Text 23] Lord Caitanya’s Childhood Pastimes 141
TRANSLATION
After some days the Lord began to crawl on His knees, and He caused various
wonderful things to be seen.
PURPORT
The Caitanya-bhagavata describes that one day while the Lord was crawling upon
His knees, the bells on His waist ringing very sweetly, a snake came out to crawl in
the yard of the Lord, who captured the snake like a curious child. [mmediately the
snake coiled over Him. The Lord as a child then rested on the snake, and after some
time the snake went away, leaving aside the Lord.
TEXT 22
TPAD BOM AR Aaane |
att nq ‘aha’ acay,— RICH CAAHTR WAR I
Rrandanera chale balaila hari-ndma
néri saba ‘hari’ bate,—hdse gauta-dhéma
SYNONYMS
krandanera—of crying; chafe—on the pretense of; ba/diia—caused to speak; Hari-
nama—the holy name of the Lord; nar7—ladies; saba—all; ‘hari’ bafe—chant the holy
name of the Lord; hdse—laughs; gaura-dhdéma—Lord Sri Caitanya as a child.
TRANSLATION
The Lord caused all the ladies to chant the holy names of the Hare Krsna maha-
mantra on the plea of His crying, and while they chanted the Lord would smile.
PURPORT
tn the Ca/tanya-bhdgavata this pastime is described as follows: ‘The Lord, with
His beautiful eyes, would cry, but He would stop immediately upon hearing the
Hare Krsna mahd-mantra. When the ladies, understanding the fun of the Lord, dis-
covered that He would cry and then stop upon hearing the chanting of the Hare
Krsna mantra, they all took it as a clue to chant Hare Krsna as soon as the Lord
cried. Thus it became a regular function. The Lord would cry, and the ladies would
begin chanting the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra, clapping with their hands. In this way
all the ladies of the neighboring houses would assemble in the home of Sacimata to
join in the sapkirtana movement twenty-four hours a day. As long as the Jadies con-
tinued to chant the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra, the Lord would not cry but very
pleasingly smile upon them.”
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