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Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes
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TEXT 50
কথ্যারে কহে,—আমা পুত্র, আমি দিব বর । গঙ্গা-পূর্ণা—দাসী মোর, মহেন্দ—কিবর ॥ ৫০ ॥
kanyāre kahe,—āmā pūja, āmi diba vara gaṅgā-durgā—dāsī mora, maheśa—kiṅkara
SYNONYMS
kanyāre kahe —addressing the girls the Lord would say;  āmā pūja —“Worship Me”;  āmi —I;  diba —shall give;  vara —nice husband;  gaṅgā —the Ganges;  durgā —goddess Durgā;  dāsī —maidservants;  mora —My;  maheśa —Lord Śiva;  kiṅkara —servant.
TRANSLATION
Addressing the girls, the Lord would say: “Worship Me, and I shall give you good husbands or good benedictions. The Ganges and goddess Durgā are My maidservants. Not to speak of other demigods, even Lord Śiva is My servant.”
PURPORT
There is a misconception about the Hindu religion among people who profess other religions, such as Christians and Mohammedans, who say that in the Hindu religion there are many Gods. Actually that is not a fact. God is one, but there are many other powerful living entities who are in charge of different departments of administration. They are called demigods. All the demigods are servants who carry out the orders of the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu disclosed this fact in His childhood. Out of ignorance, sometimes people worship the demigods to receive some particular boon, but actually if one becomes a devotee and worshiper of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he does not need to go to the demigods for any benediction because he obtains everything by the grace of the Supreme Lord.  Bhagavad-gītā  therefore condemns such demigod worship:
kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante 'nya-devatāḥ taṁ taṁ niyamam āsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā
“Only persons whose intelligence is lost and who are mad with lusty desires worship the demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.” (Bg. 7.20)
yeṣāṁ tv anta-gataṁ pāpaṁ janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām te dvandva-moha-nirmuktā bhajante māṁ dṛḍha-vratāḥ