BRS 2.1.185 — FolioCorpus

Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .1.185

yathā prathame –

[yathaa prathame –]

yadyapy asau pārśva-gato raho-gatas

[yadyapy asau paarshva-gato raho-gatas]

tathāpi tasyāṅghri-yugaṁ navaṁ navam |

[tathaapi tasyaanghri-yugam navam navam |]

pade pade kā virameta tat-padāc

[pade pade kaa virameta tat-padaach]

calāpi yac chrīr na jahāti karhicit ||185||

[chalaapi yach chreer na jahaati karhichit ||185||]

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

yathā prathame –

yadyapy asau pārśva-gato raho-gatas

tathāpi tasyāṅghri-yugaṁ navaṁ navam |

pade pade kā virameta tat-padāc

calāpi yac chrīr na jahāti karhicit ||185||

An example, from the First Canto: Although Lord Sri Kṛṣṇa was constantly by their sides, as well as being exclusively alone, His feet appeared to them to be newer and newer. The goddess of fortune, although always restless and moving, could not quit the Lord’s feet. So what woman can be detached from those feet, having once taken shelter of them? SB 1.11.34

Purport

All the queens at Dvārakā were goddesses of fortune. It is said in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, First Canto, Eleventh Chapter, verse 33, that the goddesses of fortune are very fickle and restless, so no one can consistently captivate them. Thus one’s luck will always change sometime. Yet the goddesses of fortune could not leave Kṛṣṇa for even a moment when they were residing with Him at Dvārakā. This means that Kṛṣṇa’s attraction is ever fresh. Even the goddesses of fortune cannot leave His company.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Durgama-saṅgamanī

Commentary

The last line expresses that in Lakṣmī there exist both fickleness and steadiness. She is calā or fickle, only in her secondary aspect. She is steady in being attached to the Lord’s feet in her svarūpa aspect. This illustrates the special greatness of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.

📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io