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Šrji Cajtanva-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā. Ch. 15]]
TEXT 23
তবে লণ্ডড় লঞা প্রভু ফিরাইতে লাগিলা । বার বার আকাশে ফেলি’ লুফিয়া ধরিলা ॥ ২৩ ॥
tabe laguḍa lañā prabhu phirāite lāgilā bāra bāra ākāśe pheli’ luphiyā dharilā
SYNONYMS
tabe —then;  laguḍa —rod;  lañā —taking;  prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  phirāite lāgilā —began to wheel it around;  bāra bāra —again and again;  ākāśe —in the sky;  pheli' —throwing;  luphiyā —tossing;  dharilā —He captured.
TRANSLATION
Accepting Advaita Ācārya’s challenge, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took a big rod and began to wheel it around and around. Again and again He threw the rod into the sky and caught it when it fell.
TEXT 24
শিরের উপরে, পৃষ্ঠে, সন্দ্বুখে, ছই-পাশে । পাদমধ্যে ফিরায় লগুড়,—দেখি’ লোক হাসে ॥ ২৪ ॥
śirera upare, prṣṭhe, sammukhe, dui-pāśe pāda-madhye phirāya laguḍa,—dekhi’ loka hāse
SYNONYMS
śirera upare —over the head;  pṛṣṭhe —behind the back;  sammukhe —in front;  dui-pāśe —on the two sides;  pāda-madhye —between the two legs;  phirāya —wheels around;  laguḍa —the rod;  dekhi’ —seeing;  loka hāse —all the people began to laugh.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wheeled and threw the rod, sometimes over His head, sometimes behind His back, sometimes in front of Him, sometimes to His side and sometimes between His legs. Indeed, all the people laughed to see this.
TEXT 25
অলাত-চক্রের প্রায় লগুড় ফিরায়। দেখি’ সর্বলোক-চিত্তে চমৎকার পায় ॥ ২৫ ॥