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inhabitants and predominating deities of every planet are all recommended to
worship Govinda either by meditation or by chanting.

TEXT 222

olrgaa Tia ACA BCA GTA |
CASS -Hca ta AES ste W222 tl

caudda-bhuvane yanra sabe kare dhyana
vaikunthddi-pure yanra lild-guna gana

SYNONYMS

caudda-bhuvane—within the fourteen worlds; yanra—of whom; sabe—all; kare
dhyana—perform meditation; vaikuntha-ddi-pure—in the abodes of the Vaikuntha
planets; ydrira—of whom; /i/a-guna—attributes and pastimes; gana—chanting.

TRANSLATION
Everyone in the fourteen worlds meditates upon Him, and all the denizens of
Vaikuntha sing of His qualities and pastimes.

TEXT 223

Fra AYNCS Sea Mew SI sKe |
ACA fs BHAA CA-AA AF | AV I

yanra madhurite kare laksmi Gkarsana
ripa-gosani kariyadchena se-ripa varnana

SYNONYMS

yanra—of whom; mddhurite—by the sweetness; kare—does; /aksmi—the goddess
of fortune; Gkarsana—attraction; ripa-gosahi—Srila Ripa Gosvami; kariyachena—
has done; se—that; ripa—of the beauty; varnana—enunciation.

TRANSLATION
The goddess of fortune is attracted by His sweetness, which Srila Ripa Gosvami
has described in this way:

PURPORT

Srila Ripa Gosvami, in his Laghu-bhdgavatamrta, has quoted from the Padma
Purdna, where it is stated that Laksmidevi, the goddess of fortune, after seeing the
attractive features of Lord Krsna, was attracted to Him, and to get the favor of
