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Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes
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SYNONYMS
bandhu-bāndhava —of friends and relatives;  sthāne —in the presence;  svapna —dream;  kahila —explained;  śuniyā —after hearing;  sakala —all;  loka —the people;  vismita —astonished;  ha-ila —became.
TRANSLATION
He related the dream to his friends and relatives, and every one of them was very much astonished to hear of it.
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এই মত শিশুশীলা করে গোরচন্দ্র ।   দিনে দিনে শিশু-মাতার বাড়ার আমন্দ ॥ ১৩ ॥
ei mata śiśu-līlā kare gauracandra dine dine pitā-mātāra bāḍāya ānanda
SYNONYMS
ei —this;  mata —like;  śiśu-līlā —childhood pastimes;  kare —does;  gauracandra —Śrī Gaurahari;  dine dine —day after day;  pitā-mātāra —of His parents;  bāḍāya —He increases;  ānanda —the pleasure.
TRANSLATION
In this way Gaurahari performed His childhood pastimes and day after day increased the pleasure of His parents.
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কত দিনে মিশ্র পুত্রের হাতে থড়ি দিল ।   অল্প দিনে বাদশ-কঙ্গা অকর শিখিল ॥ ১৪ ॥
kata dine miśra putrera hāte khaḍi dila alpa dine dvādaśa-phalā akṣara śikhila
SYNONYMS
kata dine —after some days;  miśra —Jagannātha Miśra;  putrera —of his son;  hāte —in the hand;  khaḍi —chalk;  dila —gave;  alpa —within a very few;  dine —days;  dvādaśa-phalā —twelve combinations of letters;  akṣara —letters;  śikhila —learned.
TRANSLATION
After some days Jagannātha Miśra inaugurated the primary education of his son by performing the  hāte khaḍi  ceremony. Within a very few days the Lord learned all the letters and combinations of letters.