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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 15]
TRANSLATION
“Without a wife,” Lord Caitanya considered, “there is no meaning to house-holder life.” Thus the Lord decided to marry.
TEXT 27
न गृहं गृहमित्याह्यं हिनी गृहमुच्यते ।
तस्मा हि सहितः सर्वान् पुरुषार्थान् सम्प्रभूते ॥ २१ ॥
na gṛharh gṛham ity āhur gṛhiṇī gṛham ucyate tayā hi sahitaḥ sarvān puruṣārthān samaśnute
SYNONYMS
na —not;  gṛham —the home;  gṛham —the house;  iti —thus;  āhuḥ —said;  gṛhiṇī —the wife;  gṛham —home;  ucyate —it is said;  tayā —with her;  hi —certainly;  sahitaḥ —together;  sarvān —all;  puruṣa-arthān —goals of human life;  samaśnute —perfects.
TRANSLATION
Merely a house is not a home, for it is a wife who gives a home its meaning. If one lives at home with his wife, together they can fulfill all the interests of human life.
TEXT 28
দৈবে এক দিন প্রভু পড়িয়া আসিতে ।
বলভাচার্যের কথা দেখে গঙ্গা-পথে ॥ ২৮ ॥
daive eka dina prabhu paḍiyā āsite vallabhācāryera kanyā dekhe gaṅgā-pathe
SYNONYMS
daive —accidently;  eka dina —one day;  prabhu —the Lord;  paḍiyā —after studying;  āsite —while He was coming back;  vallabhācāryera —of Vallabhācārya;  kanyā —daughter;  dekhe —sees;  gaṅgā-pathe —on the way to the Ganges.
TRANSLATION
One day when the Lord was coming back from school He accidently saw the daughter of Vallabhācārya on the way to the Ganges.
TEXT 29
পুর্বসিদ্ধ ভাব দুঃহার উদয় করিল ।
দৈবে বনমালী ঘটক শচী-স্থানে আইল ॥ ২৯ ॥