiful.


Text

Lord Viṣṇu looked extraordinarily beautiful because the goddess of fortune and a garland were situated on His chest. His face was beautifully decorated with a smiling attitude which can captivate the entire world, especially the devotees. Fans of white hair appeared on both sides of the Lord like white swans, and the white canopy overhead looked like the moon.

Purport

The smiling face of Lord Viṣṇu is pleasing to the whole world. Not only devotees but even nondevotees are attracted by such a smile. This verse nicely describes how the sun, moon, eight-petaled lotus flower and humming black bees were represented by the fans of hair, the overhead canopy, the moving earrings on both sides of His face, and His blackish hair. All together, accompanied by the conchshell, wheel, club, lotus flower, bow, arrows, shield and sword in His hands, these presented a grand and beautiful audience for Lord Viṣṇu which captivated all the demigods there, including Daká¹£a and Lord BrahmÄ.