Madhya-līlā

Chapter 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

Verse 139 of 255
Cc Madhya 14.139

ইঙ্হো নিজসম্পত্তি সব প্রকট করিযা প্রিযের উপর যায সৈন্য সাজাঞ

इङ्हो निजसम्पत्ति सब प्रकट करिया प्रियेर उपर याय सैन्य साजाञ

iṅho nija-sampatti saba prakaṭa kariyā priyera upara yāya sainya sājāña

Synonyms

iṅhothis; nija-sampattiher opulence; sabaall; prakaṭa kariyāmanifesting; priyera uparaagainst her beloved husband; yāyagoes; sainya sājāñaaccompanied by soldiers..

Translation

"But in the case of the goddess of fortune, I see a different kind of pride. She manifests her own opulences and even goes with her soldiers to attack her husband."

Purport

After seeing the impudence of the goddess of fortune, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī wanted to inform Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about the superexcellence of the gopīs' loving affairs. He therefore said, "My Lord, I never experienced anything like the behavior of the goddess of fortune. We sometimes see a beloved wife becoming proud of her position and then frustrated due to some neglect. She then gives up caring for her appearance, accepts dirty clothes and morosely sits on the floor and draws lines with her nails. We have heard of such egoistic pride in Satyabhāmā and the gopīs of Vṛndāvana, but what we see in the goddess of fortune here at Jagannātha Purī is completely different. She becomes very angry with her husband, and attacks Him with her great opulence."

Verse 139 of 255
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