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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 15.30
শচীর ইঙ্গিতে সম্বন্ধ করিল ঘটন ।
লক্ষ্মীকে বিবাহ কৈল শচীর নন্দন ॥ ৩০ ॥
śacīra iṅgite sambandha karila ghaṭana
lakṣmīke vivāha kaila śacīra nandana
Following the indications of Śacīdevī, Vanamālī Ghaṭaka arranged the marriage, and thus in due course the Lord married Lakṣmīdevī.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śacīdevī gave indications concerning the marriage.
Vanamālī Ghaṭaka followed her indications and arranged it.
In due course, the Lord married Lakṣmīdevī.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How did Śacīdevī and Vanamālī Ghaṭaka each contribute to the marriage arrangements?
Briefly recount the sequence from Śacīdevī’s indications to the Lord’s marriage.
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