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“Your worshipable goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī, always remains on the
chest of Nārāyaṇa, and she is certainly the most chaste woman in the
crea on.
CC Madhya 9.112 — “However, my Lord is Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, a cowherd

boy who is engaged in tending cows. Why is it that Lakṣmī, being such a
chaste wife, wants to associate with My Lord?
CC Madhya 9.113 — “Just to associate with Kṛṣṇa, Lakṣmī abandoned
all transcendental happiness in Vaikuṇṭha and for a long me accepted
vows and regula ve principles and performed unlimited austeri es.”
CC Madhya 9.114 — Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said, “ ‘O Lord, we do
not know how the serpent Kāliya a ained such an opportunity to be
touched by the dust of Your lotus feet. Even the goddess of fortune, for
this end, performed austeri es for centuries, giving up all other desires
and observing austere vows. Indeed, we do not know how the serpent

Kāliya got such an opportunity.’ ”
CC Madhya 9.115 — Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa then said, “Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord
Nārāyaṇa are one and the same, but the pas mes of Kṛṣṇa are more
relishable due to their spor ve nature.
CC Madhya 9.116 — “Since Kṛṣṇa and Nārāyaṇa are the same personal-
ity, Lakṣmī’s associa on with Kṛṣṇa does not break her vow of chas ty.
Rather, it was in great fun that the goddess of fortune wanted to asso-
ciate with Lord Kṛṣṇa.”
CC Madhya 9.117 — Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa con nued, “ ‘According to tran-

scendental realiza on, there is no difference between the forms of
Nārāyaṇa and Kṛṣṇa. Yet in Kṛṣṇa there is a special transcendental
a rac on due to the conjugal mellow, and consequently He surpasses
Nārāyaṇa. This is the conclusion of transcendental mellows.’
CC Madhya 9.118 — “The goddess of fortune considered that her vow
of chas ty would not be damaged by her rela onship with Kṛṣṇa. Ra-
ther, by associa ng with Kṛṣṇa she could enjoy the benefit of the rāsa
dance.”
CC Madhya 9.119 — Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa further explained, “Mother
Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, is also an enjoyer of transcendental

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