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Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes
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vipra kahe,—putra yadi daiva-siddha haya svataḥ-siddha-jñāna, tabe śikṣā vyartha haya
SYNONYMS
vipra kahe—the brāhmaṇa replied; putra—son; yadi—if; daiva—transcendental; siddha—mystic; haya—were; svataḥ-siddha-jñāna—self-illuminated perfect knowledge; tabe—at that time; śikṣā—education; vyartha—futile; haya—becomes.
TRANSLATION
The brāhmaṇa replied: "If your son is a transcendental mystic boy with self-effulgent perfect knowledge, what is the use of your education?"
PURPORT
The  brāhmaṇa  Jagannātha Miśra saw in his dream told him that his son was not an ordinary human being. If He were a transcendental person, He would have self-effulgent knowledge, and thus there would be no need to educate Him.
TEXT 89
শিশু কহে,—“পুত্র কেনে নহে নারায়ণ। তথাপি পিতার ধর্ম—পুত্রের শিক্ষণ ॥” ৮১ ॥
miśra kahe,—“putra kene nahe nārāyaṇa tathāpi pitāra dharma——putrera śikṣaṇa”
SYNONYMS
miśra kahe—Jagannātha Miśra replied; putra—my son; kene—may be; nahe—why not; nārāyaṇa—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tathāpi—still; pitāra—of a father; dharma—the duty; putrera—of the son; śikṣaṇa—instruction.
TRANSLATION
Jagannātha Miśra replied: "Even if my son is not a common man but Nārāyaṇa, still it is the duty of a father to instruct his son."
TEXT 90
এইমতে দু'হে করেন ধর্মের বিচার। বিশুদ্ধবাৎসন্য শিশুের, শাহি ভানে জার ॥ ১০ ॥
ei-mate duñhe karena dharmera vicāra viśuddha-vātsalya miśrera, nāhi jāne āra