Ādi 14.62

TEXT 62

TEXT

একদিন বল্লভাচার্য-কন্যা 'লক্ষ্মী' নাম ।
দেবতা পূজিতে আইল করি গঙ্গাস্নান ॥ ৬২ ॥

eka-dina vallabhacarya-kanya 'laksmi' nama

devata pujite aila kari gaṅga-snana

SYNONYMS

eka-dina-one day; vallabhacarya-kanya-the daughter of Vallabhacarya; laksmi-Laksmi; nama-named; devata-demigods; pujite-to worship; aila-came; kari-taking; gaṅga-snana-bath in the Ganges.

TRANSLATION

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

PURPORT

According to the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, Laksmi was formerly Janaki, the wife of Lord Ramacandra, and Rukmini, the wife of Lord Krsna in Dvaraka. The same goddess of fortune descended as Laksmi to become the wife of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

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