SB 1.2.7
vasudeve bhagavati
bhakti-yogah prayojitah
janayaty asu vairagyam
jñanam ca yad ahaitukam
By rendering devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, one immediately acquires causeless knowledge and detachment from the world.
Suta Gosvami
SB 3.32.23
vasudeve bhagavati
bhakti-yogah prayojitah
janayaty asu vairagyam
jnanam yad brahma-darsanam
Lord Kapila deva
Engagement in Krishna consciousness and application of devotional service unto Krishna make it possible to advance in knowledge and detachment, as well as in self-realization.
PURPORT
It is said by less intelligent men that bhakti-yoga, or devotional service, is meant for persons who are not advanced in transcendental knowledge and renunciation. But the fact is that if one engages in the devotional service of the Lord in full Krishna consciousness, he does not have to attempt separately to practice detachment or to wait for an awakening of transcendental knowledge. It is said that one who engages unflinchingly in the devotional service of the Lord actually has all the good qualities of the demigods develop in him automatically. One cannot discover how such good qualities develop in the body of a devotee, but actually it happens. There is one instance where a hunter was taking pleasure in killing animals, but after becoming a devotee he was not prepared to kill even an ant. Such is the quality of a devotee.
Those who are very eager to advance in transcendental knowledge can engage themselves in pure devotional service, without wasting time in mental speculation. For arriving at the positive conclusions of knowledge in the Absolute Truth, the word brahma-darsanam is significant in this verse. Brahma-darsanam means to realize or to understand the Transcendence. One who engages in the service of Vasudeva can actually realize what Brahman is. If Brahman is impersonal, then there is no question of darsanam, which means "seeing face to face." Darsanam refers to seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva. Unless the seer and the seen are persons, there is no darsanam. Brahma-darsanam means that as soon as one sees the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he can at once realize what impersonal Brahman is. A devotee does not need to make separate investigations to understand the nature of Brahman. Bhagavad-gita also confirms this. Brahma-bhuyaya kalpate: a devotee at once becomes a self-realized soul in the Absolute Truth.
SB 1.5.35
yad atra kriyate karma
bhagavat-paritosanam
jñanam yat tad adhinam hi
bhakti-yoga-samanvitam
Whatever work is done here in this life for the satisfaction of the mission of the Lord is called bhakti-yoga, or transcendental loving service to the Lord, and what is called knowledge becomes a concomitant factor.
Narada Muni
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SRILA VAKRESVARA PANDITA
Sri Bakreshwar Pandit was present with Sriman Mahaprabhu during His pastimes in Navadwipa and after his accep¬tance of Sannyasa he also accompanied Him to Jagannath Puri. During the time of the Lord's residence in Puri he continued to live with Him there as well. Sri Vakresvara Pandit took birth in the village of Guptipara near Triveni. He was an especially proficient dancer and kirtaniya and could dance continously for 72 hours.
When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu began His pastimes of congregational chanting of the Holy Name of Sri Hari in Navadwip, Sri Vakresvara Pandit was an important singer and dancer in that assembly. It was by His mercy that Devananda Pandit was delivered from the wrath of Mahaprabhu. He was also present during the Lord's journey to Ramakeli. Devananda Pandit was, at one time, known as the foremost lecturer on the Bhagavat. One day Srivas Pandit went to hear his discourse, and being moved in ecstatic love by hearing the Bhagavatam, he began to cry.
A few of the ignorant students of Devananda Pandit, thinking that this was creating a disturbance, removed Srivas Pandit from the assembly and left him outside. Though this was done in front of Devananda he didn't restrain his students from this act of disregard to the devotee - Bhagavat. There are two types of Bhagavat - the book bhagavat and the devotee bhagavat. For this reason, Devananda Pandit became implicated in an offense to a great devotee (maha-bhagavat).
When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to hear how his dear devotee, Srivas Pandit, had been disrespected, he gave many instructions concerning the Bhagavat. He told that those who read the book Bhagavat but don't offer respects to the devotee-Bhagavat, are simply offenders, though they may read the Bhagavat for eons, still they will never attain love of Godhead. The devotee bhagavata and the book bhagavata are non-different. In order to understand the book bhagavat one must first sincerely serve the devotee-bhagavata. Therefore Mahaprabhu neglected Devananda and didn't bestow His mercy on him.
One evening Vakresvara Pandit came to perform dancing and chanting of the Holy Name at the house of one devotee from Kulia, across the bank of the Ganga from Nadia. Receiving this auspicious news Devananda proceeded there, and upon seeing the appearance of the symtoms of divine love in the person of Sri Vakresvara Pandit he became charmed. Gradually a great crowd gathered at that place, and Devananda Pandit, taking a cane in his hand, kept the crowd in order so as not to obstruct the ecstatic dancing of Sri Vakresvara Pandit. In this way, Vakresvara Pandit performed chanting, and dancing for two praharas (six hours), on into the night.
When he finished dancing and sat down, Devananda came and offered dandavats at the lotus feet of Sri Vakresvara Pandit, who became pleased with this service and blessed Devananda with the words:
"Krsna-bhakti hauk" - "May you attain devotion to Sri Lord Krsna." From that day devotion was awakened in the heart of Devananda by the mercy of Vakresvara Pandit.
Thereafter when Mahaprabhu came to Nadia to have darsan of his mother and mother Ganges, he bestowed His mercy on Devananda at Kulia.
"Because you have served Vakresvara I have noticed you. Vakresvara is fully imbued with the Lord's transcendental energy, and whoever becomes devoted to him, attains to the lotus feet of Sri Krsna. His heart is the personal abode of Sri Krsna and as sri Krsna dances, so Vakresvara also dances. Wherever one can get the association of Vakresvara, that place is the sum total of all Holy places and is as good as Sri Vaikuntha."
Vakresvara Pandit's disciple was Gopal Guru Goswami and Gopal Guru Goswami's disciple was Sri Dhyancananda Goswami. In his Dhyan Candra Paddhati - Dhyan Candra Goswami has written - "that person who was previously very expert in the arts of singing and dancing, the gopi, Tungavidya, is presently renowned in the world as Vakresvara Pandit. He has appeared on the fifth day of the dark fortnight of the month of Asar and he closed his pastimes in this world on the sixth day of the bright fortnight of the month Asar.
While Vakresvara danced, Mahaprabhu Himself would sing and Vakresvara would catch hold of His lotus feet, saying; "O moon-faced one, give me 10,000 gandharvas, and let them sing while I dance. Then I will be happy." Mahaprabhu answered, "You are one of my wings. If I had another (like you) I could fly in the sky." [C. C. Adi 10.17].
Vakresvara Pandit's worshippable deity is Sri Sri Radha-kanta, whom he worshipped in Kasi Misra's house, which was also the residence of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Gambhira). These deities are still being worshipped there to this day.
Srila VAKRESVARA PANDIT
At the time of Sriman Mahaprabhu's Nabadwipa-lila, as well as at the time of his taking sannyasa and his staying in Jagannatha Puri, Vakresvara Pandit was an associate of the Lord. Sri Vakresvara Pandit's birthplace is near the Triveni in a place called Guptiparaya. Sri Vakresvara Pandit was expert in song and dancing. He once danced continuously for 72 hours. In the Gaura-Ganodesh-Dipika, verse 71, it is stated that Vakresvara Pandit was an incarnation of Aniruddha, one of the quadruple expansions of Vishnu. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu played in dramatic performances in the house of Srivasa Pandit, Vakresvara Pandit was one of the chief dancers. When Caitanya Mahaprabhu first began his Sankirtan-lila Vakresvara Pandit was a great singer and dancer. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Ramkeli, Vakresvara Pandit went with him.
By the mercy of Vakresvara Pandit Devananda Pandit was delivered. Devananda Pandit had a reputation as a great scholar of the Bhagavatam from the monist point of view. One day Srivasa Pandit went to hear his Bhagavata class, and in the ecstasy of Krsna prem began to cry tears of joy upon hearing the holy Bhagavata. At that time, some of Devananda Pandit's ignorant disciples, feeling that Srivasa Thakura was disrupting the class, threw Srivas Pandit out of the house where the Bhagavatam class was going on. Ignorant of the true position both of the Lord's devotee and the holy Bhagavata , Devananda Pandit made no protest after seeing this disrespectful treatment of a great Vaishnava with his own eyes. In this way, he was responsible for Vaishnava-aparadha, an offense at the lotus feet of a pure devotee. When Caitanya Mahaprabhu manifest his divinity in Nabadwip in the house of Srivasa Thakura, it came to his attention that such an offense had been commited a the lotus feet of that great devotee, Srivasa Thakura. At that time, he gave many instructions regarding the position of the book Bhagavata and the person Bhagavata. He said, "If one studies the book Bhagavata but doesn't respect the devotee Bhagavata, he is an offender. One may study the Bhagavata in that way for hundreds and hundreds of kalpas without making any progress towards Krsna-prema. The book Bhagavata and the person Bhagavata are nondifferent. One who is sincere to know the meaning of the book Bhagavata must serve the devotee Bhagavata. Mahaprabhu was indifferent towards Devananda Pandit and did not bestow Krsna-prema upon him. One day Vakresvara Pandit was in the section of Nabadwip known as Kuliya at the house of a devotee. That evening Vakresvara Pandit was singing the glories of the Lord and dancing in ecstasy. Devananda Pandit went there to find out what was going on, and when he saw Vakresvara Pandit enveloped in a mood of ecstasy, he became fascinated by watching him. By and by a large crowd formed, pressing forward to see Vakresvara Pandit. Sri Devananda Pandit then pushed the crowd back waving a cane in his hand, so that the divine kirtan and dancing of Sri Vakresvara Pandit Thakura was not disturbed. In this way for another six hours into the night Vakresvara Pandit continued his intense singing and dancing in divine kirtana. Later, when Vakresvara Pandit had taken a seat in order to rest, Devananda Pandit fell before his feet, offering his obeisances in full submission.
Vakreshavara Pandit was very happy with Devananda Pandit and his service, and blessed him, saying, "May you have love of God." From that day on, Devananda Pandit's Krsna Bhakti grew. One who gets the blessing of a devotee soon achieves Krsna-bhakti. After Caitanya Mahaprabhu had stayed in Jagannatha Puri for some time, he returned to Kuliya in Nabadwipa, in order to visit his mother and see the Ganges. At that time, he gave his mercy to Devananda Pandit. At that time he told Devananda Pandit: "Because you have rendered service to Vakresvara Pandit I consider you to be one of my own. Vakresvara Pandit is completely empowered by the Lord. He has attained Krsna, and is full in Krsna-bhakti. Krsna has made his home in the heart of Vakresvara Pandit, and as Krsna dances within his heart, so Vakreshavara Pandit himself dances. Whatever place Vakresvara Pandit blesses with his association becomes a holy place of pilgrimage more sacred than all the holy places."
In this way Vrindavan Das Thakur writes of the glories of Sri Vakresvara Pandit. Although Sri Vakresvara Pandit had previously lived in Nabadwip, he left Nabadwip for Jagannatha Puri after Mahaprabhu took sannyasa, in order to better serve the Lord. After this, he lived in Jagannatha Puri. The Caitanya Caritamrita says, "Among the devotees who accompanied the Lord in Jagannatha Puri, two of them-Paramananda Puri and Svarupa Damodara-were the heart and soul of the Lord. Among the other devotees were Gadadhara, Jagadananda, Sankara, Vakresvara, Damodara Pandit, Thakura Haridasa, Raghunatha Vaidya, and Ragunatha das. All these great devotees had been his associates from the very begining of the Lord's pastimes, and when the Lord took up residence in Jagannatha Puri they remained there to serve him faithfully. It is said that Vakresvara Pandit later lived in the house of Kashi Mishra. There he established the Radha-Kanta deities. Sri Vakresvara Pandit's disciple was Gopal Guru Goswami. Sri Gopal Guru Goswami's disciple Dhayanachandra Goswami has written a book called the Dhyan Chandra Paddhati. There he has written of Vakresvara Pandit:
"Previously in Vrindavan he was Tungavidya Gopi who was expert in singing and dancing. Later that same person appeared in the lila of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and became known as Vakresvara Pandit. He appeared within this world as Vakreshavara Pandit on the day of Krsnapanchami in the month of Asharh. He disappeared from this Earth and entered into the unmanifest pastimes of the Lord on the sixth day of the full moon in the month of Asarh. "
One of Vakresvara Pandit's family members was the poet Sri Govinda dev of Utkala, who is known as an Oriyan. In the year 17, Gaur Era, he compiled a scripture in the Orissan language named "Sri Gaura Krishnodaya." This book has since been published by the great acarya of the Gaudiya Sampradaya, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada, who recently entered into the eternal pastimes of the Lord. In Gaura Krishnodaya Govinda Das describes the life of Vakresvara Pandit. There are many disciples of Vakresvara Pandit and they are known as Gaudiya Vaishnavas although they are from Orissa.
Vrindavan Das Thakura has described the great celebration of Caitanya Mahaprabhu's sankirtan rasa in his Caitanya Bhagavata. There he mentions Vakresvara Pandit's participation in Mahaprabhu's sankirtan-lila as follows:
"To bless all souls with good fortune, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared on this earth in an enchanting form, which was like a doll of gold. To awaken the sleeping souls of the age of Kali, he came to distribute the nectar of the holy name of Krsna. The Lord descended to this earth in the midst of his eternal associates: Nityananda, Advaita Acarya, Gadadhara, and all His pure devotees. When Caitanya came, the khol and kartals sounded like the thunder of the clouds within the temple of the Lord. Absorbed in different moods of ecstatic love, Sri Caitanya would order everyone to chant the holy name of Krsna, saying, "bolo Haribol!" Raising his arms to the sky, the Son of Sachi would dance in ecstasy. At that time the beautiful Ramai and Sri Raghunandan also danced. Srivasa Thakura and Haridas Thakura as well as Vakresvara Pandit, Dvija Haridas, and Shankara Pandit also danced. In this way, again and again glorifying their activities within this world, floating on the ocean of ecstasy churned by them, Vrindavana Das sings this Caitanya Bhagavata.
At the time of Rathayatra in Jagannatha Puri, there were four sampradayas. In their midst Vakreshavara Pandit initiated a new sampradaya-of dancing. Sri Krsnadas Kaviraj Goswami writes of the glories of Vakresvara Pandit:
"Vakresvara Pandit was the fifth branch of the Caitanya tree. He was a very dear servant of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Once in the house of Srivasa Thakura he danced with constant ecstasy for seventy-two hours. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally sang while Vakresvara Pandit danced, and thus Vakresvara Pandit fell at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya and said, "O you whose face is as beautiful as the full moon; please give me 10,000 Gandharvas. Let them sing as I dance, and then I will be greatly happy." The Lord replied, "I have only one wing like you, but if I had another, certainly I could fly like a bird."
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Hera Panchami & Return Rathyatra
Madhya 1.144
upavane kaila prabhu vividha vilasa
prabhura abhisheka kaila vipra krishnadasa
In the garden along the road from the Jagannatha temple to Gundica, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu performed various pastimes. A brahmana named Krishnadasa performed the bathing ceremony of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Madhya 1.145
gundicate nritya-ante kaila jala-keli
hera-pancamite dekhila lakshmi-devira keli
After dancing in the Gundica temple, the Lord sported in the water with His devotees, and on Hera-pancami day they all saw the activities of the goddess of fortune, Lakshmidevi.
Madhya 14.106
'hera-pancami'ra dina aila janiya
kasi-misre kahe raja sayatna kariya
Knowing that the Hera-pancami festival was drawing near, King Prataparudra attentively talked with Kasi Misra.
Madhya 14.107
kalya 'hera-pancami' habe lakshmira vijaya
aiche utsava kara yena kabhu nahi haya
"Tomorrow will be the function of Hera-pancami or Lakshmi-vijaya. Hold this festival in a way that it has never been held before."
PURPORT
This Hera-pancami festival takes place five days after the Ratha-yatra festival. Lord Jagannatha has left His wife, the goddess of fortune, and gone to Vrindavana, which is the Gundica temple. Due to separation from the Lord, the goddess of fortune decides to come to see the Lord at Gundica. The coming of the goddess of fortune to Gundica is celebrated by Hera-pancami. Sometimes this is misspelled as Hara-pancami the section known as ativadi. The word hera means "to see" and refers to the goddess of fortune going to see Lord Jagannatha. The word pancami means "the fifth day" and is used because this takes place on the fifth day of the moon.
Madhya 14.108
mahotsava kara taiche visesha sambhara
dekhi' mahaprabhura yaiche haya camatkara
King Prataparudra said, "Hold this festival in such a gorgeous way that upon seeing it, Caitanya Mahaprabhu will be completely pleased and astonished.
Madhya 14.109
thakurera bhandare ara amara bhandare
citra-vastra-kinkini, ara chatra-camare
"Take as many printed cloths, small bells, umbrellas and camaras as there are in my storehouse and in the Deity's storehouse.
Madhya 14.110
dhvajavrinda-pataka-ghantaya karaha mandana
nana-vadya-nritya-dolaya karaha sajana
"Collect all kinds of small and large flags and ringing bells. Then decorate the carrier and have various musical and dancing parties accompany it. In this way decorate the carrier attractively.
Madhya 14.111
dviguna kariya kara saba upahara
ratha-yatra haite yaiche haya camatkara
"You should also double the quantity of prasada. Make so much that it will even surpass the Ratha-yatra festival.
Madhya 14.112
seita' kariha,—prabhu lana bhakta-gana
svacchande asiya yaiche karena darasana
"Arrange the festival in such a way that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu may freely go with His devotees to visit the Deity without difficulty."
Madhya 14.113
pratah-kale mahaprabhu nija-gana lana
jagannatha darsana kaila sundaracale yana
In the morning, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took His personal associates with Him to see Lord Jagannatha at Sundaracala.
PURPORT
Sundaracala is the Gundica temple. The temple of Jagannatha at Jagannatha Puri is called Nilacala, and the temple at Gundica is called Sundaracala.
Madhya 14.114
nilacale aila punah bhakta-gana-sange
dekhite utkantha hera-pancamira range
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His personal devotees returned to Nilacala with great eagerness to see the Hera-pancami festival.
Madhya 14.115
kasi-misra prabhure bahu adara kariya
svagana-saha bhala-sthane vasaila lana
Kasi Misra received Caitanya Mahaprabhu with great respect, and taking the Lord and His associates to a very nice place, he had them seated.
Madhya 14.116
rasa-visesha prabhura sunite mana haila
ishat hasiya prabhu svarupe puchila
After taking His seat, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to hear about a particular mellow of devotional service; therefore, mildly smiling, He began to question Svarupa Damodara.
Madhya 14.117-118
yadyapi jagannatha karena dvarakaya vihara
sahaja prakata kare parama udara
tathapi vatsara-madhye haya eka-bara
vrindavana dekhite tanra utkantha apara
"Although Lord Jagannatha enjoys His pastimes at Dvaraka-dhama and naturally manifests sublime liberality there, still, once a year, He becomes unlimitedly eager to see Vrindavana."
Madhya 14.119
vrindavana-sama ei upavana-gana
taha dekhibare utkanthita haya mana
Pointing out the neighboring gardens, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "All these gardens exactly resemble Vrindavana; therefore Lord Jagannatha is very eager to see them again.
Madhya 14.120
bahira ha-ite kare ratha-yatra-chala
sundaracale yaya prabhu chadi' nilacala
"Externally He gives the excuse that He wants to participate in the Ratha-yatra festival, but actually He wants to leave Jagannatha Puri to go to Sundaracala, Gundica temple, the replica of Vrindavana.
Madhya 14.121
nana-pushpodyane tatha khele ratri-dine
lakshmidevire sange nahi laya ki karane?
"The Lord enjoys His pastimes day and night in various flower gardens there. But why did He not take Lakshmidevi, the goddess of fortune, with Him?"
Madhya 14.122
svarupa kahe,—suna, prabhu, karana ihara
vrindavana-kridate lakshmira nahi adhikara
Svarupa Damodara replied, "My dear Lord, please hear the reason for this. Lakshmidevi, the goddess of fortune, cannot be admitted to the pastimes of Vrindavana.
Madhya 14.123
vrindavana-lilaya krishnera sahaya gopi-gana
gopi-gana vina krishnera harite nare mana
"In the pastimes of Vrindavana, the only assistants are the gopis. But for the gopis, no one can attract the mind of Krishna."
Madhya 14.124
prabhu kahe,—yatra-chale krishnera gamana
subhadra ara baladeva, sange dui jana
The Lord said, "Using the car festival as an excuse, Krishna goes there with Subhadra and Baladeva.
Madhya 14.125
gopi-sange yata lila haya upavane
nigudha krishnera bhava keha nahi jane
"All the pastimes with the gopis that take place in those gardens are very confidential ecstasies of Lord Krishna. No one knows them.
Madhya 14.126
ataeva krishnera prakatye nahi kichu dosha
tabe kene lakshmidevi kare eta rosha?
"Since there is no fault at all in Krishna's pastimes, why does the goddess of fortune become angry?"
Madhya 14.127
svarupa kahe,—premavatira ei ta' svabhava
kantera audasya-lese haya krodha-bhava
Svarupa Damodara replied, "It is the nature of a girl afflicted by love to become immediately angry upon finding neglect on the part of her lover."
Madhya 14.128
hena-kale, khacita yahe vividha ratana
suvarnera caudola kari' arohana
While Svarupa Damodara and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were talking, the procession of the goddess of fortune came by. She was riding upon a golden palanquin carried by four men and bedecked with a variety of jewels.
Madhya 14.129
chatra-camara-dhvaja patakara gana
nana-vadya-age nace deva-dasi-gana
The palanquin was also surrounded by people carrying umbrellas, camara whisks and flags, and it was preceded by musicians and dancing girls.
Madhya 14.130
tambula-samputa, jhari, vyajana, camara
sathe dasi sata, hara divya bhushambara
The maidservants were carrying water pitchers, camara whisks and boxes for betel nuts. There were hundreds of maidservants, all attractively dressed with valuable necklaces.
Madhya 14.131
alaukika aisvarya sange bahu-parivara
kruddha hana lakshmidevi aila simha-dvara
In an angry mood, the goddess of fortune arrived at the main gate of the temple accompanied by many members of her family, all of whom exhibited uncommon opulence.
Madhya 14.132
jagannathera mukhya mukhya yata bhritya-gane
lakshmidevira dasi-gana karena bandhane
When the procession arrived, the maidservants of the goddess of fortune began to arrest all the principal servants of Lord Jagannatha.
Madhya 14.133
bandhiya aniya pade lakshmira carane
core yena danda kari' laya nana-dhane
The maidservants bound the servants of Jagannatha, handcuffed them, and made them fall down at the lotus feet of the goddess of fortune. Indeed, they were arrested just like thieves who have all their riches taken away.
PURPORT
When Lord Jagannatha starts His car festival, He gives assurance to the goddess of fortune that He will return the next day. When He does not return, the goddess of fortune, after waiting two or three days, begins to feel that her husband has neglected her. She naturally becomes quite angry. Gorgeously decorating herself and her associates, she comes out of the temple and stands before the main gate. All the principal servants of Lord Jagannatha are then arrested by her maidservants, brought before her and forced to fall down at her lotus feet.
Madhya 14.134
acetanavat tare karena tadane
nana-mata gali dena bhanda-vacane
When the servants fall down before the lotus feet of the goddess of fortune, they almost fall unconscious. They are chastised and made the butt of jokes and loose language.
Madhya 14.135
lakshmi-sange dasi-ganera pragalbhya dekhiya
hase mahaprabhura gana mukhe hasta diya
When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's associates saw such impudence exhibited by the maidservants of the goddess of fortune, they covered their faces with their hands and began to smile.
Madhya 14.136
damodara kahe,—aiche manera prakara
trijagate kahan nahi dekhi suni ara
Svarupa Damodara said, "There is no egoistic pride like this within the three worlds. At least I have neither seen nor heard of it.
Madhya 14.137
manini nirutsahe chade vibhushana
bhume vasi' nakhe lekhe, malina-vadana
"When a woman is neglected and disappointed, out of egoistic pride she gives up her ornaments and morosely sits down on the floor, marking lines on it with her nails.
Madhya 14.138
purve satyabhamara suni evam-vidha mana
vraje gopi-ganera mana—rasera nidhana
"I have heard of this kind of pride in Satyabhama, Krishna's proudest Queen, and I have also heard of it in the gopis of Vrindavana, who are the reservoirs of all transcendental mellows.
Madhya 14.139
inho nija-sampatti saba prakata kariya
priyera upara yaya sainya sajana
"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, Svarupa Damodara Gosvami wanted to inform Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu about the superexcellence of the gopis' 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 Satyabhama and the gopis of Vrindavana, but what we see in the goddess of fortune here at Jagannatha Puri is completely different. She becomes very angry with her husband, and attacks Him with her great opulence."
(A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita Madhya-lila 14:106-139. texts and purports).
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