Text 121] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 357

prabhu kahe, —dosa nahi, iha ami jani
rasa na paila laksmi, Sastre iha Suni

SYNONYMS

prabhu kahe—the Lord replied; dosa nahi—there is no fault; ihd Ami jani—this |
know; rasa na pdaila laksmi—Laksmi, the goddess of fortune, could not join the
rasa dance; sastre iha suni—we get this information from revealed scriptures.

TRANSLATION

Lord Caitanya Mahdaprabhu replied, ‘I know that there is no fault on the
part of the goddess of fortune, but still she could not enter into the rasa dance.
We hear this from revealed scriptures.

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nayam  Sriyo ‘nga u nitanta-rateh prasddah
svar-yositam nalina-gandha-rucam kuto ‘nyah

rasotsave ‘sya bhuja-danda-grhita-kantha-
labdhdasisam ya udagad vraja-sundarinam

SYNONYMS

na—not; ayam—this; sriyah —of the goddess of fortune; ange—on the chest;
u—alas; nitanta-rateh—one who is very intimately related; prasidah—the favor;
svah —of the heavenly planets; yositam—of women; nalina—of the lotus flower;
gandha—having the aroma; rucém—and bodily luster; kutah—much less;
anyah—others; raésa-utsave—in the festival of the rasa dance; asya—of Lord Sri
Krsna; bhuja-danda—by the arms; grhita—embraced; kantha—their necks;
labdha-asisam—who achieved such a blessing; yah—which; udagat—became
manifest; vraja-sundarinam—of the beautiful gopis, the transcendental girls.

TRANSLATION

“¢When Lord Sri Krsna was dancing with the gopis in the rasa-lila, 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
