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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 9]
world. Nor was such a thing ever imagined by the most beautiful girls from the heavenly planets, girls whose bodily luster and aroma exactly resemble lotus flowers. And what to speak of worldly women who may be very, very beautiful by material estimation?'
PURPORT
This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.47.60).
TEXT 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
SYNONYMS
lakṣmī  —the goddess of fortune;  kene  —why;  nā  —did not;  pāila  —get;  ihāra  —of this;  ki  —what;  kāraṇa  —cause;  tapa kari’  —undergoing severe austerities;  kaiche  —how;  kṛṣṇa  —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  pāila  —attained;  śruti-gaṇa  —Vedic authorities.
TRANSLATION
“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.
TEXT 123
নিভৃতমক্নন্মনোৎক্ষদৃঢ্যোগযুজ্জো হৃদি য- 
    ন্মুন্ন উপাসতে তদরয়োহপি যযুঃ স্মরণাং। 
    স্ত্রিয় উরগেন্দ্র-ভোগভুজদণ্ডবিষক্ত-ধিয়ো 
    বয়মপি তে সমাঃ সমদৃশোহজ্যি সরোজস্বধাঃ ॥ ১২৩ ॥
nibhṛta-marun-mano ‘kṣa-dṛḍha-yoga-yujo hrdi yan- 
    munaya upāsate tad arayo ‘pi yayuḥ smaraṇāt 
    striya uragendra-bhoga-bhuja-daṇḍa-viṣakta-dhiyo 
    vayam api te samāḥ samadṛśo ‘ṅghri-saroja-sudhāḥ
SYNONYMS
nibhṛta  —controlled;  marut  —the life air;  manaḥ  —the mind;  akṣa  —the senses;  dṛḍha  —strong;  yoga  —in the mystic yoga process;  yujaḥ  —who are engaged;