Verse 1.14.99

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.99:

এথা নবদ্বীপে লক্ষ্মী প্রভুর বিরহে অন্তরে দুঃখিতা দেবী কা’রে নাহি কহে ॥ ৯৯ ॥

एथा नवद्वीपे लक्ष्मी प्रभुर विरहे अन्तरे दुःखिता देवी का’रे नाहि कहे ॥ ९९ ॥

ethā navadvīpe lakṣmī prabhura virahe antare duḥkhitā devī kā’re nāhi kahe || 99 ||

etha navadvipe laksmi prabhura virahe antare duhkhita devi ka’re nahi kahe (99)

English translation:

(99) Meanwhile, in Navadvīpa, Lakṣmī was in great distress due to separation from the Lord. She did not reveal this to anyone.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

While Nimāi was engaged in His scholastic pastimes in East Bengal, Lakṣmīpriyā-devī in Navadvīpa became extremely grief-stricken out of separation from her worshipable Lord. She did not, however, disclose her confidential internal distress to anyone. In her daily activities it was seen that apart from serving the Lord’s mother, or her mother-in-law, she did not even take a morsel of viṣṇu-prasāda in order to maintain her body.

She used to sit alone in a solitary place and simply shed tears. She did not feel any happiness at heart. Ultimately, due to separation from Gaura- Nārāyaṇa, her beloved husband who was more dear to her than life,

Mahā-Lakṣmī Lakṣmīpriyā-devī, the crest jewel of caste women, became so impatient that out of extreme anxiety she resolved to depart in order to serve her husband. She kept her replica body, or shadow form, on the bank of the Ganges in this world and disappeared from the eyes of people in her original form as Mahā-Lakṣmī. She attained samādhi while

meditating on the lotus feet of her worshipable husband, Śrī Gaura- Nārāyaṇa. Mahā-Lakṣmī Lakṣmīpriyā-devī, the crest jewel of caste women, departed forever.