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Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes
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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  uttāna  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  utthāna , 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.
TEXT 7
গৃহে পুষ্ট জন দেখি লঘুপদ-চিহ্ন । তাহে শোস্তে ধ্বজ, বজ্র, শব্দ, চক্র, মীল ॥ ৭ ॥
gṛhe dui jana dekhi laghupada-cihna   tāhe śobhe dhvaja, vajra, śaṅkha, cakra, mīna
SYNONYMS
gṛhe —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;  tāhe —in those;  śobhe —which were beautifully visible;  dhvaja —flag;  vajra —thunderbolts;  śaṅkha —conchshell;  cakra —disc;  mīna —fish.
TRANSLATION
When the Lord tried to walk, in His small footprints the specific marks of Lord Viṣṇu were visible, namely, the flag, thunderbolt, conchshell, disc and fish.
TEXT 8
দেখিয়া দোঁহার চিন্তে জয়িল বিস্ময় । কার পদচিহ্ন ঘরে, না পায় নিক্ষয় ॥ ৮ ॥
dekhiyā doṅhāra citte janmila vismaya   kāra pada-cihna ghare, nā pāya niścaya
SYNONYMS
dekhiyā —seeing all these marks;  doṅhāra —of the parents, Śacīmātā and Jagannātha Miśra;  citte —in their hearts;  janmila —there was;  vismaya —wonder;  kāra —whose;  pada-cihna —footprints;  ghare —at home;  nā —does not;  pāya —get;  niścaya —certainty.