1|Adi 14-1975: Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes
2|Chapter 14
3|Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes
4|Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has given a summary of this
>|chapter in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya: "In this Fourteenth
>|Chapter of the Caitanya-caritamrta there is a description
>|of how Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu enjoyed His childhood
>|pastimes-crawling, crying, eating dirt and giving
>|intelligence to His mother, favoring a brahmana guest,
>|riding on the shoulders of two thieves and misleading them
>|to His own house, and, on the plea of being diseased,
>|taking prasada in the house of Hiranya and Jagadisa on the
>|Ekadasi day. The chapter further describes how He displayed
>|Himself as a naughty boy, how when His mother fainted He
>|brought a coconut to her on His head, how He joked with
>|girls of the same age on the banks of the Ganges, how He
>|accepted worshipful paraphernalia from Srimati Laksmidevi,
>|how He sat down in a garbage pit wherefrom He instructed
>| transcendental knowledge, how He left the pit
>|on the order of His mother, and how He dealt with His
>|father with full affection."
5|Adi 14.1
6|TEXT 1
7|TEXT
8|kathancana smrte yasmin
9|duskaram sukaram bhavet
10|vismrte viparitam syat
11|sri-caitanyam namami tam
12|SYNONYMS
13|kathancana-somehow or other; smrte-by remembering; yasmin-
>|whom; duskaram-difficult things; sukaram-easy; bhavet-
>|become; vismrte-by forgetting Him; viparitam-just the
>|opposite; syat-become; sri-caitanyam-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; namami-I offer my respectful obeisances; tam-
>|unto Him.
14|TRANSLATION
15| Things that are very difficult to do become easy to
>|execute if one somehow or other simply remembers Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. But if one does not remember Him, even
>|easy things become very difficult. To this Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu I offer my respectful obeisances.
16|PURPORT
17|In his book Caitanya-candramrta Srila Prabodhananda
>|Sarasvati says : "One who receives a little favor from the
>|Lord becomes so exalted that he does not care even for
>|liberation, which is sought after by many great scholars
>|and philosophers. Similarly, a devotee of Lord Caitanya
>|considers residence in the heavenly planets a will-o'-the-
>|wisp. He surpasses the perfection of mystic yoga power
>|because for him the senses are like snakes with broken
>|fangs." A snake is a very fearful and dangerous animal
>|because of his poison fangs, but if these fangs are broken
>| the appearance of a snake is no cause for fear. The yoga
>|principles are meant to control the senses, but there is no
>|scope for the senses of one engaged in the service of the
>|Lord to be dangerous like snakes. These are the gifts of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
18|The Hari-bhakti-vilasa confirms that difficult things
>|become easy to understand if one remembers Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu and easy things become very difficult to
>|understand if one forgets Him. We actually see that even
>|those who are very great scientists in the eyes of the
>|general public cannot understand the very simple idea that
>|life comes from life because they do not have the mercy of
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. They defend the false understanding
>|that life comes from matter, although they cannot prove
>|that this is a fact. Modern civilization, therefore,
>|progressing on the basis of this false scientific theory,
>|is simply creating problems to be solved by the so-called
>|scientists.
19|The author of Caitanya-caritamrta takes shelter of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu to describe the pastimes of His
>|appearance as a child because one cannot write such
>|transcendental literature by mental speculation. One who
>|writes about the Supreme Personality of Godhead must be
>|especially favored by the Lord. Simply by academic
>|qualifications it is not possible to write such literature.
20|Adi 14.2
21|TEXT 2
22|TEXT
23|jaya jaya sri-caitanya, jaya nityananda
24|jayadvaitacandra, jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
25|SYNONYMS
26|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-to Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; jaya-all glories; nityananda-to Nityananda
>|Prabhu; jaya advaita-candra-all glories to Advaita Acarya;
>|jaya-all glories; gaura-bhakta-vrnda-to all the devotees of
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27|TRANSLATION
28|All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu,
>|Advaita Prabhu and all the devotees of Lord Caitanya!
29|Adi 14.3
30|TEXT 3
31|TEXT
32|prabhura kahila ei janmalila-sutra
33|yasoda-nandana yaiche haila saci-putra
34|SYNONYMS
35|prabhura-of the Lord; kahila-I have spoken; ei-thus; janma-
>|lila-pastimes of the birth; sutra-in summary; yasoda-
>|nandana-the son of mother Yasoda; yaiche-as much as; haila-
>|became; saci-putra-the son of mother Saci.
36|TRANSLATION
37|I have thus described in brief the advent of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, who appeared as the son of mother Saci, exactly
>|as Krsna appeared as the son of mother Yasoda.
38|PURPORT
39|Srila Narottama dasa Thakura confirms this statement that
>|now Lord Krsna, the son of mother Yasoda, has appeared
>|again as Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, becoming the son of
>|mother Saci:
40|vrajendra-nandana yei, saci-suta haila sei,
41|balarama hailo nitai
42|"The son of Saci is none other than the son of mother
>|Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja, and Nityananda Prabhu is the
>|same Balarama."
43|Adi 14.4
44|TEXT 4
45|TEXT
46|sanksepe kahila janmalila-anukrama
47|ebe kahi balyalila-sutrera ganana
48|SYNONYMS
49|sanksepe-in brief; kahila-I have spoken; janma-lila-the
>|pastimes of birth; anukrama-chronological order; ebe-now;
>|kahi-I shall speak; balya-lila-of the pastimes of childhood;
>| sutrera-of the sutras; ganana-enumeration.
50|TRANSLATION
51|I have already briefly spoken about the pastimes of His
>|birth in chronological order. Now I shall give a synopsis
>|of His childhood pastimes.
52|Adi 14.5
53|TEXT 5
54|TEXT
55|vande caitanya-krsnasya
56|balya-lilam mano-haram
57|laukikim api tam isa-
58|cestaya valitantaram
59|SYNONYMS
60|vande-I worship; caitanya-krsnasya-of Lord Caitanya, who is
>|Krsna Himself; balya-lila-pastimes of childhood; manah-
>|haram-which are so beautiful; laukikim-appearing ordinary;
>|api-although; tam-those; isa-cestaya-by manifestation of
>|supreme authority; valita-antaram-quite fit although
>|appearing differently.
61|TRANSLATION
62|Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the childhood
>|pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is Lord Krsna
>|Himself. Although such pastimes appear exactly like those
>|of an ordinary child, they should be understood as various
>|pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
63|PURPORT
64|In the Bhagavad-gita (9.11) this statement is confirmed as
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65|avajananti mam mudha
66|manusim tanum asritam
67|param bhavam ajananto
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68|mama bhuta-mahesvaram
69|"Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do
>|not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion
>|over all that be." To execute His pastimes, the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead appears on this planet or within
>|this universe like an ordinary human being or human child,
>|yet He maintains His superiority as the Supreme Lord. Lord
>|Krsna appeared as a human child, but His uncommon
>|activities, even in His childhood-like the killing of the
>|demon Putana or lifting of Govardana Hill-were not the
>|engagements of an ordinary child. Similarly, although the
>|pastimes of Lord Caitanya, as they will be described in
>|this chapter, appear like the activities of a small boy,
>|they are uncommon pastimes impossible for an ordinary human
>|child to execute.
70|Adi 14.6
71|TEXT 6
72|TEXT
73|balya-lilaya age prabhura uttana sayana
74|pita-mataya dekhaila cihna carana
75|SYNONYMS
76|balya-lilaya-in His pastimes as a child; age-first of all;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; uttana-turning the body; sayana-lying
>|down; pita-mataya-unto the parents; dekhaila-showed; cihna-
>|marks; carana-of the lotus feet.
77|TRANSLATION
78|In His first childhood pastimes the Lord turned upside down
>|while lying on His bed, and thus He showed His parents the
>|marks of His lotus feet.
79|PURPORT
80|The word uttana is also used to mean "lying down on the bed
>|face upwards" or "lying down flat on the bed." In some
>|readings the word is utthana, which means "standing up." In
>|His childhood pastimes the Lord tried to catch the wall and
>|stand up, but as an ordinary child falls down, so the Lord
>|also fell down and again took to lying on His bed.
81|Adi 14.7
82|TEXT 7
83|TEXT
84|grhe dui jana dekhi laghupada-cihna
85|tahe sobhe dhvaja, vajra, sankha, cakra, mina
86|SYNONYMS
87|grhe-at home; dui jana-the father and mother; dekhi-seeing;
>|laghu-pada-cihna-the marks of the lotus feet, which were
>|very small at that time; tahe-in those; sobhe-which were
>|beautifully visible; dhvaja-flag; vajra-thunderbolts;
>|sankha-conchshell; cakra-disc; mina-fish.
88|TRANSLATION
89|When the Lord tried to walk, in His small footprints the
>|specific marks of Lord Visnu were visible, namely, the flag,
>| thunderbolt, conchshell, disc and fish.
90|Adi 14.8
91|TEXT 8
92|TEXT
93|dekhiya donhara citte janmila vismaya
94|kara pada-cihna ghare, na paya niscaya
95|SYNONYMS
96|dekhiya-seeing all these marks; donhara-of the parents,
>|Sacimata and Jagannatha Misra; citte-in their hearts;
>|janmila-there was; vismaya-wonder; kara-whose; pada-cihna-
>|footprints; ghare-at home; na-does not; paya-get; niscaya-
>|certainty.
97|TRANSLATION
98|Seeing all these marks, neither His father nor His mother
>|could understand whose footprints they were. Thus struck
>|with wonder, they could not understand how those marks
>|could be possible in their home.
99|Adi 14.9
100|TEXT 9
101|TEXT
102|misra kahe,-balagopala ache sila-sange
103|tenho murti hana ghare khele, jani, range
104|SYNONYMS
105|misra kahe-Jagannatha Misra said; bala-gopala-Lord Krsna as
>|a child; ache-there is; sila-sange-along with the salagrama-
>|sila; tenho-He; murti hana-taking His transcendental form;
>|ghare-within the room; khele-plays; jani-I understand;
>|range-in curiosity.
106|TRANSLATION
107|Jagannatha Misra said, "Certainly child Krsna is with the
>|salagrama-sila. Taking His childhood form, He is playing
>|within the room."
108|PURPORT
109|When the form of the Lord is carved from wood, stone or any
>|other element, it is to be understood that the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead is there. Even logically we can
>|understand that all material elements are expansions of the
>|energy of the Lord. Since the energy of the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead is nondifferent from His personal
>|body, the Lord is always present in His energy, and He
>|manifests Himself on account of the ardent desire of a
>|devotee. Since the Lord is supremely powerful, it is
>|logical that He can manifest Himself in His energy. Deity
>|worship or worship of the salagrama-sila is not idol
>|worship. The Deity of the Lord in the house of a pure
>|devotee can act exactly as He can in His original
>|transcendental personality.
110|Adi 14.10
111|TEXT 10
112|TEXT
113|sei ksane jagi' nimai karaye krandana
114|anke lana saci tanre piyaila stana
115|SYNONYMS
116|sei ksane-immediately; jagi'-awakening; nimai-the Lord of
>|the name Nimai; karaye-does; krandana-crying; anke-on the
>|lap; lana-taking; saci-mother Saci; tanre-Him; piyaila-
>|caused to suck; stana-breast.
117|TRANSLATION
118|While mother Saci and Jagannatha Misra were talking, the
>|child Nimai woke up and began to cry, and mother Saci took
>|Him on her lap and allowed Him to suck her breast.
119|Adi 14.11
120|TEXT 11
121|TEXT
122|stana piyaite putrera carana dekhila
123|sei cihna paye dekhi' misre bolaila
124|SYNONYMS
125|stana-her breast; piyaite-while letting Him suck; putrera-
>|of her son; carana-lotus feet; dekhila-observed; sei-those
>|very; cihna-marks; paye-on the sole; dekhi'-seeing; misre-
>|Jagannatha Misra; bolaila-called for.
126|TRANSLATION
127|While mother Saci was feeding the child from her breast,
>|she saw on His lotus feet all the marks that were visible
>|on the floor of the room, and she called for Jagannatha
>|Misra.
128|Adi 14.12
129|TEXT 12
130|TEXT
131|dekhiya misrera ha-ila anandita mati
132|gupte bolaila nilambara cakravarti
133|SYNONYMS
134|dekhiya-by seeing; misrera-of Jagannatha Misra; ha-ila-
>|became; anandita-satisfied; mati-intelligence; gupte-
>|privately; bolaila-called for; nilambara cakravarti-of the
>|name Nilambara Cakravarti.
135|TRANSLATION
136|When Jagannatha Misra saw the wonderful marks on the sole
>|of his son, he became very joyful and privately called for
>|Nilambara Cakravarti.
137|Adi 14.13
138|TEXT 13
139|TEXT
140|cihna dekhi' cakravarti balena hasiya
141|lagna gani' purve ami rakhiyachi likhiya
142|SYNONYMS
143|cihna dekhi'-by seeing the marks; cakravarti-Nilambara
>|Cakravarti; balena-says; hasiya-smiling; lagna gani'-by
>|astrological calculation of the birth moment; purve-
>|formerly; ami-I; rakhiyachi-have kept; likhiya-after
>|writing all these things.
144|TRANSLATION
145|When Nilambara Cakravarti saw those marks, he smilingly
>|said, "Formerly I ascertained all this by astrological
>|calculation and noted it in writing.
146|Adi 14.14
147|TEXT 14
148|TEXT
149|batrisa laksana-mahapurusa-bhusana
150|ei sisu ange dekhi se saba laksana
151|SYNONYMS
152|batrisa-thirty-two; laksana-symptoms; maha-purusa-great
>|personality; bhusana-ornament; ei sisu-this child; ange-on
>|the body; dekhi-I see; se-those; saba-all; laksana-symptoms.
153|TRANSLATION
154|"There are thirty-two bodily marks that symptomize a great
>|personality, and I see all those marks on the body of this
>|child.
155|Adi 14.15
156|TEXT 15
157|TEXT
158|panca-dirghah panca-suksmah
159|sapta-raktah sad-unnatah
160|tri-hrasva-prthu-gambhiro
161|dvatrimsal-laksano mahan
162|SYNONYMS
163|panca-dirghah-five large; panca-suksmah-five fine; sapta-
>|raktah-seven reddish; sat-unnatah-six raised; tri-hrasva-
>|three small; prthu-three broad; gambhirah-three grave; dva-
>|trimsat-in this way thirty-two; laksanah-symptoms; mahan-of
>|a great personality.
164|TRANSLATION
165|" 'There are thirty-two bodily symptoms of a great
>|personality: five of his bodily parts are large, five fine,
>|seven reddish, six raised, three small, three broad and
>|three grave.'
166|PURPORT
167|The five large parts are the nose, arms, chin, eyes and
>|knees. The five fine parts are the skin, fingertips, teeth,
>|hair on the body and hair on the head. The seven reddish
>|parts are the eyes, soles, palms, palate, nails, and upper
>|and lower lips. The six raised parts are the chest,
>|shoulders, nails, nose, waist and mouth. The three small
>|parts are the neck, thighs and male organ. The three broad
>|parts are the waist, forehead and chest. The three grave
>|parts are the navel, voice and existence. Altogether these
>|are the thirty-two symptoms of a great personality. This is
>|a quotation from the Samudrika.
168|Adi 14.16
169|TEXT 16
170|TEXT
171|narayanera cihna-yukta sri-hasta carana
172|ei sisu sarva loke karibe tarana
173|SYNONYMS
174|narayanera-of Lord Narayana; cihna-yukta-with positive
>|marks; sri-hasta carana-the palm and the sole; ei-this;
>|sisu-baby; sarva loke-all the three worlds; karibe-will;
>|tarana-deliver.
175|TRANSLATION
176|"This baby has all the symptoms of Lord Narayana on His
>|palms and soles. He will be able to deliver all the three
>|worlds.
177|Adi 14.17
178|TEXT 17
179|TEXT
180|ei ta' karibe vaisnava-dharmera pracara
181|iha haite habe dui kulera nistara
182|SYNONYMS
183|ei ta'-this child; karibe-will do; vaisnava-of Vaisnavism,
>|or devotional service; dharmera-of the religion; pracara-
>|preaching; iha haite-from this; habe-there will be; dui-two;
>| kulera-dynasties; nistara-deliverance.
184|TRANSLATION
185|"This child will preach the Vaisnava cult and deliver both
>|His maternal and paternal families.
186|PURPORT
187|Only Narayana Himself or His bona fide representative can
>|preach the cult of Vaisnavism, or devotional service. When
>|a Vaisnava is born, he delivers both his maternal and
>|paternal families simultaneously.
188|Adi 14.18
189|TEXT 18
190|TEXT
191|mahotsava kara, saba bolaha brahmana
192|aji dina bhala,-kariba nama-karana
193|SYNONYMS
194|mahotsava-a festival; kara-observe; saba-all; bolaha-call;
>|brahmana-the brahmanas; aji-today; dina-day; bhala-
>|auspicious; kariba-I shall perform; nama-karana-the name-
>|giving ceremony.
195|TRANSLATION
196|"I propose to perform a name-giving ceremony. We should
>|observe a festival and call for the brahmanas because today
>|is very auspicious.
197|PURPORT
198|It is a Vedic principle to observe a festival in connection
>|with Narayana and brahmanas. Giving a child a particular
>|name is among the purificatory processes known as dasa-
>|vidha-samskara, and on the day of such a ceremony one
>|should observe a festival by worshiping Narayana and
>|distributing prasada, chiefly among the brahmanas.
199|When Nilambara Cakravarti, Sacimata and Jagannatha Misra
>|understood from the marks on the Lord's lotus feet that the
>|child Nimai was not an ordinary child but an incarnation of
>|Narayana, they decided that on that very same day, which
>|was very auspicious, they should observe a festival for His
>|name-giving ceremony. In this connection we can
>|particularly see how an incarnation of the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead is ascertained by His bodily
>|symptoms, His activities and the prediction of the sastras.
>|By factual evidence a person can be accepted as an
>|incarnation of God, not whimsically or by the votes of
>|rascals and fools. There have been many imitation
>|incarnations in Bengal since the appearance of Lord
>|Caitanya, but any impartial devotee or learned man can
>|understand that Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was accepted as an
>|incarnation of Krsna not on the basis of popular votes but
>|by evidence from the sastras and bona fide scholars. It was
>|not ordinary men who accepted Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the beginning His
>|identity was ascertained by learned scholars like Nilambara
>|Cakravarti, and later all His activities were confirmed by
>|the six Gosvamis, especially Srila Jiva Gosvami and Srila
>|Rupa Gosvami, and many other learned scholars, with
>|evidence from the sastra. An incarnation of God is such
>|from the very beginning of His life. It is not that by
>|performing meditation one can become an incarnation of God
>|all of a sudden. Such false incarnations are meant for
>|fools and rascals, not sane men.
200|Adi 14.19
201|TEXT 19
202|TEXT
203|sarva-lokera karibe ihan dharana, posana
204|'visvambhara' nama ihara,-ei ta' karana
205|SYNONYMS
206|sarva-lokera-of all people; karibe-will do; ihan-this child;
>| dharana-protection; posana-maintenance; visvambhara-the
>|name Visvambhara; nama-name; ihara-His; ei-this; ta'-
>|certainly; karana-the reason.
207|TRANSLATION
208|"In the future this child will protect and maintain all the
>|world. For this reason He is to be called Visvambhara."
209|PURPORT
210|The Caitanya-bhagavata also confirms that Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, by His birth, has made the whole world peaceful,
>| as in the past Narayana protected this earth in His
>|incarnation as Varaha. Because of His protecting and
>|maintaining this world in the present Kali-yuga, Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Visvambhara, which refers
>|to one who feeds the entire world. The movement inaugurated
>|by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu when He was present five hundred
>|years ago is again being propagated all over the world, and
>|factually we are seeing its practical results. People are
>|being saved, protected and maintained by this Hare Krsna
>|movement. Thousands of followers, especially Western youths,
>| are taking part in this Hare Krsna movement, and how safe
>|and happy they feel can be understood from the expressions
>|of gratitude in their hundreds and thousands of letters.
>|The name Visvambhara is also mentioned in the Atharva-veda-
>|samhita (3.3.16.5): visvambhara visvena ma bharasa pahi
>|svaha.
211|Adi 14.20
212|TEXT 20
213|TEXT
214|suni' saci-misrera mane ananda badila
215|brahmana-brahmani ani' mahotsava kaila
216|SYNONYMS
217|suni'-hearing this; saci-of mother Saci; misrera-and of
>|Jagannatha Misra; mane-within the minds; ananda-pleasure;
>|badila-increased; brahmana-the brahmanas; brahmani-and
>|their wives; ani'-inviting them; mahotsava-a festival;
>|kaila-observed.
218|TRANSLATION
219|After hearing Nilambara Cakravarti's prediction, Sacimata
>|and Jagannatha Misra observed the name-giving festival in
>|great joy, inviting all the brahmanas and their wives.
220|PURPORT
221|It is the Vedic system to observe all kinds of festivals,
>|including birthday festivals, marriage festivals, name-
>|giving festivals and festivals marking the beginning of
>|education, by especially inviting brahmanas. In every
>|festival the brahmanas are to be fed first, and when the
>|brahmanas are pleased they bless the festival by chanting
>|Vedic mantras or the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
222|Adi 14.21
223|TEXT 21
224|TEXT
225|tabe kata dine prabhura janu-cankramana
226|nana camatkara tatha karaila darsana
227|SYNONYMS
228|tabe-thereafter; kata-some; dine-days; prabhura-of the Lord;
>| janu-knees; cankramana-the crawling; nana-various;
>|camatkara-wonderful; tatha-also; karaila-caused; darsana-
>|the sight.
229|TRANSLATION
230|After some days the Lord began to crawl on His knees, and
>|He caused various wonderful things to be seen.
231|PURPORT
232|The Caitanya-bhagavata describes that one day while the
>|Lord was crawling upon His knees, the bells on His waist
>|ringing very sweetly, a snake came out to crawl in the yard
>|of the Lord, who captured the snake like a curious child.
>|Immediately the snake coiled over Him. The Lord as a child
>|then rested on the snake, and after some time the snake
>|went away, leaving aside the Lord .
233|Adi 14.22
234|TEXT 22
235|TEXT
236|krandanera chale balaila hari-nama
237|nari saba 'hari' bale,-hase gaura-dhama
238|SYNONYMS
239|krandanera-of crying; chale-on the pretense of; balaila-
>|caused to speak; hari-nama-the holy name of the Lord; nari-
>|ladies; saba-all; 'hari' bale-chant the holy name of the
>|Lord; hase-laughs; gaura-dhama-Lord Sri Caitanya as a child.
240|TRANSLATION
241|The Lord caused all the ladies to chant the holy names of
>|the Hare Krsna maha-mantra on the plea of His crying, and
>|while they chanted the Lord would smile.
242|PURPORT
243|In the Caitanya-bhagavata this pastime is described as
>|follows: "The Lord, with His beautiful eyes, would cry, but
>|He would stop immediately upon hearing the Hare Krsna maha-
>|mantra. When the ladies, understanding the fun of the Lord,
>|discovered that He would cry and then stop upon hearing the
>|chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra, they all took it as a
>|clue to chant Hare Krsna as soon as the Lord cried. Thus it
>|became a regular function. The Lord would cry, and the
>|ladies would begin chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra,
>|clapping their hands. In this way all the ladies of the
>|neighboring houses would assemble in the home of Sacimata
>|to join in the sankirtana movement twenty-four hours a day.
>|As long as the ladies continued to chant the Hare Krsna
>|maha-mantra, the Lord would not cry but very
>|pleasingly smile upon them."
244|Adi 14.23
245|TEXT 23
246|TEXT
247|tabe kata dine kaila pada-cankramana
248|sisu-gane mili' kaila vividha khelana
249|SYNONYMS
250|tabe-thereafter; kata dine-in a few days; kaila-did; pada-
>|legs; cankramana-movement; sisu-gane-all the children; mili'
>|-mingling together; kaila-executed; vividha-varieties;
>|khelana-sporting.
251|TRANSLATION
252|After some days the Lord began to move His legs and walk.
>|He mixed with other children and exhibited various sports.
253|Adi 14.24
254|TEXT 24
255|TEXT
256|ekadina saci kha-i-sandesa aniya
257|bata bhari' diya baila,-khao ta' basiya
258|SYNONYMS
259|eka-dina-one day; saci-mother Saci; kha-i-fused rice;
>|sandesa-sweetmeat; aniya-bringing; bata-tiffin dish; bhari'-
>|filling; diya-delivering; baila-said; khao-eat; ta'-now;
>|basiya-sitting down.
260|TRANSLATION
261|One day while the Lord was enjoying His playful sports with
>|the other little children, mother Saci brought a dish
>|filled with fused rice and sweetmeats and asked the child
>|to sit down and eat them.
262|Adi 14.25
263|TEXT 25
264|TEXT
265|eta bali' gela saci grhe karma karite
266|lukana lagila sisu mrttika khaite
267|SYNONYMS
268|eta bali'-saying this; gela-returned; saci-mother Saci;
>|grhe-in the house; karma-duties; karite-to execute; lukana-
>|hiding; lagila-began; sisu-the child; mrttika-dirt; khaite-
>|to eat.
269|TRANSLATION
270|But when she returned to her household duties, the child
>|hid from His mother and began to eat dirt.
271|Adi 14.26
272|TEXT 26
273|TEXT
274|dekhi' saci dhana aila kari' 'haya, haya'
275|mati kadi' lana kahe 'mati kene khaya'
276|SYNONYMS
277|dekhi'-seeing this; saci-mother Saci; dhana-rushing; aila-
>|came back; kari'-making a noise; haya, haya-"What is this!
>|What is this!"; mati-dirt; kadi'-snatching; lana-taking;
>|kahe-she said; 'mati kene khaya'-why is the child eating
>|dirt?
278|TRANSLATION
279|Seeing this, mother Saci hastily returned and exclaimed, "
>|What is this! What is this!" She snatched the dirt from the
>|hands of the Lord and inquired why He was eating it.
280|Adi 14.27
281|TEXT 27
282|TEXT
283|kandiya balena sisu,-kene kara rosa
284|tumi mati khaite dile, mora kiba dosa
285|SYNONYMS
286|kandiya-while crying; balena-says; sisu-the child; kene-why;
>| kara-you become; rosa-angry; tumi-you; mati-dirt; khaite-
>|to eat; dile-gave Me; mora-My; kiba-what is; dosa-fault.
287|TRANSLATION
288|Crying, the child inquired from His mother, "Why are you
>|angry? You have already given Me dirt to eat. What is My
>|fault?
289|Adi 14.28
290|TEXT 28
291|TEXT
292|kha-i-sandesa-anna yateka-matira vikara
293|eho mati, seha mati, ki bheda-vicara
294|SYNONYMS
295|kha-i-fused rice; sandesa-sweetmeat; anna-eatables; yateka-
>|all; matira-of dirt; vikara-transformations; eho-this is
>|also; mati-dirt; seha-that; mati-dirt; ki-what; bheda-of
>|difference; vicara-consideration.
296|TRANSLATION
297|"Fused rice, sweetmeats and all other eatables are but
>|transformations of dirt. This is dirt, that is dirt. Please
>|consider. What is the difference between them?
298|Adi 14.29
299|TEXT 29
300|TEXT
301|mati-deha, mati-bhaksya, dekhaha vicari'
302|avicare deha dosa, ki balite pari
303|SYNONYMS
304|mati-dirt; deha-this body; mati-dirt; bhaksya-eatable;
>|dekhaha-just try to see; vicari'-by consideration; avicare-
>|without considering; deha-you put; dosa-fault upon Me; ki-
>|what; balite-to say; pari-I am able.
305|TRANSLATION
306|"This body is a transformation of dirt, and the eatables
>|are also a transformation of dirt. Please reflect upon this.
>| You are blaming Me without consideration. What can I say?"
307|PURPORT
308|This is an explanation of the Mayavada philosophy, which
>|takes everything to be one. The necessities of the body,
>|namely, eating, sleeping, mating and defending, are all
>|unnecessary in spiritual life. When one is elevated to the
>|spiritual platform there are no more bodily necessities,
>|and in activities pertaining to the bodily necessities
>|there are no spiritual considerations. In other words, the
>|more we eat, sleep, have sex and try to defend ourselves,
>|the more we engage in material activities. Unfortunately,
>|Mayavadi philosophers consider devotional activities to be
>|bodily activities. They cannot understand the simple
>|explanation in Bhagavad-gita (14.26):
309|mam ca yo 'vyabhicarena
310|bhakti -yogena sevate
311|sa gunan samatityaitan
312|brahma-bhuyaya kalpate
313|"Anyone who engages in spiritual devotional service without
>|motivation, rendering such service for the satisfaction of
>|the Lord, is elevated immediately to the spiritual platform,
>| and all his activities are spiritual." Brahma-bhuyaya
>|refers to Brahman (spiritual) activities. Although Mayavadi
>|philosophers are very eager to merge into the Brahman
>|effulgence, they have no Brahman activities. To a certain
>|extent they recommend Brahman activities, which for them
>|means engagement in studying the Vedanta and Sankhya
>|philosophies, but their interpretations are but dry
>|speculation. Lacking the varieties of spiritual activity,
>|they cannot stay for long on that platform of simply
>|studying Vedanta or Sankhya philosophy.
314|Life is meant for varieties of enjoyment. The living entity
>|is by nature full of an enjoying spirit, as stated in the
>|Vedanta-sutra (1.1.12): ananda-mayo 'bhyasat. In devotional
>|service the activities are variegated and full of enjoyment.
>| As stated in Bhagavad-gita (9.2), all devotional
>|activities are easy to perform (su-sukham kartum) and they
>|are eternal and spiritual (avyayam). Since Mayavadi
>|philosophers cannot understand this, they take it for
>|granted that a devotee's activities (sravanam kirtanam
>|visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam, etc. ) are all
>|material and are therefore maya. They also consider Krsna's
>|advent in this universe and His activities to be maya.
>|Therefore, because they consider everything maya, they are
>|known as Mayavadis.
315|Actually, any activities performed favorably for the
>|satisfaction of the Lord, under the direction of the
>|spiritual master, are spiritual. But for a person to
>|disregard the order of the spiritual master and act by
>|concoction, accepting his nonsensical activities to be
>|spiritual, is maya. One must achieve the favor of the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead through the mercy of the
>|spiritual master. Therefore one must first please the
>|spiritual master, and if he is pleased, then we should
>|understand that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is also
>|pleased. But if the spiritual master is displeased by our
>|actions, they are not spiritual. Srila Visvanatha
>|Cakravarti Thakura confirms this: yasya prasadad bhagavat-
>|prasado yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto 'pi. Activities that
>|please the spiritual master must be considered spiritual,
>|and they should be accepted as satisfying to the Lord.
316|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, as the supreme spiritual master,
>|instructed His mother about the Mayavada philosophy. By
>|saying that the body is dirt and eatables are also dirt, He
>|implied that everything is maya. This is Mayavada
>|philosophy. The philosophy of the Mayavadis is defective
>|because it maintains that everything is maya but the
>|nonsense they speak. While saying that everything is maya,
>|the Mayavadi philosopher loses the opportunity of
>|devotional service, and therefore his life is doomed. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore advised, mayavadi-bhasya
>|sunile haya sarva-nasa (Cc. Madhya 6.169). If one accepts
>|the Mayavada philosophy, his advancement is doomed forever.
317|Adi 14.30
318|TEXT 30
319|TEXT
320|antare vismita saci balila tahare
321|"mati khaite jnana-yoga ke sikhala tore
322|SYNONYMS
323|antare-within herself; vismita-surprised; saci-mother Saci;
>|balila-replied; tahare-unto Him; mati-dirt; khaite-to eat;
>|jnana-yoga-philosophical speculation; ke-who; sikhala-
>|taught; tore-You.
324|TRANSLATION
325|Astonished that the child was speaking Mayavada philosophy,
>|mother Saci replied, "Who has taught You this philosophical
>|speculation that justifies eating dirt?"
326|PURPORT
327|In the philosophical discourse between the mother and the
>|son, when the son said that everything is one, as
>|impersonalists say, the mother replied, "If everything is
>|one, why do people in general not eat dirt but eat the food
>|grains produced from the dirt?"
328|
329|Adi 14.31
330|TEXT 31
331|TEXT
332|matira vikara anna khaile deha-pusti haya
333|mati khaile roga haya, deha yaya ksaya
334|SYNONYMS
335|matira-of the dirt; vikara-transformation; anna-food grains;
>| khaile-by eating; deha-of the body; pusti-nourishment;
>|haya-becomes; mati-the dirt; khaile-by eating; roga-disease;
>| haya-becomes; deha-the body; yaya-goes; ksaya-to
>|destruction.
336|TRANSLATION
337|Replying to the Mayavada idea of the child philosopher,
>|mother Saci said, "My dear boy, if we eat earth transformed
>|into grains, our body is nourished, and it becomes strong.
>|But if we eat dirt in its crude state, the body becomes
>|diseased instead of nourished, and thus it is destroyed.
338|Adi 14.32
339|TEXT 32
340|TEXT
341|matira vikara ghate pani bhari' ani
342|mati-pinde dhari yabe, sosi' yaya pani"
343|SYNONYMS
344|matira-of the dirt; vikara-transformation; ghate-in the
>|waterpot; pani-water; bhari'-filling; ani-I can bring; mati-
>|of dirt; pinde-on the lump; dhari-I hold; yabe-when; sosi'-
>|soaking; yaya-goes; pani-the water.
345|TRANSLATION
346|"In a waterpot, which is a transformation of dirt, I can
>|bring water very easily. But if I poured water on a lump of
>|dirt, the lump would soak up the water, and my labor would
>|be useless."
347|PURPORT
348|This simple philosophy propounded by Sacimata, even though
>|she is a woman, can defeat the Mayavadi philosophers who
>|speculate on oneness. The defect of Mayavada philosophy is
>|that it does not accept the variety that is useful for
>|practical purposes. Sacimata gave the example that although
>|both the lump of dirt and the earthen pot are
>|basically one, for practical purposes the waterpot is
>|useful whereas the lump of dirt is useless. Sometimes
>|scientists argue that matter and spirit are one, with no
>|difference between them. Factually, in a higher sense,
>|there is no difference between matter and spirit, but one
>|should have practical knowledge that matter, being an
>|inferior state , is useless for our spiritual,
>|blissful life, whereas spirit, being a finer state of
>|existence, is full of bliss. In this connection the
>|Bhagavatam gives the example that dirt and fire are
>|practically one and the same. From the earth grow trees,
>|and from their wood come fire and smoke. Nevertheless, for
>|heat we can utilize the fire but not the earth, smoke or
>|wood. Therefore, for the ultimate realization of the goal
>|of life, we are concerned with the fire of the spirit, but
>|not the dull wood or earth of matter.
349|Adi 14.33
350|TEXT 33
351|TEXT
352|atma lukaite prabhu balila tanhare
353|"age kena iha, mata, na sikhale more
354|SYNONYMS
355|atma-Himself; lukaite-to hide; prabhu-the Lord; balila-
>|replied; tanhare-unto Sacimata; age-in the beginning; kena-
>|why; iha-this; mata-My dear mother; na sikhale-you didn't
>|teach; more-unto Me.
356|TRANSLATION
357|The Lord replied to His mother, "Why did you conceal self-
>|realization by not teaching Me this practical philosophy in
>|the beginning?
358|PURPORT
359|If one is taught from the beginning of life
>|the Vaisnava philosophy of duality or variety, the monistic
>|philosophy will not very much bother him . In
>|reality, everything is an emanation from the supreme source
>|(janmady asya yatah ). The original energy is
>|exhibited in varieties, exactly like the sunshine, the
>|original energy emanating from the sun, which
>|acts as light and heat in variety. One cannot say
>|that light is heat and heat is light, yet one cannot
>|separate one from the other. Therefore Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's philosophy is acintya-bhedabheda,
>|inconceivable nonseparation and distinction. Although there
>|is an affinity between the two physical manifestations
>|light and heat, there is a difference between them.
>|Similarly, although the whole cosmic manifestation is the
>|Lord's energy, the energy is nevertheless exhibited in
>|varieties of manifestations.
360|Adi 14.34
361|TEXT 34
362|TEXT
363|ebe se janilan, ara mati na khaiba
364|ksudha lage yabe, tabe tomara stana piba"
365|SYNONYMS
366|ebe-now; se-that; janilan-I understand; ara-more; mati-dirt;
>| na-not; khaiba-I shall eat; ksudha-hunger; lage-arises;
>|yabe-when; tabe-at that time; tomara-your; stana-breast;
>|piba-I shall suck.
367|TRANSLATION
368|"Now that I can understand this philosophy, no more shall I
>|eat dirt. Whenever I am hungry I shall suck your breast and
>|drink your breast's milk."
369|Adi 14.35
370|TEXT 35
371|TEXT
372|eta bali' jananira kolete cadiya
373|stana pana kare prabhu isat hasiya
374|SYNONYMS
375|eta bali'-saying this; jananira-of the mother; kolete-on
>|the lap; cadiya-rising; stana pana-sucking the nipple; kare-
>|does; prabhu-the Lord; isat-slightly; hasiya-smiling.
376|TRANSLATION
377|After saying this, the Lord, smiling slightly, climbed on
>|the lap of His mother and sucked her breast.
378|Adi 14.36
379|TEXT 36
380|TEXT
381|eimate nana-chale aisvarya dekhaya
382|balya-bhava prakatiya pascat lukaya
383|SYNONYMS
384|eimate-in this way; nana-chale-under different excuses;
>|aisvarya-opulence; dekhaya-exhibits; balya-bhava-the status
>|of a child; prakatiya-manifesting; pascat-thereafter;
>|lukaya-hides Himself.
385|TRANSLATION
386|Thus under various excuses the Lord exhibited His opulences
>|as much as possible in His childhood, and later, after
>|exhibiting such opulences, He hid Himself.
387|Adi 14.37
388|TEXT 37
389|TEXT
390|atithi-viprera anna khaila tina-bara
391|pache gupte sei vipre karila nistara
392|SYNONYMS
393|atithi-guest; viprera-of a brahmana; anna-food; khaila-ate;
>|tina-bara-thrice; pache-afterwards; gupte-in privacy; sei-
>|that; vipre-unto the brahmana; karila-made; nistara-
>|deliverance.
394|TRANSLATION
395|On one occasion the Lord ate the food of a brahmana guest
>|three times, and later, in confidence, the Lord delivered
>|that brahmana from material engagement.
396|PURPORT
397|The story of the deliverance of this brahmana is as follows.
>| One brahmana who was touring all over the country,
>|traveling from one place of pilgrimage to another, reached
>|Navadvipa and became a guest in the house of Jagannatha
>|Misra. Jagannatha Misra gave him all ingredients for
>|cooking, and the brahmana prepared his food. When the
>|brahmana was offering the food to Lord Visnu in meditation,
>|the child Nimai came before him and began to eat it, and
>|because of this the brahmana thought the whole offering
>|spoiled. Therefore by the request of Jagannatha Misra
>|he cooked for a second time, but when he was meditating the
>|child again came before him and began to eat the food,
>|again spoiling the offering. By the request of Jagannatha
>|Misra the brahmana cooked for a third time, but for a third
>|time the Lord came before him and began to eat the food,
>|although the child had been locked within a room and
>|everyone was sleeping because it was late at night. Thus,
>|thinking that on that day Lord Visnu was not willing to
>|accept his food and that he was therefore ordained to fast,
>|the brahmana became greatly agitated and cried aloud, haya
>|haya: "What has been done! What has been done!" . When Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the brahmana in that agitated state,
>| He told him, "Formerly I was the son of mother Yasoda. At
>|that time you also became a guest in the house of Nanda
>|Maharaja, and I disturbed you in this way. I am very much
>|pleased by your devotion. Therefore I am eating the food
>|you have prepared." Understanding the favor offered to him
>|by the Lord, the brahmana was greatly pleased, and he was
>|overwhelmed with love of Krsna. He was thankful to the Lord,
>| for he felt himself greatly fortunate. Then the Lord asked
>|the brahmana not to disclose the incident to anyone else.
>|This is very elaborately explained in the Caitanya-
>|bhagavata, Adi- lila, Chapter Three.
398|Adi 14.38
399|TEXT 38
400|TEXT
401|core lana gela prabhuke bahire paiya
402|tara skandhe cadi' aila tare bhulaiya
403|SYNONYMS
404|core-two thieves; lana-taking; gela-went; prabhuke-the Lord;
>| bahire-outside; paiya-finding Him; tara-their; skandhe-on
>|the shoulders; cadi'-rising; aila-came back; tare-them;
>|bhulaiya-misleading.
405|TRANSLATION
406|In His childhood the Lord was taken away by two thieves
>|outside His home. The Lord, however, got up on the
>|shoulders of the thieves, and while they were thinking they
>|were safely carrying the child to rob His ornaments, the
>|Lord misled them, and thus instead of going to their own
>|home the thieves came back to the home of Jagannatha Misra.
407|PURPORT
408|In His childhood the Lord was profusely decorated with gold
>|ornaments. Once upon a time He was playing
>|outside His house, and two thieves passing on the street
>|saw the opportunity to rob the Lord and therefore
>|took Him on their shoulders, pleasing Him by offering Him
>|some sweetmeats. The thieves thought they would carry the
>|child to the forest and then kill Him and take away the
>|ornaments. The Lord, however, expanded His illusory energy
>|upon the thieves, so much so that instead of carrying Him
>|to the forest they came right back in front of His house.
>|When they came before His house they became afraid because
>|everyone from the house of Jagannatha Misra and all the
>|inhabitants of that quarter were busy searching for the
>|child. Therefore the thieves, thinking it dangerous to
>|remain, went away and left Him. The child was brought
>|within the house and given to mother Saci, who was in great
>|anxiety, and she became satisfied. This incident is also
>|very elaborately explained in the Adi- lila of
>|Caitanya-bhagavata, Third Chapter.
409|Adi 14.39
410|TEXT 39
411|TEXT
412|vyadhi-chale jagadisa-hiranya-sadane
413|visnu-naivedya khaila ekadasi-dine
414|SYNONYMS
415|vyadhi-chale-on the plea of being diseased; jagadisa-
>|hiranya-of the names Jagadisa and Hiranya; sadane-in the
>|house of; visnu-naivedya-food offered to Lord Visnu; khaila-
>|ate; ekadasi-of Ekadasi; dine-on the day.
416|TRANSLATION
417|Pretending to be sick, the Lord asked some food from the
>|house of Hiranya and Jagadisa on the Ekadasi day.
418|PURPORT
419|The Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-lila, Chapter Six, fully
>|describes the Lord's accepting visnu- prasada on the
>|Ekadasi day at the house of Jagadisa and Hiranya. Regular
>|prasada is offered to Lord Visnu on Ekadasi because ,
>|while fasting is recommended for devotees on Ekadasi, it
>|is not recommended for Lord Visnu. Once on Ekadasi in the
>|house of Jagadisa and Hiranya Pandita there were
>|arrangements for preparing special prasada for Lord Visnu,
>|and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked His father to go there
>|to ask for the visnu- prasada because He was feeling sick.
>|The house of Jagadisa and Hiranya Pandita was situated
>|about two miles from the house of Jagannatha Misra.
>|Therefore when Jagannatha Misra, on the request of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, came to ask Jagadisa and Hiranya for
>|the prasada, they were a little astonished. How could the
>|boy understand that special prasada was being prepared for
>|Lord Visnu? They immediately concluded that the boy Nimai
>|must have supernatural mystic power. Otherwise how could He
>|understand that they were preparing special prasada?
>|Therefore they immediately sent the food to Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu through His father, Jagannatha Misra. Nimai was
>|feeling sick, but immediately after eating the visnu-
>|prasada He was cured, and He also distributed the prasada
>|among His playmates.
420|Adi 14.40
421|TEXT 40
422|TEXT
423|sisu saba laye pada-padasira ghare
424|curi kari' dravya khaya mare balakere
425|SYNONYMS
426|sisu-children; saba-all; laye-taking with Him; pada-
>|padasira-neighboring; ghare-in the houses; curi kari'-
>|stealing; dravya-eatables; khaya-eats; mare-fights;
>|balakere-with other children.
427|TRANSLATION
428|As usual for small children, He learned to play, and with
>|His playmates He went to the houses of neighboring friends,
>|stealing their eatables and eating them. Sometimes the
>|children fought among themselves.
429|Adi 14.41
430|TEXT 41
431|TEXT
432|sisu saba saci-sthane kaila nivedana
433|suni' saci putre kichu dila olahana
434|SYNONYMS
435|sisu saba-all the children; saci-sthane-in the presence of
>|mother Saci; kaila-made; nivedana-petition; suni'-hearing
>|that; saci-mother Saci; putre-unto her son; kichu-some;
>|dila-gave; olahana-chastisement or rebuke.
436|TRANSLATION
437|All the children lodged complaints with Sacimata about the
>|Lord's fighting with them and stealing from the neighbors'
>|houses. Therefore sometimes she used to chastise or rebuke
>|her son.
438|Adi 14.42
439|TEXT 42
440|TEXT
441|"kene curi kara, kene maraha sisure
442|kene para-ghare yaha, kiba nahi ghare"
443|SYNONYMS
444|kene curi kara-why do You steal; kene maraha sisure-why do
>|You beat other children; kene-why; para-ghare-in others'
>|houses; yaha-You go; kiba-what; nahi-is not there; ghare-in
>|Your own house.
445|TRANSLATION
446|Sacimata said, "Why do You steal others' things? Why do You
>|beat the other children? And why do You go inside others'
>|houses? What do You not have in Your own house?"
447|PURPORT
448|According to the Vedanta-sutra (janmady asya yatah
>|), since creation, maintenance and annihilation exist
>|in the Supreme Absolute, whatever we find within this
>|material world is already in the spiritual world. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
>|Krsna Himself. How is He stealing, and how is He fighting?
>|It is not as a thief or an enemy but as a friend in a
>|loving condition. He steals as a child not because He is in
>|want but out of a natural instinct. In this material world
>|also, small children, without enmity or bad will, sometimes
>|go to a neighboring house and steal, and sometimes they
>|fight. Krsna also, like other children, did all these
>|things in His childhood. Without the existence of the
>|stealing propensity and fighting propensity in the
>|spiritual world, they cannot exist here in this material
>|world. The difference between the material and spiritual
>|worlds is that stealing in the spiritual world is done in
>|friendship and love, whereas fighting and stealing within
>|this material world are executed on the basis of enmity and
>|envy. Therefore we should understand that in the spiritual
>|world all these activities exist, but there is no inebriety,
>| whereas in the material world all activities are full of
>|miserable conditions.
449|Adi 14.43
450|TEXT 43
451|TEXT
452|suni' kruddha hana prabhu ghara-bhitara yana
453|ghare yata bhanda chila, phelila bhangiya
454|SYNONYMS
455|suni'-hearing; kruddha-angry; hana-becoming; prabhu-the
>|Lord; ghara-bhitara-within the room; yana-going; ghare-in
>|the room; yata-all; bhanda-pots; chila-there were; phelila-
>|He threw them; bhangiya-breaking.
456|TRANSLATION
457|Thus rebuked by His mother, he Lord would go in anger to a
>|room and break all the pots within it.
458|Adi 14.44
459|TEXT 44
460|TEXT
461|tabe saci kole kari' karaila santosa
462|lajjita ha-ila prabhu jani' nija-dosa
463|SYNONYMS
464|tabe-at that time; saci-mother Sacidevi; kole-on the lap;
>|kari'-taking; karaila-made; santosa-pacified; lajjita-
>|ashamed; ha-ila-became; prabhu-the Lord; jani'-knowing;
>|nija-His own; dosa-fault.
465|TRANSLATION
466|Then Sacimata would take her son on her lap and pacify Him,
>|and the Lord would be very much ashamed, admitting His own
>|faults.
467|PURPORT
468|There is a nice description of the faults of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu in His childhood in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-
>|lila, Chapter Three, where it is said that as a child the
>|Lord used to steal all kinds of eatables from the houses of
>|neighboring friends. In some houses He would steal milk and
>|drink it, and in others He would steal and eat prepared
>|rice. Sometimes He would break cooking pots. If there were
>|nothing to eat but there were small babies, the Lord would
>|tease the babies and make them cry. Sometimes a neighbor
>|would complain to Sacimata, "My child is very small, but
>|your child puts water in his ears and makes him cry."
469|Adi 14.45
470|TEXT 45
471|TEXT
472|kabhu mrdu-haste kaila matake tadana
473|matake murcchita dekhi' karaye krandana
474|SYNONYMS
475|kabhu-sometimes; mrdu-haste-by His soft hand; kaila-did;
>|matake-His mother; tadana-chastise; matake-His mother;
>|murcchita-fainted; dekhi'-seeing; karaye-was; krandana-
>|crying.
476|TRANSLATION
477|Once the child, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, chastised His mother
>|with His soft hand, and His mother pretended to faint.
>|Seeing this, the Lord began to cry.
478|Adi 14.46
479|TEXT 46
480|TEXT
481|narigana kahe,-"narikela deha ani'
482|tabe sustha ha-ibena tomara janani"
483|SYNONYMS
484|nari-gana-all the ladies; kahe-say; narikela-coconut; deha-
>|give; ani'-bringing from somewhere; tabe-then; sustha ha-
>|ibena-will be cured; tomara-Your; janani-mother.
485|TRANSLATION
486|The neighboring ladies told Him, "Dear child, please bring
>|a coconut from somewhere, and then Your mother will be
>|cured."
487|Adi 14.47
488|TEXT 47
489|TEXT
490|bahire yana anilena dui narikela
491|dekhiya apurva haila vismita sakala
492|SYNONYMS
493|bahire-outside; yana-going; anilena-He immediately brought;
>|dui-two; narikela-coconuts; dekhiya-seeing; apurva-this
>|wonder; haila-became; vismita-astonished; sakala-all.
494|TRANSLATION
495|He then immediately went outside the house and
>|brought two coconuts. All the ladies were astonished to see
>|such wonderful activities.
496|Adi 14.48
497|TEXT 48
498|TEXT
499|kabhu sisu-sange snana karila gangate
500|kanyagana aila tahan devata pujite
501|SYNONYMS
502|kabhu-sometimes; sisu-sange-along with other children;
>|snana-bathing; karila-did; gangate-in the Ganges; kanya-
>|gana-the girls; aila-came there; tahan-on the bank of the
>|Ganges; devata-demigods; pujite-to worship.
503|TRANSLATION
504|Sometimes the Lord would go with other children to bathe
>|in the Ganges, and the neighboring girls would also come
>|there to worship various demigods.
505|PURPORT
506|According to the Vedic system, when small girls ten or
>|twelve years old would go to the bank of the Ganges to take
>|their bath, they would especially worship Lord Siva with
>|prayers to get good husbands in the future. They especially
>|wanted to get a husband like Lord Siva because Lord Siva is
>|very peaceful and at the same time most powerful. Formerly,
>|therefore, small girls in Hindu families would worship Lord
>|Siva, especially in the month of Vaisakha (April-May). To
>|take a bath in the Ganges is a great pleasure for everyone,
>|not only for adults but for children also.
507|Adi 14.49
508|TEXT 49
509|TEXT
510|ganga-snana kari' puja karite lagila
511|kanyagana-madhye prabhu asiya basila
512|SYNONYMS
513|ganga-snana-bath in the Ganges; kari'-having taken; puja-
>|worship; karite-to do; lagila-began; kanya-gana-the girls;
>|madhye-in the midst of; prabhu-the Lord; asiya-coming there;
>| basila-sat down.
514|TRANSLATION
515|When the girls engaged in worshiping the different demigods
>|after bathing in the Ganges, the young Lord would come
>|there and sit down among them.
516|Adi 14.50
517|TEXT 50
518|TEXT
519|kanyare kahe,-ama puja, ami diba vara
520|ganga-durga-dasi mora, mahesa-kinkara
521|SYNONYMS
522|kanyare kahe-addressing the girls, the Lord would say; ama
>|puja-"Worship Me"; ami-I; diba-shall give; vara-nice
>|husband; ganga-the Ganges; durga-Goddess Durga; dasi-
>|maidservants; mora-My; mahesa-Lord Siva; kinkara-servant.
523|TRANSLATION
524|Addressing the girls, the Lord would say, "Worship Me, and
>|I shall give you good husbands or good benedictions. The
>|Ganges and Goddess Durga are My maidservants. What to speak
>|of other demigods, even Lord Siva is My servant."
525|PURPORT
526|There is a misconception about the Hindu religion among
>|people who profess other religions, such as Christians and
>|Muslims, who say that in the Hindu religion there are many
>|Gods. Actually that is not a fact. God is one, but there
>|are many other powerful living entities who are in charge
>|of different departments of administration. They are called
>|demigods. All the demigods are servants who carry out the
>|orders of the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead.
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu disclosed this fact in His
>|childhood. Out of ignorance, sometimes people worship the
>|demigods to receive some particular boon, but actually, one
>|who becomes a devotee and worshiper of the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead does not need to go to the demigods
>|for any benediction because he obtains everything by the
>|grace of the Supreme Lord. The Bhagavad-gita (7.20, 28)
>|therefore condemns such demigod worship:
527|kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah
528|prapadyante 'nya -devatah
>|
529|tam tam niyamam asthaya
530|prakrtya niyatah svaya
531|"Only persons whose intelligence is lost and who are mad
>|with lusty desires worship the demigods and follow the
>|particular rules and regulations of worship according to
>|their own natures."
532|yesam tv anta-gatam papam
533|jananam punya-karmanam
>|
534|te dvandva-moha-nirmukta
535|bhajante mam drdha-vratah
536|"But persons who are freed from all sinful activities and
>|the duality of delusion engage themselves in the worship of
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead with determination."
>|Only the less intelligent worship the demigods for their
>|various purposes. The most intelligent worship only the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna.
537|Sometimes we, the members of the Krsna consciousness
>|movement, are accused of not approving of the worship of
>|demigods. But how can we approve of this when it is
>|condemned by Lord Caitanya and Lord Krsna? How can we allow
>|people to become foolish and hrta-jnana, bereft
>|of intelligence? Our propaganda is simply meant to enable
>|intelligent people to understand the distinction between
>|matter and spirit and understand the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, who is the whole spiritual identity. That is our
>|mission. How could we mislead people into worshiping so-
>|called gods in material bodies within this material world?
538|Our position of not allowing worship of the many hundreds
>|of demigods is confirmed by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu even
>|in His childhood. Srila Narottama dasa Thakura has sung in
>|this connection:
539|anya devasraya nai, tomare kahinu bhai ,
540|ei bhakti parama karana
541|"To become a staunch, pure devotee of the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead without deviation [ananya-bhak], one
>|should not divert his attention to the worship of the
>|demigods. Such control is a symptom of pure devotional
>|service."
542|Adi 14.51
543|TEXT 51
544|TEXT
545|apani candana pari' parena phula-mala
546|naivedya kadiya kha'na-sandesa, cala, kala
547|SYNONYMS
548|apani-Himself; candana-pulp of sandalwood; pari'-smearing
>|over the body; parena-takes; phula-mala-the flower garlands;
>| naivedya-offering of food; kadiya-snatching; kha'na-begins
>|to eat; sandesa-the sweetmeats; cala-rice; kala-bananas.
549|TRANSLATION
550|Without the permission of the girls, the Lord would take
>|the sandalwood pulp and smear it on His own body, put the
>|flower garlands on His neck, and snatch and eat all the
>|offerings of sweetmeats, rice and bananas.
551|PURPORT
552|According to the system of worship, when something is
>|offered to deities outside one's home, it is generally not
>|cooked food but raw rice, bananas and sweetmeats. Out of
>|His causeless mercy, the Lord would snatch the offerings
>|from the girls and eat them, admonishing the girls not to
>|worship the demigods but to worship Him. This worship of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is recommended in Srimad-Bhagavatam
>|(11.5.32):
553|krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam
554|sangopangastra -parsadam
>|
555|yajnaih sankirtana - prayair
556|yajanti hi su
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|-medhasah
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
557|"One should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead who
>|appears in this Age of Kali with His associates as the
>|Panca-tattva: the Lord Himself and His associates
>|Nityananda Prabhu, Sri Advaita Prabhu, Sri Gadadhara Prabhu
>|and Srivasa Thakura. In this age an intelligent person
>|worships the Panca-tattva by the method of chanting the
>|Hare Krsna maha-mantra and, if possible, distributing
>|prasada." Our Krsna consciousness movement is introducing
>|this bona fide method of worship in the Western world. Its
>|members are going from village to village and town to town
>|with Deities of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, teaching people
>|how to worship the Lord by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra,
>|offering prasada and distributing prasada to people in
>|general.
558|Adi 14.52
559|TEXT 52
560|TEXT
561|krodhe kanyagana kahe-suna, he nimani
562|grama-sambandhe hao tumi ama sabara bhai
563|SYNONYMS
564|krodhe-in anger; kanya-gana-all the girls; kahe-said; suna-
>|hear; he-O; nimani-of the name Nimai; grama-village;
>|sambandhe-in relationship; hao-are; tumi-You; ama-of us;
>|sabara-everyone; bhai-the brother.
565|TRANSLATION
566|All the girls became very angry at the Lord for this
>|behavior. "Dear Nimai," they told Him, "You are just like
>|our brother in our village relationship.
567|Adi 14.53
568|TEXT 53
569|TEXT
570|ama sabakara pakse iha karite na yuyaya
571|na laha devata sajja, na kara anyaya
572|SYNONYMS
573|ama sabakara-of all of us; pakse-on the behalf; iha-this;
>|karite-to do; na-not; yuyaya-is suitable; na-don't; laha-
>|take; devata-demigods; sajja-worshipable paraphernalia; na-
>|don't; kara-do; anyaya-mischief.
574|TRANSLATION
575|"Therefore it does not behoove You to act like this. Don't
>|take our paraphernalia for worship of the demigods. Don't
>|create a disturbance in this way."
576|Adi 14.54
577|TEXT 54
578|TEXT
579|prabhu kahe,-"toma sabake dila ei vara
580|toma sabara bharta habe parama sundara
581|SYNONYMS
582|prabhu kahe-the Lord replied; toma-you; sabake-to all; dila-
>|I give; ei-this; vara-benediction; toma sabara-of all of
>|you; bharta-the husbands; habe-will be; parama-very;
>|sundara-beautiful.
583|TRANSLATION
584|The Lord replied, "My dear sisters, I give you the
>|benediction that your husbands will be very handsome.
585|Adi 14.55
586|TEXT 55
587|TEXT
588|pandita, vidagdha, yuva, dhana-dhanyavan
589|sata sata putra habe-cirayu, matiman"
590|SYNONYMS
591|pandita-learned; vidagdha-expert and humorous; yuva-young
>|man; dhana-dhanyavan-very rich, possessing wealth and rice;
>|sata sata-seven each; putra-sons; habe-you will have;
>|cirayu-born with a long life; matiman-and intelligent.
592|TRANSLATION
593|"They will be learned, clever and young and possess
>|abundant wealth and rice. Not only that, but you will each
>|have seven sons, who will all live long lives and be very
>|intelligent."
594|PURPORT
595|Generally it is the ambition of a young girl to have a very
>|handsome husband who is learned, clever, young and rich.
>|According to the Vedic culture, one is rich if he possesses
>|a large stock of food grains and a very large number of
>|animals. Dhanyena dhanavan gavaya dhanavan: one is rich if
>|he possesses food grains, cows and bulls. A girl also
>|desires to have many children, especially sons (putra) who
>|are very intelligent and long-lived. Now because society
>|has deteriorated there is propaganda to have one or two
>|children and kill the rest by contraceptive methods. But
>|the natural ambition of a girl is to possess not only more
>|than one child but at least half a dozen.
596|In exchange for the paraphernalia of worship He usurped for
>|Himself, Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to bless the girls to
>|fulfill all their ambitions and desires. One can easily
>|become happy and obtain the material benefits of a good
>|husband, wealth, food grains and a number of nice children
>|by worshiping Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Although Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted sannyasa at an early age, it
>|is not necessary for His devotees to follow Him by also
>|taking sannyasa. One can stay a householder, but one must
>|be a devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Then one will be
>|happy, with all the material opulences of a good home, good
>|children, good mate, good wealth and everything he desires.
>|Therefore the sastras advise, yajnaih sankirtana-prayair
>|yajanti hi su-medhasah ( Bhag . 11.5.32 ). Every
>|householder, therefore, who is actually intelligent should
>|introduce the sankirtana movement home to home and live
>|peacefully in this life and go back to Godhead in the next.
597|Adi 14.56
598|TEXT 56
599|TEXT
600|vara suni' kanya-ganera antare santosa
601|bahire bhartsana kare kari' mithya rosa
602|SYNONYMS
603|vara suni'-hearing the benediction; kanya-ganera-of the
>|girls; antare-within; santosa-very much satisfaction;
>|bahire-externally; bhartsana-rebuking; kare-they do; kari'-
>|making; mithya-false; rosa-anger.
604|TRANSLATION
605|Hearing this benediction from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all
>|the girls were inwardly very happy, but externally, as is
>|natural for girls, they rebuked the Lord under the pretense
>|of anger.
606|PURPORT
607|This double-dealing is natural for girls. When they are
>|satisfied within, they externally show dissatisfaction.
>|Such feminine dealings are very palatable to boys who try
>|to make friendships with them.
608|
609|Adi 14.57
610|TEXT 57
611|TEXT
612|kona kanya palaila naivedya la-iya
613|tare daki' kahe prabhu sakrodha ha-iya
614|SYNONYMS
615|kona kanya-some of the girls; palaila-fled; naivedya-the
>|plate of worshipable things; la-iya-taking away; tare-unto
>|them; daki'-calling; kahe-says; prabhu-the Lord; sakrodha-
>|angry; ha-iya-becoming.
616|TRANSLATION
617|When some of the girls fled, the Lord called them in anger
>|and advised them as follows:
618|Adi 14.58
619|TEXT 58
620|TEXT
621|yadi naivedya na deha ha-iya krpani
622|buda bharta habe, ara cari cari satini
623|SYNONYMS
624|yadi-if; naivedya-offering; na-do not; deha-give Me; ha-iya-
>|becoming; krpani-miser; buda-old; bharta-husband; habe-will
>|have; ara-and; cari-four; cari-four; satini-co-wives.
625|TRANSLATION
626|"If you are miserly and do not give Me the offerings, every
>|one of you will have an old husband with at least four co-
>|wives."
627|PURPORT
628|In India in those days and even until fifty years ago,
>|polygamy was freely allowed. Any man, especially of the
>|higher castes-the brahmanas, the vaisyas and particularly
>|the ksatriyas-could marry more than one wife. In the
>|Mahabharata, or the old history of India, we see that
>|ksatriya kings especially used to marry many wives.
>|According to Vedic civilization there was no restriction
>|against this, and even a man more than fifty years old
>|could marry. But to be married to a man who had many wives
>|was not a very pleasing situation because the husband's
>|love would be divided among his many wives. To punish the
>|girls unwilling to offer Him the naivedya, Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu apparently wanted to curse them to be
>|married to men who had at least four wives.
629|The social structure allowing a man to marry more than one
>|wife can be supported in this way. Generally in every
>|society the female population is greater in number than the
>|male population. Therefore if it is a principle in the
>|society that all girls should be married, unless polygamy
>|is allowed it will not be possible. If all the girls are
>|not married there is a good chance of adultery, and a
>|society in which adultery is allowed cannot be very
>|peaceful or pure. In our Krsna consciousness society we
>|have restricted illicit sex life. The practical difficulty
>|is to find a husband for each and every girl. We are
>|therefore in favor of polygamy, provided, of course, that
>|the husband is able to maintain more than one wife.
630|Adi 14.59
631|TEXT 59
632|TEXT
633|iha suni' ta-sabara mane ha-ila bhaya
634|kona kichu jane, kiba devavista haya
635|SYNONYMS
636|iha suni'-hearing this; ta-sabara-of all the girls; mane-in
>|the minds; ha-ila-became; bhaya-fear; kona kichu-something
>|uncommon; jane-He knows; kiba-what if; deva-avista-
>|empowered by demigods; haya-He is.
637|TRANSLATION
638|Hearing this supposed curse by Lord Caitanya, the girls,
>|considering that He might know something uncommon or be
>|empowered by demigods, were afraid that His curse might be
>|effective.
639|Adi 14.60
640|TEXT 60
641|TEXT
642|aniya naivedya tara sammukhe dharila
643|khaiya naivedya tare ista-vara dila
644|SYNONYMS
645|aniya-bringing; naivedya-offering; tara-all of them;
>|sammukhe-in front; dharila-held; khaiya-eating; naivedya-
>|offering; tare-them; ista-vara-desired benediction; dila-
>|gave.
646|TRANSLATION
647|The girls then brought the offerings before the Lord, who
>|ate them all and blessed the girls to their satisfaction.
648|Adi 14.61
649|TEXT 61
650|TEXT
651|ei mata capalya saba lokere dekhaya
652|duhkha karo mane nahe, sabe sukha paya
653|SYNONYMS
654|ei mata-in this way; capalya-cunning behavior; saba lokere-
>|unto the people in general; dekhaya-exhibits; duhkha-
>|unhappiness; karo-distress; mane-in the mind; nahe-there is
>|no such thing; sabe-everyone; sukha-happiness; paya-enjoys.
655|TRANSLATION
656|When this cunning behavior of the Lord with the girls
>|became known to the people in general, it did not create
>|misunderstandings among them. Rather, they enjoyed
>|happiness in these dealings.
657|Adi 14.62
658|TEXT 62
659|TEXT
660|eka-dina vallabhacarya-kanya 'laksmi' nama
661|devata pujite aila kari ganga-snana
662|SYNONYMS
663|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.
664|TRANSLATION
665|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.
666|PURPORT
667|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.
668|Adi 14.63
669|TEXT 63
670|TEXT
671|tanre dekhi' prabhura ha-ila sabhilasa mana
672|laksmi citte prita paila prabhura darsana
673|SYNONYMS
674|tanre dekhi'-seeing her; prabhura-of the Lord; ha-ila-there
>|was; sa-her; abhilasa-attachment; mana-mind; laksmi-Laksmi
>|also; citte-in the heart; prita-satisfaction; paila-
>|attained; prabhura-of the Lord; darsana-meeting.
675|TRANSLATION
676|Seeing Laksmidevi, the Lord became attached to her, and
>|Laksmi, upon seeing the Lord, felt great satisfaction
>|within her mind.
677|Adi 14.64
678|TEXT 64
679|TEXT
680|sahajika priti dunhara karila udaya
681|balya-bhavacchanna tabhu ha-ila niscaya
682|SYNONYMS
683|sahajika-natural; priti-affection; dunhara-both of them;
>|karila-made; udaya-appearance; balya-childhood; bhava-
>|acchanna-covered by emotion; tabhu-still; ha-ila-it so
>|became; niscaya-fixed up.
684|TRANSLATION
685|Their natural love for one another awakened, and although
>|it was covered by childhood emotions, it became apparent
>|that they were mutually attracted.
686|PURPORT
687|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Laksmidevi are eternal husband
>|and wife. Therefore it was quite natural for their dormant
>|love to awaken when they saw each other. Their natural
>|feelings were immediately awakened by their meeting.
688|Adi 14.65
689|TEXT 65
690|TEXT
691|dunha dekhi' dunhara citte ha-ila ullasa
692|deva-puja chale kaila dunhe parakasa
693|SYNONYMS
694|dunha-both of them; dekhi'-seeing; dunhara-of both of them;
>|citte-in the minds; ha-ila-there was; ullasa-pleasure; deva-
>|puja-worshiping the demigods; chale-on the plea of; kaila-
>|there was; dunhe-both of them; parakasa-manifestation.
695|TRANSLATION
696|They both enjoyed natural pleasure in seeing each nother,
>|and under the pretext of demigod worship they manifested
>|their feelings.
697|Adi 14.66
698|TEXT 66
699|TEXT
700|prabhu kahe, 'ama' puja, ami mahesvara
701|amare pujile pabe abhipsita vara'
702|SYNONYMS
703|prabhu kahe-the Lord said; ama' puja-just worship Me; ami-I
>|am; mahesvara-the Supreme Lord; amare-unto Me; pujile-if
>|you worship; pabe-you will get; abhipsita-desired; vara-
>|benediction.
704|TRANSLATION
705|The Lord told Laksmi, "Just worship Me, for I am the
>|Supreme Lord. If you worship Me, certainly you will get the
>|benediction you desire."
706|PURPORT
707|This is the same philosophy declared by Lord Krsna Himself:
708|sarva-dharman parityajya
709|mam ekam saranam vraja
710|aham tvam sarva
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711|moksayisyami ma sucah
712|"Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto
>|Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not
>|fear." (Bg. 18.66) People do not understand this. They are
>|accustomed to flatter or worship many demigods, human
>|beings, or even cats and dogs, but when requested to
>|worship the Supreme Lord, they refuse. This is called
>|illusion. Factually, if one worships the Supreme Lord there
>|is no need to worship anyone else. For example, in a
>|village of a limited area one may use different wells for
>|different purposes, but when one goes to a river where
>|there is water constantly flowing in waves, that water can
>|serve all his purposes. When there is a river, one can take
>|drinking water, wash his clothes, bathe and so on, for that
>|water will serve all purposes. Similarly, if one worships
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, all his goals
>|will be achieved. Kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah prapadyante '
>|nya-devatah: only men who have lost their intelligence
>|worship the various demigods to fulfill their desires (Bg.
>|7.20).
713|
714|Adi 14.67
715|TEXT 67
716|TEXT
717|laksmi tanra ange dila puspa-candana
718|mallikara mala diya karila vandana
719|SYNONYMS
720|laksmi-Laksmidevi; tanra-His; ange-on the body; dila-gave;
>|puspa-flowers; candana-sandalwood pulp; mallikara-of the
>|flower of the name mallika; mala-garland; diya-giving;
>|karila-offered; vandana-prayers.
721|TRANSLATION
722|On hearing the order of the Supreme Lord, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, Laksmi immediately worshiped Him, offering
>|sandalwood pulp and flowers for His body, garlanding Him
>|with mallika flowers, and offering prayers.
723|Adi 14.68
724|TEXT 68
725|TEXT
726|prabhu tanra puja pana hasite lagila
727|sloka padi' tanra bhava angikara kaila
728|SYNONYMS
729|prabhu-the Lord; tanra-her; puja-worship; pana-receiving;
>|hasite-to smile; lagila-began; sloka padi'-reciting one
>|verse; tanra-her; bhava-emotion; angikara kaila-accepted.
730|TRANSLATION
731|Being worshiped by Laksmi, the Lord began to smile. He
>|recited a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam and thus accepted
>|the emotion she expressed.
732|PURPORT
733|The verse quoted in this connection is the twenty-fifth
>|verse of the Twenty-second Chapter, Tenth Canto, of Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam. The gopis worshiped the goddess Durga, or
>|Katyayani, but their inner desire was to get Lord Krsna as
>|their husband. Krsna, as Paramatma, could realize the
>|ardent desire of the gopis, and therefore He enjoyed the
>|pastime of vastra-harana. When the gopis went to bathe in
>|the river Yamuna, they left their garments on the land and
>|dipped into the water completely naked. Taking this
>|opportunity, Krsna stole all their garments and sat down in
>|the top of a tree with them, desiring to see the girls
>|naked just to become their husband. The gopis desired to
>|have Krsna as their husband, and since it is only before
>|her husband that a woman can be naked, to fulfill their
>|desire Lord Krsna accepted their prayers by this pastime of
>|stealing their garments. When the gopis received their
>|garments back from Krsna, Krsna recited this verse.
734|Adi 14.69
735|TEXT 69
736|TEXT
737|sankalpo viditah sadhvyo
738|bhavatinam mad-arcanam
739|mayanumoditah so 'sau
740|satyo bhavitum arhati
741|SYNONYMS
742|sankalpah-desire; viditah-has been understood; sadhvyah-O
>|all of you chaste ladies; bhavatinam-of all of you; mat-
>|arcanam-for worshiping Me; maya-by Me; anumoditah-accepted;
>|sah-that; asau-that determination or desire; satyah-
>|successful; bhavitum-to become; arhati-deserves.
743|TRANSLATION
744|"My dear gopis, I accept your desire to have Me as your
>|husband and thus worship Me. I wish your desire to be
>|fulfilled because it deserves to be so. "
745|PURPORT
746|The gopis, the girlfriends of Krsna, were almost of the
>|same age as He. Within their minds they desired that Krsna
>|be their husband, but because of feminine bashfulness they
>|could not express their desire. Therefore later on, after
>|stealing their garments, Krsna informed them, "I
>|immediately understood your desire and approved of it.
>|Because I have now stolen your garments, you have presented
>|yourselves before Me completely naked, which means that I
>|have accepted all of you as My wives." Sometimes foolish
>|rascals, not knowing the purpose of the Lord or the purpose
>|of the gopis, unnecessarily criticize from their own angle
>|of vision, but the real purpose of vastra-harana is
>|expressed by the Lord in this verse.
747|Adi 14.70
748|TEXT 70
749|TEXT
750|ei-mata lila kari' dunhe gela ghare
751|gambhira caitanya-lila ke bujhite pare
752|SYNONYMS
753|ei-mata-in this way; lila-pastimes; kari'-executing; dunhe-
>|both of them; gela-returned; ghare-home; gambhira-very
>|grave; caitanya-lila-the pastimes of Lord Caitanya; ke-who;
>|bujhite-to understand; pare-is able.
754|TRANSLATION
755|After thus expressing their feelings to each other, Lord
>|Caitanya and Laksmi returned home. Who can understand the
>|grave pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu?
756|Adi 14.71
757|TEXT 71
758|TEXT
759|caitanya-capalya dekhi' preme sarva jana
760|saci-jagannathe dekhi' dena olahana
761|SYNONYMS
762|caitanya-Lord Caitanya; capalya-naughtiness; dekhi'-seeing;
>|preme-out of love; sarva jana-all people; saci-before
>|Sacimata; jagannathe-and Jagannatha Misra; dekhi'-seeing
>|them; dena-gave; olahana-a little rebuke.
763|TRANSLATION
764|When the neighboring people saw the naughty behavior of
>|Lord Caitanya, out of love for Him they lodged complaints
>|with Sacimata and Jagannatha Misra.
765|Adi 14.72
766|TEXT 72
767|TEXT
768|ekadina saci-devi putrere bhartsiya
769|dharibare gela, putra gela palaiya
770|SYNONYMS
771|eka-dina-one day; saci-devi-mother Saci; putrere-unto the
>|son; bhartsiya-rebuking; dharibare-to catch Him; gela-went;
>|putra-the son; gela-went; palaiya-running away.
772|TRANSLATION
773|One day mother Saci went to catch her son, wanting to
>|rebuke Him, but He fled from the spot.
774|Adi 14.73
775|TEXT 73
776|TEXT
777|ucchista-garte tyakta-handira upara
778|basiyachena sukhe prabhu deva-visvambhara
779|SYNONYMS
780|ucchista-garte-in the pit where the remnants of food were
>|thrown; tyakta-rejected; handira-pots; upara-upon;
>|basiyachena-sat down; sukhe-very pleasingly; prabhu-the
>|Lord; deva-the Supreme God; visvambhara-the maintainer of
>|the universe.
781|TRANSLATION
782|Although He is the maintainer of the entire universe, once
>|the Lord sat upon some rejected pots in the pit where the
>|remnants of food were thrown, after the pots had been used
>|for cooking.
783|PURPORT
784|Formerly it was the custom of brahmanas to worship Lord
>|Visnu daily at home and cook food in new pots. This system
>|is still going on in Jagannatha Puri. The food would be
>|cooked in earthen pots, all fresh and new, and after
>|cooking, the pots would be thrown away. By the side of the
>|house there was generally a big pit where such pots were
>|thrown. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu sat down on the pots very
>|pleasingly, just to give His mother a lesson.
785|Adi 14.74
786|TEXT 74
787|TEXT
788|saci asi' kahe,-kene asuci chunila
789|ganga-snana kara yai'-apavitra ha-ila
790|SYNONYMS
791|saci asi'-mother Saci, coming there; kahe-said; kene-why;
>|asuci-untouchable; chunila-You have touched; ganga-snana-
>|bathing in the Ganges; kara-do; yai'-going there; apavitra
>|ha-ila-You have become impure.
792|TRANSLATION
793|When mother Saci saw her boy sitting on the rejected pots,
>|she protested, "Why have You touched these untouchable pots?
>| You have now become impure. Go and bathe in the Ganges."
794|Adi 14.75
795|TEXT 75
796|TEXT
797|iha suni' matake kahila brahma-jnana
798|vismita ha-iya mata karaila snana
799|SYNONYMS
800|iha suni'-hearing this; matake-unto His mother; kahila-
>|explained; brahma-jnana-absolute knowledge; vismita-amazed;
>|ha-iya-becoming; mata-the mother; karaila-forced; snana-
>|bathing.
801|TRANSLATION
802|Hearing this, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught His mother
>|about absolute knowledge. Although amazed by this, His
>|mother forced Him to take a bath.
803|PURPORT
804|The absolute knowledge explained by the Lord to His mother
>|is described by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-
>|pravaha-bhasya as follows: "The Lord said, 'Mother, that
>|this is pure and that is impure is surely a worldly
>|sentiment with no basis in fact. You have cooked food for
>|Lord Visnu within these pots and offered the food to Him.
>|How then can these pots be untouchable? Everything in
>|relationship with Visnu is to be considered an expansion of
>|Visnu's energy. Visnu, the Supersoul, is eternal and
>|uncontaminated. How then may these pots be considered pure
>|or impure?' Hearing this discourse on absolute knowledge,
>|His mother was very much astonished and forced Him to take
>|a bath."
805|Adi 14.76
806|TEXT 76
807|TEXT
808|kabhu putra-sange saci karila sayana
809|dekhe, divyaloka asi' bharila bhavana
810|SYNONYMS
811|kabhu-sometimes; putra-sange-taking the boy; saci-mother
>|Saci; karila sayana-took rest; dekhe-sees; divya-loka-
>|celestial denizens; asi'-coming there; bharila-filled up;
>|bhavana-the whole house.
812|TRANSLATION
813|Sometimes, taking her son with her, mother Saci would lie
>|down on her bed, and she would see that denizens of the
>|celestial world had come there, filling the entire house.
814|Adi 14.77
815|TEXT 77
816|TEXT
817|saci bale,-yaha, putra, bolaha bapere
818|matr-ajna paiya prabhu calila bahire
819|SYNONYMS
820|saci bale-mother Saci said; yaha-go; putra-my dear son;
>|bolaha-call; bapere-Your father; matr-ajna-the order of His
>|mother; paiya-getting; prabhu-the Lord; calila-went; bahire-
>|out.
821|TRANSLATION
822|Once mother Saci told the Lord, "Please go call Your father.
>|" Receiving this order from His mother, the Lord went out
>|to call him.
823|Adi 14.78
824|TEXT 78
825|TEXT
826|calite carane nupura baje jhanjhan
827|suni' camakita haila pita-matara mana
828|SYNONYMS
829|calite-while going; carane-on the lotus feet; nupura-ankle
>|bells; baje-sounded; jhanjhan-tinkling; suni'-hearing;
>|camakita-struck with wonder; haila-became; pita-of His
>|father; matara-and mother; mana-the minds.
830|TRANSLATION
831|When the child was going out, there was a tinkling of ankle
>|bells from His lotus feet. Hearing this, His father and
>|mother were struck with wonder.
832|Adi 14.79
833|TEXT 79
834|TEXT
835|misra kahe,-ei bada adbhuta kahini
836|sisura sunya-pade kene nupurera dhvani
837|SYNONYMS
838|misra kahe-Jagannatha Misra said; ei bada-this is very;
>|adbhuta-wonderful; kahini-incident; sisura-of the child;
>|sunya-pade-on the naked legs; kene-why; nupurera-of the
>|ankle bells; dhvani-sound.
839|TRANSLATION
840|Jagannatha Misra said, "This is a very wonderful incident.
>|Why is there a sound of ankle bells from the bare feet of
>|my child?"
841|Adi 14.80
842|TEXT 80
843|TEXT
844|saci kahe,-ara eka adbhuta dekhila
845|divya divya loka asi' angana bharila
846|SYNONYMS
847|saci kahe-mother Saci said; ara-another; eka-one; adbhuta-
>|wonderful; dekhila-I saw; divya-celestial; divya-celestial;
>|loka-people; asi'-coming there; angana-courtyard; bharila-
>|filled up.
848|TRANSLATION
849|Mother Saci said, "I also saw another wonder. People were
>|coming down from the celestial kingdom and crowding the
>|entire courtyard.
850|Adi 14.81
851|TEXT 81
852|TEXT
853|kiba kelahala kare, bujhite na pari
854|kahake va stuti kare-anumana kari
855|SYNONYMS
856|kiba-what; kelahala-rowdy sounds; kare-they make; bujhite-
>|to understand; na-not; pari-I am able; kahake-to whom; va-
>|or; stuti-prayer; kare-they offer; anumana-guess; kari-I do.
857|TRANSLATION
858|"They made noisy sounds I could not understand. I guess
>|they were offering prayers to someone."
859|Adi 14.82
860|TEXT 82
861|TEXT
862|misra bale,-kichu ha-uk, cinta kichu nai
863|visvambharera kusala ha-uk,-ei matra cai
864|SYNONYMS
865|misra bale-Jagannatha Misra replied; kichu ha-uk-whatever
>|it may be; cinta kichu nai-don't be worried; visvambharera-
>|of Visvambhara; kusala-auspiciousness; ha-uk-let there be;
>|ei-this; matra-only; cai-I want.
866|TRANSLATION
867|Jagannatha Misra replied, "Never mind what it is. There is
>|no need to worry. Let there always be good fortune for
>|Visvambhara. This is all I want."
868|Adi 14.83
869|TEXT 83
870|TEXT
871|eka-dina misra putrera capalya dekhiya
872|dharma-siksa dila bahu bhartsana kariya
873|SYNONYMS
874|eka-dina-one day; misra-Jagannatha Misra; putrera-of his
>|son; capalya-the mischievous behavior; dekhiya-seeing;
>|dharma-siksa-religious teaching; dila-gave; bahu-much;
>|bhartsana-rebuking; kariya-doing.
875|TRANSLATION
876|On another occasion, Jagannatha Misra, seeing the
>|mischievous acts of his son, gave Him lessons in morality
>|after rebuking Him greatly.
877|Adi 14.84
878|TEXT 84
879|TEXT
880|ratre svapna dekhe,-eka asi' brahmana
881|misrere kahaye kichu sa-rosa vacana
882|SYNONYMS
883|ratre-at night; svapna dekhe-he dreamt; eka-one; asi'-
>|coming; brahmana-brahmana; misrere-unto Jagannatha Misra;
>|kahaye-spoke; kichu-something; sa-rosa-with anger; vacana-
>|words.
884|TRANSLATION
885|On that very night, Jagannatha Misra dreamt that a brahmana
>|had come before him speaking these words in great anger:
886|Adi 14.85
887|TEXT 85
888|TEXT
889|"misra, tumi putrera tattva kichui na jana
890|bhartsana-tadana kara,-putra kari' mana"
891|SYNONYMS
892|misra-my dear Jagannatha Misra; tumi-you; putrera-of your
>|son; tattva-truth; kichui-something; na-do not; jana-know;
>|bhartsana-rebuking; tadana-chastisement; kara-you do; putra-
>|son; kari'-making Him; mana-you regard.
893|TRANSLATION
894|"My dear Misra, you do not know anything about your son.
>|You think Him your son, and therefore you rebuke and
>|chastise Him."
895|Adi 14.86
896|TEXT 86
897|TEXT
898|misra kahe,-deva, siddha, muni kene naya
899|ye se bada ha-uk matra amara tanaya
900|SYNONYMS
901|misra kahe-Jagannatha Misra replied; deva-demigod; siddha-
>|mystic yogi; muni-great saintly person; kene naya-may be so
>|or not; ye se-whatever; bada-great; ha-uk-He may be; matra-
>|only; amara-my; tanaya-son.
902|TRANSLATION
903|Jagannatha Misra replied, "This boy may be a demigod, a
>|mystic yogi or a great saintly person. It doesn't matter
>|what He is, for I think He is only my son.
904|Adi 14.87
905|TEXT 87
906|TEXT
907|putrera lalana-siksa-pitara sva-dharma
908|ami na sikhale kaiche janibe dharma-marma
909|SYNONYMS
910|putrera-of the son; lalana-maintenance; siksa-education;
>|pitara-of the father; sva-dharma-duty; ami-if I; na-do not;
>|sikhale-give education; kaiche-how; janibe-He will know;
>|dharma-marma-religion and morality.
911|TRANSLATION
912|"It is the duty of a father to educate his son in both
>|religion and morality. If I do not give Him this education,
>|how will He know of it?"
913|Adi 14.88
914|TEXT 88
915|TEXT
916|vipra kahe,-putra yadi daiva-siddha haya
917|svatah-siddha-jnana, tabe siksa vyartha haya
918|SYNONYMS
919|vipra kahe-the brahmana replied; putra-son; yadi-if; daiva-
>|transcendental; siddha-mystic; haya-were; svatah-siddha-
>|jnana-self-illuminated perfect knowledge; tabe-at that time;
>| siksa-education; vyartha-futile; haya-becomes.
920|TRANSLATION
921|The brahmana replied, "If your son is a transcendental
>|mystic boy with self-effulgent perfect knowledge, what is
>|the use of your education?"
922|PURPORT
923|The brahmana Jagannatha Misra saw in his dream told him
>|that his son was not an ordinary human being. If He were a
>|transcendental person, He would have self-effulgent
>|knowledge, and thus there would be no need to educate Him.
924|Adi 14.89
925|TEXT 89
926|TEXT
927|misra kahe,-"putra kene nahe narayana
928|tathapi pitara dharma-putrera siksana"
929|SYNONYMS
930|misra kahe-Jagannatha Misra replied; putra-my son; kene-may
>|be; nahe-why not; narayana-the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead; tathapi-still; pitara-of a father; dharma-the duty;
>| putrera-of the son; siksana-instruction.
931|TRANSLATION
932|Jagannatha Misra replied, "Even if my son is not a common
>|man but Narayana, still it is the duty of a father to
>|instruct his son."
933|Adi 14.90
934|TEXT 90
935|TEXT
936|ei-mate dunhe karena dharmera vicara
937|visuddha-vatsalya misrera, nahi jane ara
938|SYNONYMS
939|ei-mate-in this way; dunhe-both of them; karena-do;
>|dharmera-of religion; vicara-consideration; visuddha-
>|unalloyed; vatsalya-parental affection; misrera-of
>|Jagannatha Misra; nahi-there is not; jane-he knew; ara-
>|anything else.
940|TRANSLATION
941|In this way Jagannatha Misra and the brahmana discussed the
>|principles of religion in the dream, yet Jagannatha Misra
>|was absorbed in unalloyed parental mellow and did not want
>|to know anything else.
942|PURPORT
943|In Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.8.45) it is said: "Lord Krsna, the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is worshiped with
>|exalted hymns by all the Vedas and Upanisads and by great
>|personalities through sankhya-yoga in the mode of goodness,
>|was considered by mother Yasoda and Nanda to be their own
>|little son." Similarly, Jagannatha Misra also considered
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprahhu his beloved little boy, although
>|He is worshiped with all veneration by learned brahmanas
>|and saintly persons.
944|Adi 14.91
945|TEXT 91
946|TEXT
947|eta suni' dvija gela hana anandita
948|misra jagiya ha-ila parama vismita
949|SYNONYMS
950|eta suni'-after hearing so much; dvija-the brahmana; gela-
>|returned; hana-becoming; anandita-very much pleased; misra-
>|Jagannatha Misra; jagiya-being awakened; ha-ila-became;
>|parama-highly; vismita-astonished.
951|TRANSLATION
952|Being very much pleased, the brahmana left after talking
>|with Jagannatha Misra, and when Jagannatha Misra awakened
>|from his dream, he was very much astonished.
953|Adi 14.92
954|TEXT 92
955|TEXT
956|bandhu-bandhava-sthane svapna kahila
957|suniya sakala loka vismita ha-ila
958|SYNONYMS
959|bandhu-bandhava-of friends and relatives; sthane-in the
>|presence; svapna-dream; kahila-explained; suniya-after
>|hearing; sakala-all; loka-the people; vismita-astonished;
>|ha-ila-became.
960|TRANSLATION
961|He related the dream to his friends and relatives, and
>|every one of them was very much astonished to hear of it.
962|Adi 14.93
963|TEXT 93
964|TEXT
965|ei mata sisu-lila kare gauracandra
966|dine dine pita-matara badaya ananda
967|SYNONYMS
968|ei-this; mata-like; sisu-lila-childhood pastimes; kare-does;
>| gauracandra-Sri Gaurahari; dine dine-day after day; pita-
>|matara-of His parents; badaya-He increases; ananda-the
>|pleasure.
969|TRANSLATION
970|In this way Gaurahari performed His childhood pastimes and
>|day after day increased the pleasure of His parents.
971|Adi 14.94
972|TEXT 94
973|TEXT
974|kata dine misra putrera hate khadi dila
975|alpa dine dvadasa-phala aksara sikhila
976|SYNONYMS
977|kata dine-after some days; misra-Jagannatha Misra; putrera-
>|of his son; hate-in the hand; khadi-chalk; dila-gave; alpa-
>|within a very few; dine-days; dvadasa-phala-twelve
>|combinations of letters; aksara-letters; sikhila-learned.
978|TRANSLATION
979|After some days Jagannatha Misra inaugurated the primary
>|education of his son by performing the hate khadi ceremony.
>|Within a very few days the Lord learned all the letters and
>|combinations of letters.
980|PURPORT
981|The twelve phala, or combinations of letters, are called
>|repha, murdhanya (cerebral), na , dantavya (dental), na ,
>|ma , ya , ra , la , va , r , r , l and \ l. Hate khadi is
>|the primary educational beginning. At the age of four or
>|five years, on an auspicious day called vidyarambha marking
>|the beginning of primary education, there is a ceremony
>|worshiping Lord Visnu, and after that the teacher gives the
>|child a long chalk pencil. Then, guiding the hand of the
>|student, he instructs him how to write the letters of the
>|alphabet (a, a, i, etc.) by writing big letters on the
>|floor. When the child is a little advanced in writing, he
>|is given a slate for his primary education, which ends when
>|he learns the two-letter combinations, which are called
>|phala, as mentioned above.
982|Adi 14.95
983|TEXT 95
984|TEXT
985|balyalila-sutra ei kaila anukrama
986|iha vistariyachena dasa-vrndavana
987|SYNONYMS
988|balya-lila-sutra-synopsis of the pastimes of childhood; ei-
>|this; kaila-did; anukrama-in chronological order; iha-this;
>|vistariyachena-has elaborately explained; dasa-vrndavana-
>|Vrndavana dasa Thakura.
989|TRANSLATION
990|This is a synopsis of the childhood pastimes of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, placed herewith in chronological order.
>| Vrndavana dasa Thakura has already elaborately explained
>|these pastimes in his book Caitanya-bhagavata.
991|Adi 14.96
992|TEXT 96
993|TEXT
994|ataeva ei-lila sanksepe sutra kaila
995|punarukti-bhaye vistarira na kahila
996|SYNONYMS
997|ataeva-therefore; ei-lila-these pastimes; sanksepe-in brief;
>| sutra-synopsis; kaila-made; punar-ukti-repetition; bhaye-
>|being afraid of; vistarira-elaborate explanation; na-did
>|not; kahila-say.
998|TRANSLATION
999|I have therefore made only a brief summary. Being afraid of
>|repetition, I have not elaborated upon this subject matter.
1000|Adi 14.97
1001|TEXT 97
1002|TEXT
1003|sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa
1004|caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa
1005|SYNONYMS
1006|sri-rupa-Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha-Srila Raghunatha
>|dasa Gosvami; pade-at the lotus feet; yara-whose; asa-
>|expectation; caitanya-caritamrta-the book named Caitanya-
>|caritamrta; kahe-describes; krsna-dasa-Srila Krsnadasa
>|Kaviraja Gosvami.
1007|TRANSLATION
1008|Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha,
>|always desiring their mercy, I, Krsnadasa, narrate Sri
>|Caitanya-caritamrta, following in their footsteps.
1009|Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-
>|caritamrta, Adi-lila, Fourteenth Chapter, describing Lord
>|Caitanya's childhood pastimes.
1010|