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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
Lord Kṛṣṇa she engaged herself in meditation. When asked by Kṛṣṇa why she engaged in meditation with austerity, Lakṣmīdevī answered, “I want to be one of Your associates like the  gopīs  in Vṛndāvana.” Hearing this, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa replied that it was quite impossible. Lakṣmīdevī then said that she wanted to remain just like a golden line on the chest of the Lord. The Lord granted the request, and since then Lakṣmī has always been situated on the chest of Lord Kṛṣṇa as a golden line. The austerity and meditation of Lakṣmīdevī are also mentioned in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (10.16.36), where the Nāgapatnīs, the wives of the serpent Kāliya, in the course of their prayers to Kṛṣṇa, said that the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī, also wanted His association as a  gopī  and desired the dust of His lotus feet.
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স্বেরাং ভঙ্গীত্রয়পরিচিতাং সাচিবিস্ত্রীর্ণদৃষ্টিং 
    বংশীল্যস্তাধরকিশলয়ামুজ্জলাং চন্দ্রকেণ। 
    গোবিন্দাখ্যাং হরিতহুমিত: কেশিতীর্থোপকণ্ঠে 
    মা প্রেক্ষিষ্ঠান্তব যদি সখে বন্ধুসঙ্গেহস্তি রঙ্গ: ॥২২৪॥
smerām bhaṅgī-traya-paricitām sāci-vistīrṇa-dṛṣṭim 
    vaṁśī-nyastādhara-kiśalayām ujjvalām candrakeṇa 
    govindākhyām hari-tanum itaḥ keśī-tīrthopakaṇṭhe 
    mā prekṣiṣṭhās tava yadi sakhe bandhu-saṅge 'sti raṅgaḥ
SYNONYMS
smerām —smiling;  bhaṅgī-traya-paricitām —bent in three places, namely the neck, waist and knees;  sāci-vistīrṇa-dṛṣṭim —with a broad sideways glance;  vaṁśī —on the flute;  nyasta —placed;  adhara —lips;  kiśalayām —newly blossomed;  ujjvalām —very bright;  candrakeṇa —by the moonshine;  govinda-ākhyām —named Lord Govinda;  hari-tanum —the transcendental body of the Lord;  itaḥ —here;  keśī-tīrtha-upakaṇṭhe —on the bank of the Yamunā in the neighborhood of the Keśīghāṭa;  mā —do not;  prekṣiṣṭhāḥ —glance over;  tava —your;  yadi —if;  sakhe —O dear friend;  bandhu-saṅge —to worldly friends;  asti —there is;  raṅgaḥ —attachment.
TRANSLATION
“My dear friend, if you are indeed attached to your worldly friends, do not look at the smiling face of Lord Govinda as He stands on the bank of the Yamunā at Keśīghāṭa. Casting sidelong glances, He places His flute to His lips, which seem like newly blossomed twigs. His transcendental body, bending in three places, appears very bright in the moonlight.”
PURPORT
This is a verse quoted from  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  (1.2.239) in connection with practical devotional service. Generally people in their conditioned life engage in the