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Benediction
55. Bow to the ramblings of Laksmi, which fully honoured (i. e. possessed ) the graces of alluring agility (of dalliance ), while ( finding Her way) after the death of the Demon-King, to go near Vişņu in a disguised form.
56. Victorious is the emergence of Laksmi from the ocean, holding in Her hands a lotus and the moon, although feeling (all the time ) fully self-conscious of the charming excellences of Her own face.
57. Bow to the two hands of Cupid, besmirched with marks of collyrium, though He wiped off the tears of love from the eyes of His wife Rati, looking like bees as it were, clinging to the fragrance of the flowery bow and arrows, as He grasped them ( by his hands ).
58. May Gañgā give you happiness -(Gañgā) who rolls on the lap of (her father ) Himālaya from the head of Siva, voicing Her bitter complaint, as it were, against ( His other daughter ), Gauri, for her painful behaviour of jealousy.
59. Victorious is the River (Gañgā) in whose waters on the head of God Siva, floats the skull (of the fifth head) of Brahmā, who thereby holds up His faultless claim of being the Grand-father', undisputed even to-day.
60-61. Bow to the waters of Gañgā, which are absolutely pure and white for these reasons : Firstly, they have been stirred and washed ( viccholia) by the lustrous rays from the nails of Visņu's toes; secondly, they blend with the rays of Siva's moon; and (finally), falling on the mountain Himālaya, they absorb the snow-shades.
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