CC Adi 15.29 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 29
- 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 accidentally; 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 coincidentally 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.