Text 37]
Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes
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TRANSLATION
After saying this, the Lord, smiling slightly, climbed on the lap of His mother and sucked her breast.
TEXT 36
এইমতে নানা-ছলে ঐশ্বর্য দেখায় । বাল্যভাব প্রকটিয়া পঞ্চাং লুকায় ॥ ৩৬ ॥
eimate nānā-chale aiśvarya dekhāya bālya-bhāva prakaṭiyā paścāt lukāya
SYNONYMS
eimate —in this way;  nānā-chale —under different excuses;  aiśvarya —opulence;  dekhāya —exhibits;  bālya-bhāva —the status of a child;  prakaṭiyā —manifesting;  paścāt —thereafter;  lukāya —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.
TEXT 37
অতিথি-বিশ্রের অন্ন খাইল তিনবার । পাছে গুপ্তে সেই বিশ্রে করিল নিস্তার ॥ ৩৭ ॥
atithi-viprera anna khāila tina-bāra pāche gupte sei vipre karila nistāra
SYNONYMS
atithi —guest;  viprera —of a  brāhmaṇa ;  anna —foodstuff;  khāila —ate;  tina-bāra —thrice;  pāche —afterwards;  gupte —in privacy;  sei —that;  vipre —unto the  brāhmaṇa ;  karila —made;  nistāra —deliverance.
TRANSLATION
On one occasion the Lord ate the foodstuffs of a  brāhmaṇa  guest three times, and later, in confidence, the Lord delivered that  brāhmaṇa  from material engagement.
PURPORT
The story of the deliverance of this  brāhmaṇa  is as follows. One  brāhmaṇa  who was touring all over the country, traveling from one place of pilgrimage to another,