Cmp 27. Nimai's Second Marriage Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU

Nimai's daily routine was,
Early morning to rise,
Performing religious duties,
Offering his mother obeisance.

Then teaching his students,
This routine regularly went.
He would check students
For their forehead-Tilaka-marks.

Students without Tilaka marks
Were dismissed from the class,
And they were all taken back,
After they applied these marks.

Shachi, his Mother thought
About his marriage, why not?
In the Town, for a suitable match,
She made a continuous search.

Sanatana Mishra, a pious Brahmin,
Had a daughter, the most beautiful one,
By her sweet name Vishnupriya.
He proposed her to Vishvambhara.

Both were beautifully decorated.
Their marriage was celebrated,
In a grand and fitting manner
Never before seen anywhere.

Countless people came
To see the bridegroom
And the bride tied up
With bridal make up.

In a palanquin they both came
To Shachi, the Mother's home,
Like Rukmini and Krishna,
More than Nimai and Vishnupriya.

They gave gifts to pundits,
Dancers, Singers and beggars,
Who came to their house,
And blessed the couples.

For the beauty and character,
In the eyes of Shachi, mother,
Vishnupria and Lakshmi Devi
They both were alike really.