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In plain words
O great Goddess, I offer you this crest-jewel. Resting upon your long braid like a gleaming gem on a serpent's head, its own radiance illuminates the dark masses of your hair.
Close to the Sanskrit
O supreme Goddess, I offer the crest-jewel, which brings about the illusion of a gleaming gem upon the head of a noble serpent in the form of your hanging braid, and which illuminates your mass of hair with its own radiance.