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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.203
শ্রীবাস হাসিয়া কহে, — শুন, দামোদর ।
আমার লক্ষ্মীর দেখ সম্পত্তি বিস্তর ॥ ২০৩ ॥
śrīvāsa hāsiyā kahe, — śuna, dāmodara
āmāra lakṣmīra dekha sampatti vistara
At this time, Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura smiled and told Svarūpa Dāmodara, “My dear sir, please hear! Just see how opulent my goddess of fortune is!
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Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura smiles as he speaks to Svarūpa Dāmodara.
He warmly asks Svarūpa Dāmodara to listen.
He draws attention to the opulence of the goddess of fortune, calling her “my goddess of fortune.”
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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