14.62

eka-dina vallabhacarya-kanya ’laksmi’ nama

devata pujite aila kari ganga-snana

SYNONYMS

eka-dina—one day; vallabhacarya-kanya—the daughter of Vallabhacarya; laksmi—Laksmi; nama—named; devata—demigods; pujite—to worship; aila—came; kari—taking; ganga-snana—bath in the Ganges.

One day a girl of the name Laksmi, the daughter of Vallabhacarya, came to the bank of the Ganges to take bath in the river and worship the demigods.

PURPORT

According to the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 45, Laksmi was formerly Janaki, the wife of Lord Ramacandra, and Rukmini, the wife of Lord Krsna in Dvaraka.

The same goddess of fortune descended as Laksmi to become the wife of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.