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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 14]
reached Navadvīpa and became a guest in the house of Jagannātha Miśra. Jagannātha Miśra gave him all ingredients for cooking, and the  brāhmaṇa  prepared his foodstuffs. When the  brāhmaṇa  was offering the foodstuffs to Lord Viṣṇu in meditation, the child Nimāi came before him and began to eat them, and because of this the  brāhmaṇa  thought the whole offering spoiled. Therefore by the request of Jagannātha Miśra 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 Jagannātha Miśra the  brāhmaṇa  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 Viṣṇu was not willing to accept his foodstuffs and that he was therefore ordained to fast, the  brāhmaṇa  became greatly agitated and cried aloud, “ hāya hāya ” (“What has been done! What has been done!”). When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the  brāhmaṇa  in that agitated state, He told him, “Formerly I was the son of mother Yaśodā. At that time you also became a guest in the house of Nanda Mahārāja, 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  brāhmaṇa  was greatly pleased, and he was overwhelmed with love of Kṛṣṇa. He was thankful to the Lord, for he felt himself greatly fortunate. Then the Lord asked the  brāhmaṇa  not to disclose the incident to anyone else. This is very elaborately explained in the  Caitanya-bhāgavata ,  Ādi-līlā , Chapter Three.
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চোরে লঞ্চা গেল প্রভুকে বাহিরে পাইয়া । তার ক্ষকে চড়ি আইলা তারে ভুলাইয়া ॥ ৩৮ ॥
core lañā gela prabhuke bāhire pāiyā   tāra skandhe caḍi' āilā tāre bhulāiyā
SYNONYMS
core —two thieves;  lañā —taking;  gela —went;  prabhuke —the Lord;  bāhire —outside;  pāiyā —finding Him;  tāra —their;  skandhe —on the shoulders;  caḍi' —rising;  āilā —came back;  tāre —them;  bhulāiyā —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 Jagannātha Miśra.