Text 31]
The Lord's Paugaṇḍa-līlā
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pūrvo-siddha bhāva duṅhāra udaya karila daive vanamālī ghaṭaka śacī-sthāne āila
SYNONYMS
pūrvo-siddha —as it is already settled;  bhāva —ecstasy;  duṅhāra —of both of them;  udaya —awakened;  karila —was made;  daive —also accidently;  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 coincidently 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 .
TEXT 30
শচীর ইলিতে সম্বন্ধ করিল ঘটম । লক্ষ্মীকে বিবাহ কৈল শচীর নন্দন ॥ ৩০ ॥
śacīra iṅgite sambandha karila ghaṭana lakṣmīke vivāha kaila śacīra nandana
SYNONYMS
śacīra iṅgite —by the indication of mother Śacī;  sambandha —the relationship;  karila —made;  ghaṭana —possible;  lakṣmīke —unto Lakṣmīdevī;  vivāha —marriage;  kaila —executed;  śacīra nandana —the son of mother Śacī.
TRANSLATION
Following the indications of Śacīdevī, Vanamālī Ghaṭaka arranged the marriage, and thus in due course the Lord married Lakṣmīdevī.
TEXT 31
বিশুরিস্না বর্ণিলা ভাহা কৃষ্ণাক-দাস । এই ভ’ পৌগণ্ড-লীলার সূত্র-প্রকাশ ।