Ādi 15.29

TEXT 29

TEXT

পূর্বসিদ্ধ ভাব দুঁহার উদয় করিল ।
দৈবে বনমালী ঘটক শচী-স্থানে আইল ॥ ২৯ ॥

purva-siddha bhava duṅhara udaya karila

daive vanamali ghataka saci-sthane aila

SYNONYMS

purva-siddha-as it is already settled; bhava-ecstasy; duṅhara-of both of them; udaya-awakened; karila-was made; daive-also accidently; vanamali-of the name Vanamali; ghataka-the marriage-maker; saci-sthane-at the place of Sacimata; aila-came.

TRANSLATION

When the Lord and Laksmidevi met, their relationship awakened, having already been settled, and coincidently the marriage-maker Vanamali came to see Sacimata.

PURPORT

Vanamali Ghataka, a resident of Navadvipa and a brahmana by caste, arranged the marriage of the Lord to Laksmidevi. He was formerly Visvamitra, who negotiated the marriage of Lord Ramacandra, and later he was the brahmana who negotiated the marriage of Lord Krsna with Rukmini. That same brahmana acted as the marriage-maker of the Lord in caitanya-lila.