Text 37] Lord Caitanya’s Childhood Pastimes 149

TRANSLATION

After saying this, the Lord, smiling slightly, climbed on the lap of His mother
and sucked her breast.

TEXT 36
EATS ANA-EE AG HTD |
NTS ABTA Hele BAA HN OV

eimate ndnd-chale aisvarya dekhéya
balya-bhava prekatiya pascat lukaya

SYNONYMS
eimate—in this way; nana-chele—under different excuses; aisvarya—opulence;
dekhéya—exhibits; balya-bhéva—the status of a child; prakatiy@—manifesting;
pescat—thereafter; /ukadya—hides Himself.
TRANSLATION
Thus under various excuses the Lord exhibited His opulences as much as possible
in His childhood, and later, after exhibiting such opulences, He hid Himself.

TEXT 37

afefe-faceta a wee feaatz |
ATS OCS one face! aire fares 1 09 |

atithi-viprera anna khdaila tina-bara
pache gupte sei vipre karila nistara

SYNONYMS

atithi—guest; viprera—of a brahmana; anna—foodstuff; kAdila—ate; tina-bGra—
thrice; pache—afterwards; gupte—in privacy; sei—that; vipre—unto the brahmana;
karila—made; nistGra—deliverance.

TRANSLATION

On one occasion the Lord ate the foodstuffs of a brahmana guest three times,
and later, in confidence, the Lord delivered that brahmana from material engage-
ment.

PURPORT

The story of the detiverance of this bra@hmana is as follows. One bra@hmana who
was touring all over the country, traveling from one place of pilgrimage to another,
