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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.122
স্বরূপ কহে, — শুন, প্রভু, কারণ ইহার ।
বৃন্দাবন-ক্রীড়াতে লক্ষ্মীর নাহি অধিকার ॥ ১২২ ॥
svarūpa kahe, — śuna, prabhu, kāraṇa ihāra
vṛndāvana-krīḍāte lakṣmīra nāhi adhikāra
Svarūpa Dāmodara replied, “My dear Lord, please hear the reason for this. Lakṣmīdevī, the goddess of fortune, cannot be admitted to the pastimes of Vṛndāvana.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara asks the Lord to hear his explanation.
Lakṣmīdevī is the goddess of fortune.
She cannot be admitted to the pastimes of Vṛndāvana.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
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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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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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What does Svarūpa Dāmodara’s statement help me notice about the distinct nature of Vṛndāvana’s pastimes?
Read Svarūpa Dāmodara’s reply slowly, noting both Lakṣmīdevī’s position and the limit stated here.
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