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 wtthdna, 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
Ice Ae wa CATE GHA foe |
BITE CTS AB, SN, MAU, BI, TH
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
cafen chreia fore ofa fans |
srr wafbes aca, ay othe freBR ty I
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.
