सन्तुष्टिपरतृप्तस्य महतः पूर्णचेतसः । क्षीराब्धेरिव शुद्धस्य मुखे लक्ष्मीर्विराजते ॥ १३ ॥
santuṣṭiparatṛptasya mahataḥ pūrṇacētasaḥ | kṣīrābdhēriva śuddhasya mukhē lakṣmīrvirājatē || 13 ||
Translation
On the face of the great one, filled by contentment, whose mind is full and who is pure as the ocean of milk, Lakṣmī shines.
Word by word
- santuṣṭi
- by contentment
- para
- wholly
- tṛptasya
- filled
- mahataḥ
- of the great one
- pūrṇa
- full
- cētasaḥ
- whose mind
- kṣīrābdhēr
- (kṣīrābdheḥ) the ocean of milk
- iva
- as
- śuddhasya
- pure
- mukhē
- on the face
- lakṣmīr
- (lakṣmīḥ) Lakṣmī
- virājatē
- shines
Meaning
The commentary takes this as a further mark: a particular radiance of the face. Lakṣmī, beauty and good fortune, rose from the ocean of milk, so the comparison is exact. A full and pure mind gives the face the light that was the ocean's when she came out of it.