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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.122
লক্ষ্মী কেনে না পাইল, ইহার কি কারণ ।
তপ করি’ কৈছে কৃষ্ণ পাইল শ্রুতিগণ ॥ ১২২ ॥
lakṣmī kene nā pāila, ihāra ki kāraṇa
tapa kari’ kaiche kṛṣṇa pāila śruti-gaṇa
“But can you tell Me why the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī, could not enter the rāsa dance? The authorities of Vedic knowledge could enter the dance and associate with Kṛṣṇa.
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Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, could not enter the rāsa dance.
The authorities of Vedic knowledge could enter the dance and associate with Kṛṣṇa.
The question asks why their access to Kṛṣṇa’s association differed.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
On the hill known as Mahendra-śaila, the Lord saw Paraśurāma. Then the Lord went to Setubandha and took His bath at Dhanus-tīrtha.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associate”, “association”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do I want to understand about why Lakṣmī could not enter the rāsa dance?
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