eka-dina vallabhÄcÄrya-kanyÄ 'laká¹£mÄ«' nÄma
devatÄ pÅ«jite Äila kari gaá¹…gÄ-snÄna
eka-dina - one day; vallabhÄcÄrya-kanyÄ - the daughter of VallabhÄcÄrya; laká¹£mÄ« - Laká¹£mÄ«; nÄma - named; devatÄ - demigods; pÅ«jite - to worship; Äila - came; kari - taking; gaá¹…gÄ-snÄna - bath in the Ganges.
One day a girl of the name Laká¹£mÄ«, the daughter of VallabhÄcÄrya, came to the bank of the Ganges to take a bath in the river and worship the demigods.
According to the Gaura-gaṇoddeÅ›a-dÄ«pikÄ (45), Laká¹£mÄ« was formerly JÄnakÄ«, the wife of Lord RÄmacandra, and Rukmiṇī, the wife of Lord Kṛṣṇa in DvÄrakÄ. The same goddess of fortune descended as Laká¹£mÄ« to become the wife of Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu.
