Text 28]
Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes
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TRANSLATION
But when she returned to her household duties, the child, hiding from His mother, began to eat dirt.
TEXT 26
দেখি' শচী ধাঞা আইলা করি' 'হায়, হায়' । মাটি কাড়ি' লঞা কহে 'মাটি কেনে খায়' ॥ ২৬ ॥
dekhi' śacī dhāñā āilā kari' 'hāya, hāya' māṭi kāḍi' lañā kahe 'māṭi kene khāya'
SYNONYMS
dekhi' —seeing this;  śacī —mother Śacī;  dhāñā —rushing;  āilā —came back;  kari' —making a noise;  hāya, hāya —"What is this! What is this!"  māṭi —dirt;  kāḍi' —snatching;  lañā —taking;  kahe —she said;  'māṭi kene khāya' —why is the child eating dirt?
TRANSLATION
Seeing this, mother Śacī hast ily 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.
TEXT 27
কান্দিয়া বলেন শিশু,—কেনে কর রোষ । তুমি মাটি খাইতে দিলে, মোর কিবা দোষ ॥ ২৭ ॥
kāndiyā balena śiśu,—kene kara roṣa tumi māṭi khāite dile, mora kibā doṣa
SYNONYMS
kāndiyā —while crying;  balena —says;  śiśu —the child;  kene —why;  kara —you become;  roṣa —angry;  tumi —you;  māṭi —dirt;  khāite —to eat;  dile —gave Me;  mora —My;  kibā —what is;  doṣa —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?
TEXT 28
খই-সন্দেশ-অন্ন, যতেক—মাটির বিকার । এছো মাটি, সেহ মাটি, কি ভেদ-বিচার ॥ ২৮ ॥