Gopalacampu 1.21.176

1.21.176

[37] ātra ca ṣnigdhakaṇṭhenāntaś cintitam, tā etāh khalu pādmottarakhaṇḍa-dṛṣṭa-daṇḍakāraṇya-gata-muni-varyatayā sādhaka-caryas tadānim api lakṣmī-varyāṇāṃ rādhikādi-nitya-tad-bhāryāṇāṃ sva-kāmyaṃ sukāmyaṃ sāmyam anavāptā yathā tad avāpya śrī-kṛṣṇam avāptās tathā varṇyam iti sthite-

[37] And here Snigdhakaṇṭha thought within himself: “Surely these [women], being foremost sages dwelling in the Daṇḍaka forest as described in the Uttara-khaṇḍa of the Padma Purāṇa, were engaged in the practice of spiritual discipline. Even then, they had not attained the cherished and desirable equality with the eternal consorts such as Rādhikā, who are the best among the Lakṣmīs. Thus, it must be described how they obtained that [equality] and then attained Śrī Kṛṣṇa.” Such being the case: