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Chapter 15: The Lord's Paugaṇḍa-līlā

Verse 29 of 34
Cc Ādi 15.29

পূর্বসিদ্ধ ভাব দুঙ্হার উদয করিল দৈবে বনমালী ঘটক শচীস্থানে আইল

पूर्वसिद्ध भाव दुङ्हार उदय करिल दैवे वनमाली घटक शचीस्थाने आइल

pūrva-siddha bhāva duṅhāra udaya karila daive vanamālī ghaṭaka śacī-sthāne āila

Synonyms

pūrva-siddha—as it is already settled; bhāva—ecstasy; duṅhāra—of both of them; udaya—awakened; karila—was made; daive—also accidently; vanamālī—of the name Vanamālī; ghaṭaka—the marriage-maker; śacī-sthāne—at the place of Śacīmātā; āila—came..

Translation

When the Lord and Lakṣmīdevī met, their relationship awakened, having already been settled, and coincidently the marriage-maker Vanamālī came to see Śacīmātā.

Purport

Vanamālī Ghaṭaka, a resident of Navadvīpa and a brāhmaṇa by caste, arranged the marriage of the Lord to Lakṣmīdevī. He was formerly Viśvāmitra, who negotiated the marriage of Lord Rāmacandra, and later he was the brāhmaṇa who negotiated the marriage of Lord Kṛṣṇa with Rukmiṇī. That same brāhmaṇa acted as the marriage-maker of the Lord in caitanya-līlā.

Verse 29 of 34