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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.121
নানা-পুষ্পোদ্যানে তথা খেলে রাত্রি-দিনে ।
লক্ষ্মীদেবীরে সঙ্গে নাহি লয় কি কারণে ? ১২১ ॥
nānā-puṣpodyāne tathā khele rātri-dine
lakṣmīdevīre saṅge nāhi laya ki kāraṇe?
“The Lord enjoys His pastimes day and night in various flower gardens there. But why does He not take Lakṣmīdevī, the goddess of fortune, with Him?”
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The Lord enjoys His pastimes day and night there.
These pastimes take place in various flower gardens.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks why He does not take Lakṣmīdevī, the goddess of fortune, with Him.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
For nine continuous days during Ratha-yātrā, the Lord remained at Sundarācala, and on the fifth day He and Svarūpa Dāmodara observed the pastimes of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune. During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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