Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 9.116

tāra sparśe nāhi yāya pativratā-dharma

kautuke lakshmī cāhena krishnera sańgama

SYNONYMS

tāra sparśe — by the touching of Krishna by Lakshmī; nāhi — does not; yāya — disappear; pati-vratā-dharma — the vow of chastity; kautuke — in great fun; lakshmī — the goddess of fortune; cāhena — wants; krishnera — of Lord Krishna; sańgama — association.

TRANSLATION

"Since Krishna and Nārāyana are the same personality, Lakshmī's association with Krishna does not break her vow of chastity. Rather, it was in great fun that the goddess of fortune wanted to associate with Lord Krishna."

PURPORT

This is the answer to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's question, and from this we can understand that Veńkata Bhatta knew the truth. He told Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu that Nārāyana is a form of Krishna associated with transcendental opulence. Although Krishna is two-armed and Nārāyana four-armed, there is no difference in the person. They are one and the same. Nārāyana is as beautiful as Krishna, but Krishna's pastimes are more sportive. It is not that the sportive pastimes of Krishna make Him different from Nārāyana. Lakshmī's desiring to associate with Krishna was perfectly natural. In other words, it is understandable that a chaste woman wants to associate with her husband in all his different dresses. Therefore one should not criticize Lakshmī for wanting to associate with Krishna.

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