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cintāmaṇi prakara-sadmasu kalpa vṛkṣa lakśāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam lakṣmī sahasra-śata sambrahma-sevyamānaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

[Bs. 5.29]

Not only one Śrī, Lakṣmī, but lakṣmī-sahasra-śata. And they are serving the Lord, sambrahma sevyamānaṁ. We are praying to Lakṣmījī …

So sakṣat śrī. She is always associated. If anyone tries to separate Śrī from Nārāyaṇa, then he will be vanquished. …

So anyway, wherever there is Śrī, there is Nārāyaṇa, and wherever there is Nārāyaṇa, there is Śrī. Therefore Nārāyaṇa and …

So in order to keep Brahmā's promise, Nārāyaṇa appeared as Nṛsiṁha-deva = half lion and half man. Therefore adṛṣṭāśruta-pūrva. Even …

So if we study the character of Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa, then we shall cease to manufacture such words as daridra-nārāyaṇa or this …

yas tu nārāyaṇaṁ devaṁ brahmārudrādi-daivataiḥ samatvena vikṣeta sa pāṣaṇḍi bhaved dhruvam

[Cc. Madhya 18.116]

Pāṣaṇḍi means devil, or nondevotee. Abhaktā hīna cara. Be careful not to mix with nondevotee who imagines about God. They …

But Kṛṣṇa's body is not like that. Kṛṣṇa's body is the same, sat; always the same. Kṛṣṇa's another name is …

Thank you very much.

Devotee: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda! [end]

Pradyumna: Translation = "The goddess of fortune, Lakṣmījī, was requested to go before the Lord by all the demigods present, …

Prabhupāda:

sākṣāt śrīḥ preṣitā devair dṛṣṭvā taṁ mahad adbhutam adṛṣṭāśruta-pūrvatvāt sā nopeyāya śaṅkitā

[SB 7.9.2]

So Śrī, Lakṣmī, she is always in company with Nārāyaṇa, Bhagavān. Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa. Wherever Nārāyaṇa there is, there is Lakṣmī. Aiśvaryasya …

yas tu nārāyaṇaṁ devaṁ brahmā-rudrādi-daivataiḥ samatvena vikṣeta sa pāṣaṇḍi bhaved dhruvam

[Cc. Madhya 18.116]