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-BOM AVG crTD |
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
afefa-faceta wa eee feaare |
ATS Oty cme facet afar fereta 09H
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,
