282 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 19

yatha sarva-gato visnus
tathaiveyam dvijottama

visnoh syuh Saktayas tisras
tasu ya kirtita para
saiva Sris tad-abhinneti
praha sisyan prabhur mahan

““O best of the bradhmanas, Laksmiji is the constant companion of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, and therefore she is called
anapayini. She is the mother of all creation. As Lord Visnu is all-
pervading, His spiritual potency, mother Laksmi, is also all-pervading.’
Lord Visnu has three principal potencies—internal, external and
marginal. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has accepted pard-sakti, the spiritual
energy of the Lord, as being identical with the Lord. Thus she is also in-
cluded in the independent visnu-tattva.””

In the Kanti-mala commentary on the Prameya-ratndvali there is this
statement: nanu kvacit nitya-mukta-jivatvam laksmyah svikrtam,
tatraha,—praheti. nityaiveti padye sarva-vydpti-kathanena_kala-
kasthety adi-padya-dvaye, suddho ’pity ukta ca mahaprabhuna sva-
Sisyan prati laksmya bhagavad-advaitam upadistam. kvacid yat tasydas
tu dvaitam uktam, tat tu  tad-dvista-nitya-mukta-jivam ddaya
sarigatamas tu. “Although some authoritative Vaisnava disciplic succes-
sions count the goddess of fortune among the ever-liberated living en-
tities (jivas) in Vaikuntha, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in accordance with
the statement in the Visnw Purdna, has described Laksmi as being iden-
tical with the visnu-tattva. The correct conclusion is that the descriptions
of Laksmi as being different from Visnu are stated when an eternally
liberated living entity is imbued with the quality of Laksmi; they do not
pertain to mother Laksmi, the eternal consort of Lord Visnu.”

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TT gat fatwa at wale |
TA A SAMA Bed AAT AahAT 12 VII

yatha yuvam tri-lokasya
varadau paramesthinau
