Verse 1.15.51

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.51:

দৈবে শচী কাশীনাথ-পণ্ডিতেরে আনি’ বলিলেন তাঙ্’রে,—“বাপ, শুন এক বাণী ॥ ৫১ ॥

दैवे शची काशीनाथ-पण्डितेरे आनि’ बलिलेन ताङ्’रे,—“बाप, शुन एक वाणी ॥ ५१ ॥

daive śacī kāśīnātha-paṇḍitere āni’ balilena tāṅ’re,—“bāpa, śuna eka vāṇī || 51 ||

daive saci kasinatha-panditere ani’ balilena tan’re,—“bapa, suna eka vani (51)

English translation:

(51) One day Śacī was inspired to call Kāśīnātha Paṇḍita to her home. Thereupon, she said to him, “Dear sir, please listen to my request.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Kāśīnātha Paṇḍita, the matchmaker resident of Navadvīpa, was a crest- jewel amongst brāhmaṇas. In Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes he was the brāhmaṇa sent to Kṛṣṇa with a proposal for His marriage with Satyabhāmā. In the

Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (50) it is stated: “The brāhmaṇa named Kulaka, whom Mahārāja Satrājit sent to Lord Mādhava to arrange the Lord’s marriage with Satyabhāmā, appeared in Lord Caitanya’s pastimes as Śrī Kāśīnātha.”