Text 39]
Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes
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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 Jagannātha Miśra 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 Śacī, who was in great anxiety, and she became satisfied. This incident is also very elaborately explained in the  Ādi-līlā  of  Caitanya-bhāgavata , Third Chapter.
TEXT 39
व्याधि-हले जगदीष-हिरण्य-सदने । विक्र-नेवेद्य शहेल एकादश-पिने ॥ ७० ॥
vyādhi-chale jagadīśa-hiraṇya-sadane viṣṇu-naivedya khāila ekādaśī-dine
SYNONYMS
vyādhi-chale —on the plea of being diseased;  jagadīśa-hiraṇya —of the names Jagadīśa and Hiraṇya;  sadane —in the house of;  viṣṇu-naivedya —foodstuffs offered to Lord Viṣṇu;  khāila —ate;  ekādaśī —of Ekādaśī;  dine —on the day.
TRANSLATION
Pretending to be sick, the Lord asked some foodstuffs from the house of Hiraṇya and Jagadīśa on the day of Ekādaśī.
PURPORT
The  Caitanya-bhāgavata ,  Ādi-līlā , Chapter Four, fully describes the Lord's accepting  viṣṇu-prasāda  on the Ekādaśī day at the house of Jagadīśa and Hiraṇya. Regular  prasāda  is offered to Lord Viṣṇu on Ekādaśī because fasting is recommended for devotees on Ekādaśī but not for Lord Viṣṇu. Once on Ekādaśī in the house of Jagadīśa and Hiraṇya Paṇḍita there were arrangements to prepare special  prasāda  for Lord Viṣṇu, and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked His father to go there to ask for the  viṣṇu-prasāda  because He was feeling sick. The house of Jagadīśa and Hiraṇya Paṇḍita was situated about two miles off from the house of Jagannātha Miśra. Therefore when Jagannātha Miśra, on the request of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu,