Text 121]
Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places
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prabhu kahe,—doṣa nāhi, ihā āmi jāni rāsa nā pāila lakṣmī, śāstre ihā śuni
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe—the Lord replied; doṣa nāhi—there is no fault; ihā āmi jāni—this I know; rāsa nā pāila lakṣmī—Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, could not join the rāsa dance; śāstre ihā śuni—we get this information from revealed scriptures.
TRANSLATION
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, "I know that there is no fault on the part of the goddess of fortune, but still she could not enter into the rāsa dance. We hear this from revealed scriptures.
TEXT 121
नायः शियोश्च উ নিতান্তরতে: প্রসাদ:
স্বর্যোষিতাং নলিনগদ্ধক্রচাং কুতোহ্যা:।
রাসোংসবেহস্ত ভুজদগ্গহীতকর্ঠ-
লদ্ধাণিষাং য উদগাদ্রজহ্নরীণাম্ ॥ ১২১ ॥
nāyaṁ śriyo 'ṅga u nitānta-rateḥ prasādaḥ svar-yoṣitāṁ nalina-gandha-rucāṁ kuto 'nyāḥ rāsotsave 'sya bhuja-daṇḍa-gṛhīta-kaṇṭha- labdhāśiṣāṁ ya udagād vraja-sundarīṇām
SYNONYMS
na—not; ayam—this; śriyaḥ—of the goddess of fortune; aṅge—on the chest; u—alas; nitānta-rateḥ—one who is very intimately related; prasādaḥ—the favor; svaḥ—of the heavenly planets; yoṣitām—of women; nalina—of the lotus flower; gandha—having the aroma; rucām—and bodily luster; kutaḥ—much less; anyāḥ—others; rāsa-utsave—in the festival of the rāsa dance; asya—of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; bhuja-daṇḍa—by the arms; gṛhīta—embraced; kaṇṭha—their necks; labdha-āśiṣām—who achieved such a blessing; yaḥ—which; udagāt—became manifest; vraja-sundarīṇām—of the beautiful gopīs, the transcendental girls.
TRANSLATION
"When Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa was dancing with the gopīs in the rāsa-līlā, He put His arms around their necks and embraced them. This transcendental favor was never granted to the goddess of fortune or other consorts in the spiritual