366 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-iila, Ch. 9

planets are most opulent within the material world, neither they nor any other
women in the material universe can acquire Krsna’s association.

TEXT 136

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laksmi cahe sei dehe krsnera sangama
gopika-anuga hafid nd kaila bhajana

SYNONYMS

laksmi—the goddess of fortune; cahe —wants; sei—that; dehe—in the body;
krsnera sangama—the association of Krsna; gopiki—of the gopis; anuga—
follower; hafid—becoming; néd—did not; kaila—perform; bhajana—worship.

TRANSLATION

“The goddess of fortune, Laksmi, wanted to enjoy Krsna and at the same
time retain her spiritual body in the form of Laksmi. However, she did not
follow in the footsteps of the gopis in her worship of Krsna.

TEXT 137

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anya dehe na paiye rasa-vilasa
ataeva ‘nayari’ sloka kahe veda-vyasa

SYNONYMS

anya dehe—in a body other than those of the gopis; na—not; paiye—one
gets; rasa-vildsa—the pastimes of the rasa dance; ataeva—therefore; nayam—
beginning with the word ndyam; sloka—the Sanskrit verse; kahe—says; veda-
vydsa—Dvaipayana Vedavydsa.

TRANSLATION

“(Vyasadeva, the supreme authority on Vedic literature, composed a verse
beginning ‘nayarn sukhapo bhagavan’ because no one can enter into the rasa-
lila dance in any body other than the bodies of the gopis.”

PURPORT
This verse confirms a verse of Bhagavad-gita (9.25):
