Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 1.79-80

īśvarera śakti haya e-tina prakāra

eka lakshmī-gana, pure mahishī-gana āra

vraje gopī-gana āra sabhāte pradhāna

vrajendra-nandana yā'te svayam bhagavān

SYNONYMS

īśvarera — of the Supreme Lord; śakti — energy; haya — is; e-tina — these three; prakāra — kinds; eka — one; lakshmī-gana — the goddesses of fortune in Vaikuntha; pure — in Dvārakā; mahishī-gana — the queens; āra — and; vraje — in Vrindāvana; gopī-gana — the gopīs; āra — and; sabhāte — among all of them; pradhāna — the chief; vraja-indra-nandana — Krishna, the son of the King of Vraja; yā'te — because; svayam — Himself; bhagavān — the primeval Lord.

TRANSLATION

The energies [consorts] of the Supreme Lord are of three kinds: the Lakshmīs in Vaikuntha, the queens in Dvārakā and the gopīs in Vrindāvana. The gopīs are the best of all, for they have the privilege of serving Śrī Krishna, the primeval Lord, the son of the King of Vraja.

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