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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 15.29
পূর্বসিদ্ধ ভাব দুঁহার উদয় করিল ।
দৈবে বনমালী ঘটক শচী–স্থানে আইল ॥ ২৯ ॥
pūrva-siddha bhāva duṅhāra udaya karila
daive vanamālī ghaṭaka śacī-sthāne āila
When the Lord and Lakṣmīdevī met, their relationship awakened, having already been settled, and coincidentally the marriage-maker Vanamālī came to see Śacīmātā.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
When the Lord and Lakṣmīdevī met, their relationship awakened, having already been settled.
Vanamālī Ghaṭaka, a brāhmaṇa residing in Navadvīpa, came to Śacīmātā and arranged their marriage.
He was formerly Viśvāmitra, who negotiated Lord Rāmacandra’s marriage, and later the brāhmaṇa who negotiated Lord Kṛṣṇa’s marriage with Rukmiṇī. That same brāhmaṇa served as marriage-maker in caitanya-līlā.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Wonder touched by grief. Learning, family duty, the loss of Jagannātha Miśra, and marriage create mixed feeling.
The mood of Ādi 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When Jagannātha Miśra passed away, the Lord married the daughter of Vallabhācārya, whose name was Lakṣmī. All these events are summarized in this chapter.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 15
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “served”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about Vanamālī Ghaṭaka’s repeated service in arranging the Lord’s marriages?
List the three marriage arrangements described in the purport and note the service shared by them.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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