Ādi-līlā

Chapter 14: Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes

Verse 62 of 97
Cc Ādi 14.62

একদিন বল্লভাচার্যকন্যা ঽলক্ষ্মীঽ নাম দেবতা পূজিতে আইল করি গংগাস্নান

एकदिन वल्लभाचार्यकन्या ऽलक्ष्मीऽ नाम देवता पूजिते आइल करि गंगास्नान

eka-dina vallabhācārya-kanyā 'lakṣmī' nāma devatā pūjite āila kari gaṅgā-snāna

Synonyms

eka-dinaone day; vallabhācārya-kanyāthe daughter of Vallabhācārya; lakṣmīLakṣmī; nāmanamed; devatādemigods; pūjiteto worship; āilacame; karitaking; gaṅgā-snānabath in the Ganges..

Translation

One day a girl of the name Lakṣmī, the daughter of Vallabhācārya, came to the bank of the Ganges to take bath in the river and worship the demigods.

Purport

According to the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, Lakṣmī was formerly Jānakī, the wife of Lord Rāmacandra, and Rukmiṇī, the wife of Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā. The same goddess of fortune descended as Lakṣmī to become the wife of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Verse 62 of 97
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