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Adi 14-1975: Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes
 
Chapter 14
 
Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes
 
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 and eating dirt, 
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."
 
Adi 14.1
 
TEXT 1
 
TEXT
 
kathancana smrte yasmin duskaram sukaram bhavet
vismrte viparitam syat sri-caitanyam namami tam
 
 
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
 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.
 
PURPORT
 
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."
 
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 this is a fact. Modern civlization, therefore, 
progressing on the basis of this false scientific theory, is simply 
creating problems to be solved by the so-called scientists.
 
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.
 
Adi 14.2
 
TEXT 2
 
TEXT
 
jaya jaya sri-caitanya, jaya nityananda
jayadvaitacandra, jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
SYNONYMS
 
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 the Lord.
 
TRANSLATION
 
All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita 
Prabhu and all the devotees of Lord Caitanya!
 
Adi 14.3
 
TEXT 3
 
TEXT
 
prabhura kahila ei janmalila-sutra
yasoda-nandana yaiche haila saci-putra
SYNONYMS
 
prabhura -- of the Lord; kahila -- I have spoken; ei -- thus; janma-lila 
-- pastimes of the birth; sutra -- in codes; yasoda-nandana -- the son 
of mother Yasoda; yaiche -- as much as; haila -- became; saci-putra -- 
the son of mother Saci.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I have thus described in codes the advent of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, 
who appeared as the son of mother Saci, exactly as Krsna appeared as the 
son of mother Yasoda.
 
PURPORT
 
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 (vrajendra-nandana yei, saci-
suta haila sei).  The son of Saci is none other than the son of mother 
 
 
 
 
Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja, and Nityananda Prabhu is the same Balarama (
balarama ha-ila nitai).
 
Adi 14.4
 
TEXT 4
 
TEXT
 
sanksepe kahila janmalila-anukrama
ebe kahi balyalila-sutrera ganana
SYNONYMS
 
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 codes; ganana -- enumeration.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I have already briefly spoken about the pastimes of His birth in 
chronological order. Now I shall enumerate the codes of His childhood 
pastimes.
 
Adi 14.5
 
TEXT 5
 
TEXT
 
vande caitanya-krsnasya balya-lilam mano-haram
laukikim api tam isa-cestaya valitantaram
 
 
SYNONYMS
 
vande -- I worship; caitanya-krsnasya -- of Lord Caitanya, who is Krsna 
Himself; balya-lilam -- 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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
PURPORT
 
In Bhagavad-gita this statement is confirmed as follows:
 
avajananti mam mudha manusim tanum asritam
param bhavam ajananto mama bhuta-mahesvaram
 
"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." (Bg. 
9.11) The Supreme Personality of Godhead appears on 
this planet or within this universe like an ordinary human being or 
human child to execute His pastimes, 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.
 
Adi 14.6
 
TEXT 6
 
TEXT
 
balya-lilaya age prabhura uttana sayana
pita-mataya dekhaila cihna carana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
PURPORT
 
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.
 
Adi 14.7
 
TEXT 7
 
TEXT
 
grhe dui jana dekhi laghupada-cihna
tahe sobhe dhvaja, vajra, sankha, cakra, mina
SYNONYMS
 
grhe -- at home; dui jana -- the father and mother; dekhi -- seeing; 
laghupada-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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.8
 
TEXT 8
 
TEXT
 
dekhiya donhara citte janmila vismaya
kara pada-cihna ghare, na paya niscaya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.9
 
TEXT 9
 
TEXT
 
misra kahe, -- balagopala ache sila-sange
tenho murti hana ghare khele, jani, range
SYNONYMS
 
misra kahe -- Jagannatha Misra said; balagopala -- 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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Jagannatha Misra said: "Certainly child Krsna is with the salagrama-sila.
 Taking His childhood form, He is playing within the room."
 
PURPORT
 
When the salagrama-sila or form of the Lord is engraved in 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.The 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.
 
Adi 14.10
 
TEXT 10
 
TEXT
 
sei ksane jagi' nimai karaye krandana
anke lana saci tanre piyaila stana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.11
 
TEXT 11
 
TEXT
 
stana piyaite putrera carana dekhila
sei cihna paye dekhi' misre bolaila
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.12
 
TEXT 12
 
TEXT
 
dekhiya misrera ha-ila anandita mati
gupte bolaila nilambara cakravarti
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
When Jagannatha Misra saw the wonderful marks on the sole of his son, he 
became very much joyful and privately called for Nilambara Cakravarti.
 
Adi 14.13
 
TEXT 13
 
TEXT
 
cihna dekhi' cakravarti balena hasiya
lagna gani' purve ami rakhiyachi likhiya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
When Nilambara Cakravarti saw those marks, he smilingly said: "Formerly 
I ascertained all this by astrological calculation and noted it in 
writing.
 
Adi 14.14
 
TEXT 14
 
TEXT
 
batrisa laksana -- mahapurusa-bhusana
ei sisu ange dekhi se saba laksana
SYNONYMS
 
batrisa -- thirty-two; laksana -- symptoms; mahapurusa -- great 
personality; bhusana -- ornament; ei sisu -- this child; ange -- on the 
body; dekhi -- I see; se -- those; saba -- all; laksana -- symptoms.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"There are thirty-two bodily marks that symptomize a great personality, 
and I see all those marks on the body of this child.
 
Adi 14.15
 
TEXT 15
 
TEXT
 
panca-dirghah panca-suksmah sapta-raktah sad-unnatah
tri-hrasva-prthu-gambhiro dvatrimsal-laksano mahan
 
 
SYNONYMS
 
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; dvatrimsat -- in 
this way thirty-two; laksanah -- symptoms; mahan -- for a great 
personality.
 
TRANSLATION
 
" 'There are thirty-two bodily symptoms of a great person: five of 
his bodily parts are large, five fine, seven reddish, six raised, three 
small, three broad and three grave.'
 
PURPORT
 
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.
 
Adi 14.16
 
TEXT 16
 
TEXT
 
narayanera cihna-yukta sri-hasta carana
ei sisu sarva loke karibe tarana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"This baby has all the symptoms of Lord Narayana on His palms and soles. 
He will be able to deliver all the three worlds.
 
Adi 14.17
 
TEXT 17
 
TEXT
 
ei ta' karibe vaisnava-dharmera pracara
iha haite habe dui kulera nistara
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"This child will preach the Vaisnava cult and deliver both His maternal 
and paternal families.
 
PURPORT
 
Without Narayana Himself or His bona fide representative one cannot 
preach the cult of Vaisnavism, or devotional service. When a Vaisnava is 
born, he delivers both his maternal and paternal families simultaneously.
 
Adi 14.18
 
TEXT 18
 
TEXT
 
mahotsava kara, saba bolaha brahmana
aji dina bhala, -- kariba nama-karana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"I propose to perform a name-giving ceremony. We should observe a 
festival and call for the brahmanas because today is very auspicious.
 
PURPORT
 
It is the Vedic principle to observe a festival in connection with 
Narayana and brahmanas. Giving a child a particular name is among the 
purificatory processes, which are 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.
 
When Nilambara Cakravarti, Sacimata and Jagannatha Misra, recognizing
 the marks on the Lord's lotus feet, understood 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.
 
Adi 14.19
 
TEXT 19
 
TEXT
 
sarva-lokera karibe ihan dharana, posana
'visvambhara' nama ihara, -- ei ta' karana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"In the future this child will protect and maintain all the world. For 
this reason He is to be called Visvambhara."
 
PURPORT
 
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 (visvambhara visvena ma 
bharasa pahi svaha).
 
Adi 14.20
 
TEXT 20
 
TEXT
 
suni' saci-misrera mane ananda badila
brahmana-brahmani ani' mahotsava kaila
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
PURPORT
 
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.
 
Adi 14.21
 
TEXT 21
 
TEXT
 
tabe kata dine prabhura janu-cankramana
nana camatkara tatha karaila darsana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
After some days the Lord began to crawl on His knees, and He caused 
various wonderful things to be seen.
 
PURPORT
 
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.
 
Adi 14.22
 
TEXT 22
 
TEXT
 
krandanera chale balaila hari-nama
nari saba 'hari' bale, -- hase gaura-dhama
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
PURPORT
 
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 with 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."
 
Adi 14.23
 
TEXT 23
 
TEXT
 
tabe kata dine kaila pada-cankramana
sisu-gane mili' kaila vividha khelana
SYNONYMS
 
tabe -- thereafter; kata dine -- in a few days; kaila -- did; pada -- 
leg; cankramana -- movement; sisu-gane -- all the children; mili' -- 
mingling together; kaila -- executed; vividha -- varieties; khelana -- 
sporting.
 
TRANSLATION
 
After some days the Lord began to move His legs and walk. He mixed with 
other children and exhibited varieties of sports.
 
Adi 14.24
 
TEXT 24
 
TEXT
 
ekadina saci kha-i-sandesa aniya
bata bhari' diya baila, -- khao ta' basiya
SYNONYMS
 
ekadina -- 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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.25
 
TEXT 25
 
TEXT
 
eta bali' gela saci grhe karma karite
lukana lagila sisu mrttika khaite
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
But when she returned to her household duties, the child, hiding from 
His mother, began to eat dirt.
 
Adi 14.26
 
TEXT 26
 
TEXT
 
dekhi' saci dhana aila kari' 'haya, haya'
mati kadi' lana kahe 'mati kene khaya'
SYNONYMS
 
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?
 
TRANSLATION
 
Seeing this, mother Saci hastily returned, exclaiming, "What 
is this! What is this!" She snatched the dirt from the hands of the Lord 
and inquired why He was eating it.
 
Adi 14.27
 
TEXT 27
 
TEXT
 
kandiya balena sisu, -- kene kara rosa
tumi mati khaite dile, mora kiba dosa
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Crying, the child inquired from His mother, "Why are you angry? You have 
already given Me dirt to eat. What is My fault?
 
Adi 14.28
 
TEXT 28
 
TEXT
 
kha-i-sandesa-anna,  yateka -- matira vikara
eho mati, seha mati, ki bheda-vicara
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Fused rice, sweetmeats or anything eatable is all but 
a transformation of dirt. This is dirt, that is dirt. 
Please consider. What is the difference between them?
 
Adi 14.29
 
TEXT 29
 
TEXT
 
mati -- deha, mati -- bhaksya, dekhaha vicari'
avicare deha dosa, ki balite pari
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"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?"
 
PURPORT
 
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:
 
mam ca yo 'vyabhicarena bhakti-yogena sevate
sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate
 
"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." (Bg. 14.26) Brahma-bhuyaya refers to Brahman (spiritual) 
activities. Although Mayavadi philosophers are very much eager to merge 
in the Brahman effulgence, they have no Brahman activities. To a 
certain extent they recommend Brahman activities, which for them mean 
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.
 
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): 
anandamayo '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 (susukham 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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Adi 14.30
 
TEXT 30
 
TEXT
 
antare vismita saci balila tahare
"mati khaite jnana-yoga ke sikhala tore
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Astonished that the child was speaking Mayavada philosophy, mother Saci 
replied: "Who has taught You this philosophical speculation that 
justifies eating dirt?"
 
PURPORT
 
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?"
 
Adi 14.31
 
TEXT 31
 
TEXT
 
matira vikara anna khaile deha-pusti haya
mati khaile roga haya, deha yaya ksaya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.32
 
TEXT 32
 
TEXT
 
matira vikara ghate pani bhari' ani
mati-pinde dhari yabe, sosi' yaya pani"
SYNONYMS
 
matira -- of the dirt; vikara -- transformation; ghate -- in the 
water pot; 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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"In a water pot, 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."
 
PURPORT
 
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 water pot 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.
 
Adi 14.33
 
TEXT 33
 
TEXT
 
atma lukaite prabhu balila tanhare
"age kena iha, mata, na sikhale more
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Lord replied to His mother: "Why did you conceal self-realization by 
not teaching Me this practical philosophy in the beginning?
 
PURPORT
 
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.
 
Adi 14.34
 
TEXT 34
 
TEXT
 
ebe se janilan, ara mati na khaiba
ksudha lage yabe, tabe tomara stana piba"
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"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."
 
Adi 14.35
 
TEXT 35
 
TEXT
 
eta bali' jananira kolete cadiya
stana pana kare prabhu isat hasiya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
After saying this, the Lord, smiling slightly, climbed on the lap of His 
mother and sucked her breast.
 
Adi 14.36
 
TEXT 36
 
TEXT
 
eimate nana-chale aisvarya dekhaya
balya-bhava prakatiya pascat lukaya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.37
 
TEXT 37
 
TEXT
 
atithi-viprera anna khaila tina-bara
pache gupte sei vipre karila nistara
SYNONYMS
 
atithi -- guest; viprera -- of a brahmana; anna -- foodstuff; khaila -- 
ate; tina-bara -- thrice; pache -- afterwards; gupte -- in privacy; sei -
- that; vipre -- unto the brahmana; karila -- made; nistara -- 
deliverance.
 
TRANSLATION
 
On one occasion the Lord ate the foodstuffs of a brahmana guest three 
times, and later, in confidence, the Lord delivered that brahmana from 
material engagement.
 
PURPORT
 
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 foodstuffs. When the brahmana was 
offering the foodstuffs to Lord Visnu in meditation, the child Nimai 
came before him and began to eat them, 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 foodstuffs, 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 foodstuffs, 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 
foodstuffs 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 foodstuffs 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.
 
Adi 14.38
 
TEXT 38
 
TEXT
 
core lana gela prabhuke bahire paiya
tara skandhe cadi' aila tare bhulaiya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
PURPORT
 
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 the house of the Lord. 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 of 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.
 
Adi 14.39
 
TEXT 39
 
TEXT
 
vyadhi-chale jagadisa-hiranya-sadane
visnu-naivedya khaila ekadasi-dine
SYNONYMS
 
vyadhi-chale -- on the plea of being diseased; jagadisa-hiranya -- of 
the names Jagadisa and Hiranya; sadane -- in the house of; visnu-
naivedya -- foodstuffs offered to Lord Visnu; khaila -- ate; ekadasi -- 
of Ekadasi; dine -- on the day.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Pretending to be sick, the Lord asked some foodstuffs from the house of 
Hiranya and Jagadisa on the day of Ekadasi.
 
PURPORT
 
The Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-lila, Chapter Four, 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, fasting is recommended for devotees on Ekadasi 
but not for Lord Visnu. Once on Ekadasi in the house of 
Jagadisa and Hiranya Pandita there were arrangements to prepare 
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 off 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 
foodstuffs 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.
 
Adi 14.40
 
TEXT 40
 
TEXT
 
sisu saba laye pada-padasira ghare
curi kari' dravya khaya mare balakere
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.41
 
TEXT 41
 
TEXT
 
sisu saba saci-sthane kaila nivedana
suni' saci putre kichu dila olahana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.42
 
TEXT 42
 
TEXT
 
"kene curi kara, kene maraha sisure
kene para-ghare yaha, kiba nahi ghare"
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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?"
 
PURPORT
 
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 as 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.
 
Adi 14.43
 
TEXT 43
 
TEXT
 
suni' kruddha hana prabhu ghara-bhitara yana
ghare yata bhanda chila, phelila bhangiya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Thus rebuked by His mother, the Lord would go in anger to a room and 
break all the pots within it.
 
Adi 14.44
 
TEXT 44
 
TEXT
 
tabe sacikole kari' karaila santosa
lajjita ha-ila prabhu jani' nija-dosa
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Then Sacimata would take her son on her lap and pacify Him, and the Lord 
would be very much ashamed, admitting His own faults.
 
PURPORT
 
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 the child 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 the ears of my child, 
making the child cry."
 
Adi 14.45
 
TEXT 45
 
TEXT
 
kabhu mrdu-haste kaila matake tadana
matake murcchita dekhi' karaye krandana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Once the child, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, chastised His mother with His soft 
hand, and His mother falsely fainted. Seeing this, the Lord 
began to cry.
 
Adi 14.46
 
TEXT 46
 
TEXT
 
narigana kahe, -- "narikela deha ani'
tabe sustha ha-ibena tomara janani"
SYNONYMS
 
narigana -- 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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The neighboring ladies told Him: "Dear child, please bring a coconut 
from somewhere, and then Your mother will be cured."
 
Adi 14.47
 
TEXT 47
 
TEXT
 
bahire yana anilena dui narikela
dekhiya apurva haila vismita sakala
SYNONYMS
 
bahire -- outside; yana -- going; anilena -- He immediately brought; dui 
-- two; narikela -- coconuts; dekhiya -- seeing; apurva -- this wonder; 
haila -- became; vismita -- astonished; sakala -- all.
 
TRANSLATION
 
He then immediately went outside the house and brought two 
coconuts. All the ladies were astonished to see such wonderful 
activities.
 
Adi 14.48
 
TEXT 48
 
TEXT
 
kabhu sisu-sange snana karila gangate
kanyagana aila tahan devata pujite
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sometimes the Lord, with other children, would go to take 
bath in the Ganges, and the neighboring girls would also come there to 
worship various demigods.
 
PURPORT
 
According to the Vedic system, small girls ten or twelve years old 
would go to the bank of the Ganges to take their bath and 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.
 
Adi 14.49
 
TEXT 49
 
TEXT
 
ganga-snana kari' puja karite lagila
kanyagana-madhye prabhu asiya basila
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
When the girls, after bathing in the Ganges, engaged in worshiping the 
different demigods, the young Lord would 
come there and sit down among them.
 
Adi 14.50
 
TEXT 50
 
TEXT
 
kanyare kahe, -- ama puja, ami diba vara
ganga-durga -- dasi mora, mahesa -- kinkara
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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. Not to speak of other demigods, even Lord Siva is My 
servant."
 
PURPORT
 
There is a misconception about the Hindu religion among people who 
profess other religions, such as Christians and Mohammedans, 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 if one becomes a devotee and worshiper of the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead, he does not need to go to the demigods for any 
benediction because he obtains everything by the grace of the Supreme 
Lord. Bhagavad-gita therefore condemns such demigod 
worship:
 
kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah
prapadyante 'nya-devatah
tam tam niyamam asthaya
prakrtya niyatah svaya
 
"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." (Bg. 7.20)
 
yesam tv anta-gatam papam
jananam punya-karmanam
te dvandva-moha-nirmukta
bhajante mam drdha-vratah
 
"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." (Bg. 7.28) Only the less intelligent 
worship the demigods for their various purposes. The most intelligent 
worship only the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna.
 
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 to worship so-called gods in material bodies within this 
material world?
 
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:
 
anya devasraya nai 
tomare kahinu bhai
ei bhakti parama-karana
 
"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."
 
Adi 14.51
 
TEXT 51
 
TEXT
 
apani candana pari' parena phula-mala
naivedya kadiya kha'na -- sandesa, cala, kala
SYNONYMS
 
apani -- Himself; candana -- pulp of sandalwood; pari' -- smearing over 
the body; parena -- takes; phula-mala -- the flower garlands; naivedya --
 offering of foodstuffs; kadiya -- snatching; kha'na -- begins to eat; 
sandesa -- the sweetmeats; cala -- rice; kala -- bananas.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
PURPORT
 
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 the Srimad-Bhagavatam:
 
krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam
sangopangastra-parsadam
yajnaih sankirtana-prayair
yajanti hi sumedhasah
 
"One should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead who appears in 
this age of Kali with His associates as 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." (Bhag. 11.5. 32) 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 it to people in general.
 
Adi 14.52
 
TEXT 52
 
TEXT
 
krodhe kanyagana kahe -- suna, he nimani
grama-sambandhe hao tumi ama sabara bhai
SYNONYMS
 
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 -- 
every one; bhai -- the brother.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.53
 
TEXT 53
 
TEXT
 
ama sabakara pakse iha karite na yuyaya
na laha devata sajja, na kara anyaya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"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."
 
Adi 14.54
 
TEXT 54
 
TEXT
 
prabhu kahe, -- "toma sabake dila ei vara
toma sabara bharta habe parama sundara
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Lord replied: "My dear sisters, I give you the benediction that your 
husbands will be very handsome.
 
Adi 14.55
 
TEXT 55
 
TEXT
 
pandita, vidagdha, yuva, dhana-dhanyavan
sata sata putra habe -- cirayu, matiman"
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"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."
 
PURPORT
 
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 living. Now there is propaganda to 
have one or two children and kill the rest by contraceptive methods 
because society has deteriorated. But the natural ambition of a girl is 
to possess not only more than one child but at least half a dozen.
 
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 sumedhasah (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.
 
Adi 14.56
 
TEXT 56
 
TEXT
 
vara suni' kanya-ganera antare santosa
bahire bhartsana kare kari' mithya rosa
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Hearing this benediction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all the girls 
were inwardly very happy; but externally, as it is natural for girls, 
they rebuked the Lord under the pretense of anger.
 
PURPORT
 
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.
 
Adi 14.57
 
TEXT 57
 
TEXT
 
kona kanya palaila naivedya la-iya
tare daki' kahe prabhu sakrodha ha-iya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
When some of the girls fled, the Lord called them in anger and advised 
them as follows:
 
Adi 14.58
 
TEXT 58
 
TEXT
 
yadi naivedya na deha ha-iya krpani
buda bharta habe, ara cari cari satini
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"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."
 
PURPORT
 
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. Lord Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu apparently wanted to curse the girls unwilling to offer Him 
the naivedya
 to be married to men who had at least four wives.
 
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.
 
Adi 14.59
 
TEXT 59
 
TEXT
 
iha suni' ta-sabara mane ha-ila bhaya
kona kichu jane, kiba devavista haya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.60
 
TEXT 60
 
TEXT
 
aniya naivedya tara sammukhe dharila
khaiya naivedya tare ista-vara dila
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The girls then brought the offerings before the Lord, who ate them all 
and blessed the girls to their satisfaction.
 
Adi 14.61
 
TEXT 61
 
TEXT
 
ei mata capalya saba lokere dekhaya
duhkha karo mane nahe, sabe sukha paya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.62
 
TEXT 62
 
TEXT
 
eka-dina vallabhacarya-kanya 'laksmi' nama
devata pujite aila kari ganga-snana
SYNONYMS
 
eka-dina -- one day; vallabhacarya-kanya -- the daughter of 
Vallabhacarya; laksmi -- Laksmi; nama -- named; devata -- demigods; 
pujite -- to worship; aila -- came; kari -- taking; ganga-snana -- bath 
in the Ganges.
 
TRANSLATION
 
One day a girl of the name Laksmi, the daughter of Vallabhacarya, came 
to the bank of the Ganges to take bath in the river and worship the 
demigods.
 
PURPORT
 
According to the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, 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.
 
Adi 14.63
 
TEXT 63
 
TEXT
 
tanre dekhi' prabhura ha-ila sabhilasa mana
laksmi citte prita paila prabhura darsana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Seeing Laksmidevi, the Lord became attached to her, and Laksmi, upon 
seeing the Lord, felt great satisfaction within her mind.
 
Adi 14.64
 
TEXT 64
 
TEXT
 
sahajika priti dunhara karila udaya
balya-bhavacchanna tabhu ha-ila niscaya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Their natural love for one another awakened, and although it was 
covered by childhood emotions, it became apparent that they were 
mutually attracted.
 
PURPORT
 
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Laksmidevi are eternal husband and wife. 
Therefore it was quite natural for their dormant love to awaken when 
they saw one another. Their natural feelings were immediately awakened 
by their meeting.
 
Adi 14.65
 
TEXT 65
 
TEXT
 
dunha dekhi' dunhara citte ha-ila ullasa
deva-puja chale kaila dunhe parakasa
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
They both enjoyed natural pleasure in seeing one another, and under the 
pretext of demigod worship they manifested their feelings.
 
Adi 14.66
 
TEXT 66
 
TEXT
 
prabhu kahe, 'ama' puja, ami mahesvara
amare pujile pabe abhipsita vara'
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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."
 
PURPORT
 
This is the same philosophy declared by Lord Krsna Himself:
 
sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
moksayisyami ma sucah
 
"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 served. 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).
 
Adi 14.67
 
TEXT 67
 
TEXT
 
laksmi tanra ange dila puspa-candana
mallikara mala diya karila vandana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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 
to the Lord.
 
Adi 14.68
 
TEXT 68
 
TEXT
 
prabhu tanra puja pana hasite lagila
sloka padi' tanra bhava angikara kaila
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Being worshiped by Laksmi, the Lord began to smile. He recited a verse 
from Srimad-Bhagavatam and thus accepted the emotion she expressed.
 
PURPORT
 
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 take bath 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.
 
Adi 14.69
 
TEXT 69
 
TEXT
 
sankalpo viditah sadhvyo
bhavatinam mad-arcanam
mayanumoditah so 'sau
satyo bhavitum arhati
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"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."
 
PURPORT
 
The gopis, the girl friends 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.
 
Adi 14.70
 
TEXT 70
 
TEXT
 
ei-mata lila kari' dunhe gela ghare
gambhira caitanya-lila ke bujhite pare
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
After thus expressing Their feelings to one another, Lord Caitanya and 
Laksmi returned home. Who can understand the grave pastimes of Lord 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu?
 
Adi 14.71
 
TEXT 71
 
TEXT
 
caitanya-capalya dekhi' preme sarva jana
saci-jagannathe dekhi' dena olahana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Seeing the naughty behavior of Lord Caitanya, 
the neighboring people, out of love for Him, lodged complaints with 
Sacimata and Jagannatha Misra.
 
Adi 14.72
 
TEXT 72
 
TEXT
 
ekadina saci-devi putrere bhartsiya
dharibare gela, putra gela palaiya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
One day mother Saci, wanting to rebuke her son, went to catch Him, 
but He fled from the spot.
 
Adi 14.73
 
TEXT 73
 
TEXT
 
ucchista-garte tyakta-handira upara
basiyachena sukhe prabhu deva-visvambhara
SYNONYMS
 
ucchista-garte -- in the pit where the remnants of foodstuffs 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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Although He is the maintainer of the entire universe, once the Lord sat 
upon some rejected pots, in the pit where the remnants of foodstuffs 
were thrown, after they had been used for cooking.
 
PURPORT
 
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 foodstuffs 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.
 
Adi 14.74
 
TEXT 74
 
TEXT
 
saci asi' kahe, -- kene asuci chunila
ganga-snana kara yai' -- apavitra ha-ila
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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 take bath in the Ganges."
 
Adi 14.75
 
TEXT 75
 
TEXT
 
iha suni' matake kahila brahma-jnana
vismita ha-iya mata karaila snana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Hearing this, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught His mother about absolute 
knowledge. Although amazed by this, His mother forced Him to take bath.
 
PURPORT
 
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 foodstuffs for 
Lord Visnu within these pots and offered the foodstuffs 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 bath."
 
Adi 14.76
 
TEXT 76
 
TEXT
 
kabhu putra-sange saci karila sayana
dekhe, divyaloka asi' bharila bhavana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.77
 
TEXT 77
 
TEXT
 
saci bale, -- yaha, putra, bolaha bapere
matr-ajna paiya prabhu calila bahire
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Once mother Saci told the Lord, "Please go call Your father." Receiving 
this order from His mother, the Lord went out to call him.
 
Adi 14.78
 
TEXT 78
 
TEXT
 
calite carane nupura baje jhanjhan
suni' camakita haila pita-matara mana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.79
 
TEXT 79
 
TEXT
 
misra kahe, -- ei bada adbhuta kahini
sisura sunya-pade kene nupurera dhvani
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Jagannatha Misra said: "This is a very wonderful incident. Why is there 
a sound of ankle bells from the bare feet of my child?"
 
Adi 14.80
 
TEXT 80
 
TEXT
 
saci kahe, -- ara eka adbhuta dekhila
divya divya loka asi' angana bharila
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Mother Saci said: "I also saw another wonder. People were coming down 
from the celestial kingdom and crowding the entire courtyard.
 
Adi 14.81
 
TEXT 81
 
TEXT
 
kiba kelahala kare, bujhite na pari
kahake va stuti kare -- anumana kari
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"They made noisy sounds I could not understand. I guess they were 
offering prayers to someone."
 
Adi 14.82
 
TEXT 82
 
TEXT
 
misra bale, -- kichu ha-uk, cinta kichu nai
visvambharera kusala ha-uk, -- ei matra cai
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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."
 
Adi 14.83
 
TEXT 83
 
TEXT
 
eka-dina misra putrera capalya dekhiya
dharma-siksa dila bahu bhartsana kariya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
On another occasion, Jagannatha Misra, seeing the mischievous acts of 
his son, gave Him lessons in morality after rebuking Him greatly.
 
Adi 14.84
 
TEXT 84
 
TEXT
 
ratre svapna dekhe, -- eka asi' brahmana
misrere kahaye kichu sa-rosa vacana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
On that very night, Jagannatha Misra dreamt that a brahmana had come 
before him speaking these words in great anger:
 
Adi 14.85
 
TEXT 85
 
TEXT
 
"misra, tumi putrera tattva kichu-i na jana
bhartsana-tadana kara, -- putra kari' mana"
SYNONYMS
 
misra -- my dear Jagannatha Misra; tumi -- you; putrera -- of your son; 
tattva -- truth; kichu-i -- something; na -- do not; jana -- know; 
bhartsana -- rebuking; tadana -- chastisement; kara -- you do; putra -- 
son; kari' -- making Him; mana -- you regard.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"My dear Misra, you do not know anything about your son. You think Him 
your son, and therefore you rebuke and chastise Him."
 
Adi 14.86
 
TEXT 86
 
TEXT
 
misra kahe, -- deva, siddha, muni kene naya
ye se bada ha-uk matra amara tanaya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.87
 
TEXT 87
 
TEXT
 
putrera lalana-siksa -- pitara sva-dharma
ami na sikhale kaiche janibe dharma-marma
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"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?"
 
Adi 14.88
 
TEXT 88
 
TEXT
 
vipra kahe, -- putra yadi daiva-siddha haya
svatah-siddha-jnana, tabe siksa vyartha haya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The brahmana replied: "If your son is a transcendental mystic boy with 
self-effulgent perfect knowledge, what is the use of your education?"
 
PURPORT
 
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.
 
Adi 14.89
 
TEXT 89
 
TEXT
 
misra kahe, -- "putra kene nahe narayana
tathapi pitara dharma -- putrera siksana"
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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."
 
Adi 14.90
 
TEXT 90
 
TEXT
 
ei-mate dunhe karena dharmera vicara
visuddha-vatsalya misrera, nahi jane ara
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
PURPORT
 
In the 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 Mahaprabhu his beloved little boy, although He is worshiped 
with all veneration by learned brahmanas and saintly persons.
 
Adi 14.91
 
TEXT 91
 
TEXT
 
eta suni' dvija gela hana anandita
misra jagiya ha-ila parama vismita
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.92
 
TEXT 92
 
TEXT
 
bandhu-bandhava-sthane svapna kahila
suniya sakala loka vismita ha-ila
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
He related the dream to his friends and relatives, and every one of them 
was very much astonished to hear of it.
 
Adi 14.93
 
TEXT 93
 
TEXT
 
ei mata sisu-lila kare gauracandra
dine dine pita-matara badaya ananda
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In this way Gaurahari performed His childhood pastimes and day after day 
increased the pleasure of His parents.
 
Adi 14.94
 
TEXT 94
 
TEXT
 
kata dine misra putrera hate khadi dila
alpa dine dvadasa-phala aksara sikhila
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
PURPORT
 
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.
 
Adi 14.95
 
TEXT 95
 
TEXT
 
balyalila-sutra ei kaila anukrama
iha vistariyachena dasa-vrndavana
SYNONYMS
 
balyalila-sutra -- synopsis of the pastimes of childhood; ei -- 
this; kaila -- did; onukrama -- in chronological order; iha -- this; 
vistariyachena -- has elaborately explained; dasa-vrndavana -- Vrndavana 
dasa Thakura.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 14.96
 
TEXT 96
 
TEXT
 
ataeva ei-lila sanksepe sutra kaila
punarukti-bhaye vistarira na kahila
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I have therefore made only a brief summary. Being afraid of repetition, 
I have not elaborated upon this subject matter.
 
Adi 14.97
 
TEXT 97
 
TEXT
 
sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa
caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
    Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, 
Adi-lila, Fourteenth Chapter, describing Lord Caitanya's childhood 
pastimes.
 

Adi 14: Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes

Chapter 14:

Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has given a summary of this chapter in his

Amrta-pravaha-bhasya: "In the Fourteenth Chapter

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 prasadam 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

and instructed His mother in transcendental knowledge, how He

left the pit on the order of His mother, and how He dealt with His

father with full affection."

Adi 14.1

TEXT 1

TEXT

kathancana smrte yasmin

duskaram sukaram bhavet

vismrte viparitam syat

sri-caitanyam namami tam

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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.

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.

The author of Sri 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.

Adi 14.2

TEXT 2

TEXT

jaya jaya sri-caitanya, jaya nityananda

jayadvaitacandra, jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda

SYNONYMS

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 the Lord.

TRANSLATION

All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita

Prabhu and all the devotees of Lord Caitanya!

Adi 14.3

TEXT 3

TEXT

prabhura kahila ei janmalila-sutra

yasoda-nandana yaiche haila saci-putra

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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:

vrajendra-nandana yei, saci-suta haila sei

balarama ha-ila nitai

"The son of Saci is none other than the son of mother Yasoda and Nanda

Maharaja, and Nityananda Prabhu is the same Balarama."

Adi 14.4

TEXT 4

TEXT

sanksepe kahila janmalila-anukrama

ebe kahi balyalila-sutrera ganana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

I have already briefly spoken about the pastimes of His birth in

chronological order. Now I shall give a synopsis of His childhood

pastimes.

Adi 14.5

TEXT 5

TEXT

vande caitanya-krsnasya

balya-lilam mano-haram

laukikim api tam isa-

cestaya valitantaram

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

In the Bhagavad-gita (9.11) this statement is confirmed as follows:

avajananti mam mudha manusim tanum asritam

param bhavam ajananto mama bhuta-mahesvaram

"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 the lifting of Govardhana 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.

Adi 14.6

TEXT 6

TEXT

balya-lilaya age prabhura uttana sayana

pita-mataya dekhaila cihna carana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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.

Adi 14.7

TEXT 7

TEXT

grhe dui jana dekhi laghupada-cihna

tahe sobhe dhvaja, vajra, sankha, cakra, mina

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.8

TEXT 8

TEXT

dekhiya donhara citte janmila vismaya

kara pada-cihna ghare, na paya niscaya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.9

TEXT 9

TEXT

misra kahe, -- balagopala ache sila-sange

tenho murti hana ghare khele, jani, range

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Jagannatha Misra said, "Certainly child Krsna is with the salagrama-sila.

Taking His childhood form, He is playing within the room."

PURPORT

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.

Adi 14.10

TEXT 10

TEXT

sei ksane jagi' nimai karaye krandana

anke lana saci tanre piyaila stana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

While mother Saci and Jagannatha Misra were talking, child Nimai

woke up and began to cry, and mother Saci took Him on her lap and

allowed Him to suck her breast.

Adi 14.11

TEXT 11

TEXT

stana piyaite putrera carana dekhila

sei cihna paye dekhi' misre bolaila

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.12

TEXT 12

TEXT

dekhiya misrera ha-ila anandita mati

gupte bolaila nilambara cakravarti

SYNONYMS

dekhiya -- by seeing; misrera -- of Jagannatha Misra; ha-ila -- became;

anandita -- satisfied; mati -- intelligence; gupte -- privately; bolaila

-- called for; nilambara cakravarti -- Nilambara Cakravarti.

TRANSLATION

When Jagannatha Misra saw the wonderful marks on the sole of his son, he

became very joyful and privately called for Nilambara Cakravarti.

Adi 14.13

TEXT 13

TEXT

cihna dekhi' cakravarti balena hasiya

lagna gani' purve ami rakhiyachi likhiya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

When Nilambara Cakravarti saw those marks, he smilingly said, "Formerly

I ascertained all this by astrological calculation and noted it in

writing.

Adi 14.14

TEXT 14

TEXT

batrisa laksana -- mahapurusa-bhusana

ei sisu ange dekhi se saba laksana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"There are thirty-two bodily marks that symptomize a great personality,

and I see all those marks on the body of this child.

Adi 14.15

TEXT 15

TEXT

panca-dirghah panca-suksmah

sapta-raktah sad-unnatah

tri-hrasva-prthu-gambhiro

dvatrimsal-laksano mahan

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"‘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.'

PURPORT

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.

Adi 14.16

TEXT 16

TEXT

narayanera cihna-yukta sri-hasta carana

ei sisu sarva loke karibe tarana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"This baby has all the symptoms of Lord Narayana on His palms and soles.

He will be able to deliver all the three worlds.

Adi 14.17

TEXT 17

TEXT

ei ta' karibe vaisnava-dharmera pracara

iha haite habe dui kulera nistara

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"This child will preach the Vaisnava cult and deliver both His maternal

and paternal families.

PURPORT

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.

Adi 14.18

TEXT 18

TEXT

mahotsava kara, saba bolaha brahmana

aji dina bhala, -- kariba nama-karana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"I propose to perform a name-giving ceremony. We should observe a

festival and call for the brahmanas because today is very auspicious.

PURPORT

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 prasadam, chiefly among the brahmanas.

When Nilambara Cakravarti, Sacimata and Jagannatha Misra understood

from the marks on the Lord's lotus feet that 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.

Adi 14.19

TEXT 19

TEXT

sarva-lokera karibe ihan dharana, posana

‘visvambhara' nama ihara, -- ei ta' karana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"In the future this child will protect and maintain all the world. For

this reason He is to be called Visvambhara."

PURPORT

The Caitanya-bhagavata 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 known as 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.

Adi 14.20

TEXT 20

TEXT

suni' saci-misrera mane ananda badila

brahmana-brahmani ani' mahotsava kaila

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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.

Adi 14.21

TEXT 21

TEXT

tabe kata dine prabhura janu-cankramana

nana camatkara tatha karaila darsana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

After some days the Lord began to crawl on His knees, and He caused

various wonderful things to be seen.

PURPORT

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 the Lord aside.

Adi 14.22

TEXT 22

TEXT

krandanera chale balaila hari-nama

nari saba ‘hari' bale, -- hase gaura-dhama

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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 would very pleasingly smile upon them."

Adi 14.23

TEXT 23

TEXT

tabe kata dine kaila pada-cankramana

sisu-gane mili' kaila vividha khelana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

After some days the Lord began to move His legs and walk. He mixed with

other children and exhibited various sports.

Adi 14.24

TEXT 24

TEXT

ekadina saci kha-i-sandesa aniya

bata bhari' diya baila, -- khao ta' basiya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.25

TEXT 25

TEXT

eta bali' gela saci grhe karma karite

lukana lagila sisu mrttika khaite

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

But when she returned to her household duties, the child hid from

His mother and began to eat dirt.

Adi 14.26

TEXT 26

TEXT

dekhi' saci dhana aila kari' ‘haya, haya'

mati kadi' lana kahe ‘mati kene khaya'

SYNONYMS

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?

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.27

TEXT 27

TEXT

kandiya balena sisu, -- kene kara rosa

tumi mati khaite dile, mora kiba dosa

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Crying, the child inquired from His mother, "Why are you angry? You have

already given Me dirt to eat. What is My fault?

Adi 14.28

TEXT 28

TEXT

kha-i-sandesa-anna yateka -- matira vikara

eho mati, seha mati, ki bheda-vicara

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"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?

Adi 14.29

TEXT 29

TEXT

mati -- deha, mati -- bhaksya, dekhaha vicari'

avicare deha dosa, ki balite pari

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"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?"

PURPORT

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 the Bhagavad-gita (14.26):

mam ca yo 'vyabhicarena bhakti-yogena sevate

sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate

"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.

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 the Bhagavad-gita (9.2),

all devotional activities are easy to perform (su-sukham kartum)

and 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. [SB 7.5.23]) 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.

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.

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.

Adi 14.30

TEXT 30

TEXT

antare vismita saci balila tahare

"mati khaite jnana-yoga ke sikhala tore

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Astonished that the child was speaking Mayavada philosophy, mother Saci

replied, "Who has taught You this philosophical speculation that

justifies eating dirt?"

PURPORT

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?"

Adi 14.31

TEXT 31

TEXT

matira vikara anna khaile deha-pusti haya

mati khaile roga haya, deha yaya ksaya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Replying to the Mayavada idea of the child philosopher, mother Saci said,

"My dear boy, if we eat earth transformed into grain, 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.

Adi 14.32

TEXT 32

TEXT

matira vikara ghate pani bhari' ani

mati-pinde dhari yabe, sosi' yaya pani"

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"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."

PURPORT

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 an earthen pot and a lump of dirt 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 the practical knowledge that matter, being an inferior state of

existence, is useless for our spiritual, blissful life, whereas spirit,

being a finer state, 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, not the

dull wood or earth of matter.

Adi 14.33

TEXT 33

TEXT

atma lukaite prabhu balila tanhare

"age kena iha, mata, na sikhale more

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

The Lord replied to His mother, "Why did you conceal self-realization by

not teaching Me this practical philosophy in the beginning?

PURPORT

If from the beginning of life one is taught the Vaisnava

philosophy of duality or variety, the monistic philosophy will not

bother him very much. In reality, everything is an emanation from

the supreme source (janmady asya yatah [SB 1.1.1]). The original energy

is exhibited in varieties, exactly as the sunshine, the original

energy emanating from the sun, exhibits itself in variety as light and

heat. One cannot say that light is heat or that 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 also a difference

between them. Similarly, although the whole cosmic manifestation is the

Lord's energy, the energy is nevertheless exhibited in varieties of

manifestations.

Adi 14.34

TEXT 34

TEXT

ebe se janilan, ara mati na khaiba

ksudha lage yabe, tabe tomara stana piba"

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"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

milk."

Adi 14.35

TEXT 35

TEXT

eta bali' jananira kolete cadiya

stana pana kare prabhu isat hasiya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

After saying this, the Lord, smiling slightly, climbed on the lap of His

mother and sucked her breast.

Adi 14.36

TEXT 36

TEXT

eimate nana-chale aisvarya dekhaya

balya-bhava prakatiya pascat lukaya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.37

TEXT 37

TEXT

atithi-viprera anna khaila tina-bara

pache gupte sei vipre karila nistara

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

The story of the deliverance of this brahmana is as follows. A

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, child Nimai

came before him and began to eat it, and because of this the brahmana

thought the whole offering had been 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 also you 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 pastime is very elaborately explained in the Caitanya-bhagavata,

Adi-khanda, Chapter Five.

Adi 14.38

TEXT 38

TEXT

core lana gela prabhuke bahire paiya

tara skandhe cadi' aila tare bhulaiya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

In His childhood the Lord was profusely decorated with gold ornaments.

Once upon a time, when the Lord was playing outside His house, two

thieves passing on the street saw the opportunity to rob Him.

Therefore they 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-khandaof Caitanya-bhagavata, Third

Chapter.

Adi 14.39

TEXT 39

TEXT

vyadhi-chale jagadisa-hiranya-sadane

visnu-naivedya khaila ekadasi-dine

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Pretending to be sick, the Lord asked some food from the house of

Hiranya and Jagadisa on the Ekadasi day.

PURPORT

The Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, Chapter Six, fully describes the

Lord's accepting visnu-prasadam on the Ekadasi day at the house of

Jagadisa and Hiranya. Regular prasadam is offered to Lord Visnu on

Ekadasi because although 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 prasadam for Lord Visnu, and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked His

father to go there to ask for the visnu-prasadam 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 prasadam, they were a little astonished. How could

the boy understand that special prasadam was being prepared for Lord

Visnu? They immediately concluded that Nimai must have

supernatural mystic power. Otherwise how could He understand that they

were preparing special prasadam? 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-

prasadam He was cured, and He also distributed the prasadam among His

playmates.

Adi 14.40

TEXT 40

TEXT

sisu saba laye pada-padasira ghare

curi kari' dravya khaya mare balakere

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.41

TEXT 41

TEXT

sisu saba saci-sthane kaila nivedana

suni' saci putre kichu dila olahana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.42

TEXT 42

TEXT

"kene curi kara, kene maraha sisure

kene para-ghare yaha, kiba nahi ghare"

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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?"

PURPORT

According to the Vedanta-sutra (janmady asya yatah [SB 1.1.1]), 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.

Adi 14.43

TEXT 43

TEXT

suni' kruddha hana prabhu ghara-bhitara yana

ghare yata bhanda chila, phelila bhangiya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Thus rebuked by His mother, he Lord would go in anger to a room and

break all the pots within it.

Adi 14.44

TEXT 44

TEXT

tabe saci kole kari' karaila santosa

lajjita ha-ila prabhu jani' nija-dosa

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Then Sacimata would take her son on her lap and pacify Him, and the Lord

would be very much ashamed, admitting His faults.

PURPORT

There is a nice description of the faults of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in

His childhood in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, 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."

Adi 14.45

TEXT 45

TEXT

kabhu mrdu-haste kaila matake tadana

matake murcchita dekhi' karaye krandana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.46

TEXT 46

TEXT

narigana kahe, -- "narikela deha ani'

tabe sustha ha-ibena tomara janani"

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

The neighboring ladies told Him, "Dear child, please bring a coconut

from somewhere, and then Your mother will be cured."

Adi 14.47

TEXT 47

TEXT

bahire yana anilena dui narikela

dekhiya apurva haila vismita sakala

SYNONYMS

bahire -- outside; yana -- going; anilena -- He immediately brought; dui

-- two; narikela -- coconuts; dekhiya -- seeing; apurva -- this wonder;

haila -- became; vismita -- astonished; sakala -- all.

TRANSLATION

He then went outside the house and immediately brought two

coconuts. All the ladies were astonished to see such wonderful

activities.

Adi 14.48

TEXT 48

TEXT

kabhu sisu-sange snana karila gangate

kanyagana aila tahan devata pujite

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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.

Adi 14.49

TEXT 49

TEXT

ganga-snana kari' puja karite lagila

kanyagana-madhye prabhu asiya basila

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.50

TEXT 50

TEXT

kanyare kahe, -- ama puja, ami diba vara

ganga-durga -- dasi mora, mahesa -- kinkara

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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."

PURPORT

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:

kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah prapadyante 'nya-devatah

tam tam niyamam asthaya prakrtya niyatah svaya

"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."

yesam tv anta-gatam papam jananam punya-karmanam

te dvandva-moha-nirmukta bhajante mam drdha-vratah

"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.

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 [Bg. 7.20],

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?

Our position of not allowing worship of the many hundreds of demigods

was confirmed by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu even in His childhood. Srila

Narottama dasa Thakura has sung in this connection:

anya devasraya nai tomare kahinu bhai

ei bhakti parama-karana

"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."

Adi 14.51

TEXT 51

TEXT

apani candana pari' parena phula-mala

naivedya kadiya kha'na -- sandesa, cala, kala

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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:

krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastra-parsadam

yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi su-medhasah

[SB 11.5.32]

"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 prasadam." 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 prasadam and distributing prasadam to people in general.

Adi 14.52

TEXT 52

TEXT

krodhe kanyagana kahe -- suna, he nimani

grama-sambandhe hao tumi ama sabara bhai

SYNONYMS

krodhe -- in anger; kanya-gana -- all the girls; kahe -- said; suna --

hear; he -- O; nimani -- Nimai; grama -- village; sambandhe -

- in relationship; hao -- are; tumi -- You; ama -- of us; sabara --

everyone; bhai -- the brother.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.53

TEXT 53

TEXT

ama sabakara pakse iha karite na yuyaya

na laha devata sajja, na kara anyaya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"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."

Adi 14.54

TEXT 54

TEXT

prabhu kahe, -- "toma sabake dila ei vara

toma sabara bharta habe parama sundara

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

The Lord replied, "My dear sisters, I give you the benediction that your

husbands will be very handsome.

Adi 14.55

TEXT 55

TEXT

pandita, vidagdha, yuva, dhana-dhanyavan

sata sata putra habe -- cirayu, matiman"

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"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."

PURPORT

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 grain and a

very large number of animals. Dhanyena dhanavan gavaya dhanavan: one is

rich if he possesses food grain, 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.

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 grain 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 [SB 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.

Adi 14.56

TEXT 56

TEXT

vara suni' kanya-ganera antare santosa

bahire bhartsana kare kari' mithya rosa

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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.

Adi 14.57

TEXT 57

TEXT

kona kanya palaila naivedya la-iya

tare daki' kahe prabhu sakrodha ha-iya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

When some of the girls fled, the Lord called them in anger and advised

them as follows:

Adi 14.58

TEXT 58

TEXT

yadi naivedya na deha ha-iya krpani

buda bharta habe, ara cari cari satini

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"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."

PURPORT

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.

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. 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.

Adi 14.59

TEXT 59

TEXT

iha suni' ta-sabara mane ha-ila bhaya

kona kichu jane, kiba devavista haya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.60

TEXT 60

TEXT

aniya naivedya tara sammukhe dharila

khaiya naivedya tare ista-vara dila

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

The girls then brought the offerings before the Lord, who ate them all

and blessed the girls to their satisfaction.

Adi 14.61

TEXT 61

TEXT

ei mata capalya saba lokere dekhaya

duhkha karo mane nahe, sabe sukha paya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.62

TEXT 62

TEXT

eka-dina vallabhacarya-kanya ‘laksmi' nama

devata pujite aila kari ganga-snana

SYNONYMS

eka-dina -- one day; vallabhacarya-kanya -- the daughter of

Vallabhacarya; laksmi -- Laksmi; nama -- named; devata -- demigods;

pujite -- to worship; aila -- came; kari -- taking; ganga-snana -- bath

in the Ganges.

TRANSLATION

One day a girl of the name Laksmi, the daughter of Vallabhacarya, came

to the bank of the Ganges to take a bath in the river and worship the

demigods.

PURPORT

According to the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (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.

Adi 14.63

TEXT 63

TEXT

tanre dekhi' prabhura ha-ila sabhilasa mana

laksmi citte prita paila prabhura darsana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Seeing Laksmidevi, the Lord became attached to her, and Laksmi, upon

seeing the Lord, felt great satisfaction within her mind.

Adi 14.64

TEXT 64

TEXT

sahajika priti dunhara karila udaya

balya-bhavacchanna tabhu ha-ila niscaya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Their natural love for each other awakened, and although it was

covered by childhood emotions, it became apparent that they were

mutually attracted.

PURPORT

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.

Adi 14.65

TEXT 65

TEXT

dunha dekhi' dunhara citte ha-ila ullasa

deva-puja chale kaila dunhe parakasa

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

They both enjoyed natural pleasure in seeing each other, and under the

pretext of demigod worship they manifested their feelings.

Adi 14.66

TEXT 66

TEXT

prabhu kahe, ‘ama' puja, ami mahesvara

amare pujile pabe abhipsita vara'

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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."

PURPORT

This is the same philosophy declared by Lord Krsna Himself:

sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja

aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami ma sucah

"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 flattering or worshiping

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).

Adi 14.67

TEXT 67

TEXT

laksmi tanra ange dila puspa-candana

mallikara mala diya karila vandana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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

Adi 14.68

TEXT 68

TEXT

prabhu tanra puja pana hasite lagila

sloka padi' tanra bhava angikara kaila

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Being worshiped by Laksmi, the Lord began to smile. He recited a verse

from Srimad-Bhagavatam and thus accepted the emotion she expressed.

PURPORT

The verse quoted in this connection is the twenty-fifth verse of the

Twenty-second Chapter, Tenth Canto, of Srimad-Bhagavatam. The gopis

worshiped 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.

Adi 14.69

TEXT 69

TEXT

sankalpo viditah sadhvyo

bhavatinam mad-arcanam

mayanumoditah so ‘sau

satyo bhavitum arhati

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"‘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.'"

PURPORT

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.

Adi 14.70

TEXT 70

TEXT

ei-mata lila kari' dunhe gela ghare

gambhira caitanya-lila ke bujhite pare

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

After thus expressing their feelings to each other, Lord Caitanya and

Laksmi returned home. Who can understand the grave pastimes of Lord

Caitanya Mahaprabhu?

Adi 14.71

TEXT 71

TEXT

caitanya-capalya dekhi' preme sarva jana

saci-jagannathe dekhi' dena olahana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

When the neighboring people saw the naughty behavior of Lord Caitanya,

out of love for Him they lodged complaints with

Sacimata and Jagannatha Misra.

Adi 14.72

TEXT 72

TEXT

ekadina saci-devi putrere bhartsiya

dharibare gela, putra gela palaiya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

One day mother Saci went to catch her son, wanting to rebuke Him,

but He fled from the spot.

Adi 14.73

TEXT 73

TEXT

ucchista-garte tyakta-handira upara

basiyachena sukhe prabhu deva-visvambhara

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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.

Adi 14.74

TEXT 74

TEXT

saci asi' kahe, -- kene asuci chunila

ganga-snana kara yai' -- apavitra ha-ila

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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."

Adi 14.75

TEXT 75

TEXT

iha suni' matake kahila brahma-jnana

vismita ha-iya mata karaila snana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Hearing this, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught His mother about absolute

knowledge. Although amazed by this, His mother forced Him to take a bath.

PURPORT

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."

Adi 14.76

TEXT 76

TEXT

kabhu putra-sange saci karila sayana

dekhe, divyaloka asi' bharila bhavana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.77

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TEXT

saci bale, -- yaha, putra, bolaha bapere

matr-ajna paiya prabhu calila bahire

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Once mother Saci told the Lord, "Please go call Your father." Receiving

this order from His mother, the Lord went out to call him.

Adi 14.78

TEXT 78

TEXT

calite carane nupura baje jhanjhan

suni' camakita haila pita-matara mana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.79

TEXT 79

TEXT

misra kahe, -- ei bada adbhuta kahini

sisura sunya-pade kene nupurera dhvani

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Jagannatha Misra said, "This is a very wonderful incident. Why is there

a sound of ankle bells from the bare feet of my child?"

Adi 14.80

TEXT 80

TEXT

saci kahe, -- ara eka adbhuta dekhila

divya divya loka asi' angana bharila

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Mother Saci said, "I also saw another wonder. People were coming down

from the celestial kingdom and crowding the entire courtyard.

Adi 14.81

TEXT 81

TEXT

kiba kolahala kare, bujhite na pari

kahake va stuti kare -- anumana kari

SYNONYMS

kiba -- what; kolahala -- 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.

TRANSLATION

"They made noisy sounds I could not understand. I guess they were

offering prayers to someone."

Adi 14.82

TEXT 82

TEXT

misra bale, -- kichu ha-uk, cinta kichu nai

visvambharera kusala ha-uk, -- ei matra cai

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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."

Adi 14.83

TEXT 83

TEXT

eka-dina misra putrera capalya dekhiya

dharma-siksa dila bahu bhartsana kariya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

On another occasion, Jagannatha Misra, seeing the mischievous acts of

his son, gave Him lessons in morality after rebuking Him greatly.

Adi 14.84

TEXT 84

TEXT

ratre svapna dekhe, -- eka asi' brahmana

misrere kahaye kichu sa-rosa vacana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

On that very night, Jagannatha Misra dreamt that a brahmana had come

before him speaking these words in great anger:

Adi 14.85

TEXT 85

TEXT

"misra, tumi putrera tattva kichui na jana

bhartsana-tadana kara, -- putra kari' mana"

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"My dear Misra, you do not know anything about your son. You think Him

your son, and therefore you rebuke and chastise Him."

Adi 14.86

TEXT 86

TEXT

misra kahe, -- deva, siddha, muni kene naya

ye se bada ha-uk matra amara tanaya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.87

TEXT 87

TEXT

putrera lalana-siksa -- pitara sva-dharma

ami na sikhale kaiche janibe dharma-marma

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"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?"

Adi 14.88

TEXT 88

TEXT

vipra kahe, -- putra yadi daiva-siddha haya

svatah-siddha-jnana, tabe siksa vyartha haya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

The brahmana replied, "If your son is a transcendental mystic boy with

self-effulgent perfect knowledge, what is the use of your education?"

PURPORT

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.

Adi 14.89

TEXT 89

TEXT

misra kahe, -- "putra kene nahe narayana

tathapi pitara dharma -- putrera siksana"

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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."

Adi 14.90

TEXT 90

TEXT

ei-mate dunhe karena dharmera vicara

visuddha-vatsalya misrera, nahi jane ara

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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 Mahaprabhu his beloved little boy, although He is worshiped

with all veneration by learned brahmanas and saintly persons.

Adi 14.91

TEXT 91

TEXT

eta suni' dvija gela hana anandita

misra jagiya ha-ila parama vismita

SYNONYMS

eta suni' -- after hearing so much; dvija -- the brahmana; gela --

returned; hana -- becoming; anandita -- very pleased; misra --

Jagannatha Misra; jagiya -- being awakened; ha-ila -- became; parama --

highly; vismita -- astonished.

TRANSLATION

Being very pleased, the brahmana left after talking with Jagannatha

Misra, and when Jagannatha Misra awakened from his dream, he was very

much astonished.

Adi 14.92

TEXT 92

TEXT

bandhu-bandhava-sthane svapna kahila

suniya sakala loka vismita ha-ila

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

He related the dream to his friends and relatives, and every one of them

was very much astonished to hear of it.

Adi 14.93

TEXT 93

TEXT

ei mata sisu-lila kare gauracandra

dine dine pita-matara badaya ananda

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

In this way Gaurahari performed His childhood pastimes and day after day

increased the pleasure of His parents.

Adi 14.94

TEXT 94

TEXT

kata dine misra putrera hate khadi dila

alpa dine dvadasa-phala aksara sikhila

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

The twelve phala, or combinations of letters, are called repha;

murdhanya (cerebral), na; dantavya (dental), na; ma; ya; ra; la; va; r;

r; lr and lr. 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.

Adi 14.95

TEXT 95

TEXT

balyalila-sutra ei kaila anukrama

iha vistariyachena dasa-vrndavana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 14.96

TEXT 96

TEXT

ataeva ei-lila sanksepe sutra kaila

punarukti-bhaye vistariya na kahila

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

I have therefore made only a brief summary. Being afraid of repetition,

I have not elaborated upon this subject matter.

Adi 14.97

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TEXT

sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa

caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta,

Adi-lila, Fourteenth Chapter, describing Lord Caitanya's childhood

pastimes.