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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.213
তবে শান্ত হঞা লক্ষ্মী যায় নিজ ঘর ।
আমার লক্ষ্মীর সম্পদ্ — বাক্য অগোচর ॥ ২১৩ ॥
tabe śānta hañā lakṣmī yāya nija ghara
āmāra lakṣmīra sampad — vākya-agocara
“Being thus pacified, the goddess of fortune returned to her apartment. Just see! My goddess of fortune is opulent beyond all description.”
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The goddess of fortune was thus pacified.
She returned to her apartment.
Her opulence is praised as being beyond all description.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What sense of admiration do the words “beyond all description” convey?
Pause over the phrase “opulent beyond all description” and recall whom it describes.
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