Text 8] Lord Caitanya’s Childhood Pastimes 133

TRANSLATION

In His first childhood pastimes the Lord turned upside down while lying on His
bed, and thus He showed His parents the marks of His lotus feet.

PURPORT

The word utténa is also used to mean “lying down on the bed face upwards” or
“lying down flat on the bed.” In some readings the word is utthdna, which means
“standing up.” In His childhood pastimes the Lord tried to catch the wall and stand
up, but as an ordinary child falls down, so the Lord also fell down and again took
to lying on His bed.

TEXT 7
Ce Be ora Cafe ria-foe |
ICE NTS AW, SB, AY, GIR, TT 9 Ui

gthe dui jana dekhi faghupada-cihna
tahe sobhe dhvaja, vajra, safkha, cakra, mina

SYNONYMS

grhe—at home; dui jana—the father and mother; dekhi—seeing; /aghupada-cihna—
the marks of the lotus feet, which were very small at that time; t@he—in those;
Sobhe—which were beautifully visible; dhvaja—flag; vajra—thunderbolts; saf#kha—
conchshell; cakra—disc; mina—fish.

TRANSLATION

When the Lord tried to walk, in His small footprints the specific marks of Lord
Visnu were visible, namely, the flag, thunderbolt, conchshell, disc and fish.

TEXT 8

caftn ctreia fore often fanz |
ra oufbes aca, ai rite freA ty

dekhiyd donrhara citte janmila vismaya
kara pada-cihna ghare, nd paya niscaya

SYNONYMS

dekhiyd—seeing all these marks; do“#hdra—of the parents, Sacimata and Jagannatha
Misra; citte—in their hearts; janmifa—there was; vismmaya— wonder; kdra— whose;
pada-cihna—footprints; ghare—at home; nd—does not; pdya—get; niscaya—certainty.
