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Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes
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TEXT 74
শচী আসি' কহে,—কেনে অন্তচি চুঁইলা । গঙ্গাস্নান কর যাই'—অপবিত্র হইলা ॥ ৭৪ ॥
śacī āsi' kahe,—kene aśuci chuṅilā gaṅgā-snāna kara yāi'—apavitra ha-ilā
SYNONYMS
śacī āsi'—mother Śacī, coming there; kahe—said; kene—why; aśuci—untouchable; chuṅilā—You have touched; gaṅgā-snāna—bathing in the Ganges; kara—do; yāi'—going there; apavitra ha-ilā—You have become impure.
TRANSLATION
When mother Śacī saw her boy sitting on the rejected pots, she protested, "Why have You touched these untouchable pots? You have now become impure. Go and take bath in the Ganges."
TEXT 75
ইহা ন্তনি' মাতাকে কহিল ব্রহ্মজ্ঞান । বিশ্মিতা হইয়া মাতা করাইল স্নান ॥ ৭৫ ॥
ihā śuni' mātāke kahila brahma-jñāna vismitā ha-iyā mātā karāila snāna
SYNONYMS
ihā śuni'—hearing this; mātāke—unto His mother; kahila—explained; brahma-jñāna—absolute knowledge; vismitā—amazed; ha-iyā—becoming; mātā—the mother; karāila—forced; snāna—bathing.
TRANSLATION
Hearing this, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught His mother about absolute knowledge. Although amazed by this, His mother forced Him to take bath.
PURPORT
The absolute knowledge explained by the Lord to His mother is described by Śrila Bhaktivinoda Thākura in his  Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya  as follows: "The Lord said, 'Mother, that this is pure and that is impure is surely a worldly sentiment with no basis in fact. You have cooked foodstuffs for Lord Viṣṇu within these pots and offered the foodstuffs to Him. How then can these pots be untouchable? Everything in relationship with Viṣṇu is to be considered an expansion of Viṣṇu's