Verse 2.1.137

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.137:

লক্ষ্মীরে আনিঞা পুত্র-সমীপে বসায দৃষ্টিপাত করিযা ও প্রভু নাহি চায ॥ ১৩৭ ॥

लक्ष्मीरे आनिञा पुत्र-समीपे वसाय दृष्टिपात करिया ओ प्रभु नाहि चाय ॥ १३७ ॥

lakṣmīre āniñā putra-samīpe vasāya dṛṣṭipāta kariyā o prabhu nāhi cāya || 137 ||

laksmire anina putra-samipe vasaya drstipata kariya o prabhu nahi caya (137)

English translation:

(137) Mother Śacī purposely brought Viṣṇupriyā and had her sit in front of her son. Although the Lord gazed in her direction, He did not actually see her.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word lakṣmī in this verse [and in verse 19] refers to Viṣṇupriyā-devī. Seeing Nimāi’s indifference towards everything not related to Kṛṣṇa, Śacī acted like an ordinary worldly mother fond of increasing her son’s family attachment while thinking as follows: “If I create opportunities for my son to engage in intimate conversations with my daughter-in-law, Śrī Viṣṇupriyā-devī, then perhaps my son’s strong tendency and attachment for Kṛṣṇa’s worship, which is just contrary to material enjoyment, will diminish.” Following common worldly consideration, conditioned souls in their youth try to enjoy their wives, thinking of them as objects of enjoyment, and thus they become attached to material existence and gṛhamedhi family life, but such consideration never arose in the Lord.

Although while maintaining indifference and being afflicted by separation from Kṛṣṇa He gave Viṣṇupriyā a token glance, He did not become enthusiastic to see the personification of servitude, Viṣṇupriyā- devī, as an object of enjoyment.