Verse 18

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। ॥ १८ ॥

In plain words

There, playing on Kāmeśa’s left lap, her hair dark as a swarm of bees — a wave of Sat-Cit-Ānanda, being, awareness, and bliss: Mahālakṣmī. Her we worship.

Close to the Sanskrit

There, on the left lap of Kāmeśa, her who is playing, her whose tresses are like black bees, the wave of Sat-Cit-Ānanda — being, consciousness, and bliss — Mahālakṣmī, we worship.