150 Sri Caitanya-caritamreta [Adi-lila, Ch. 14

reached Navadvipa and became a guest in the house of Jagannatha Misra. Jagannatha
Misra gave him all ingredients for cooking, and the bra@hmana prepared his foodstuffs.
When the brahmana was offering the foodstuffs to Lord Visnu in meditation, the
child Nimai came before him and began to eat them, and because of this the
ora@hmana thought the whole offering spoiled. Therefore by the request of Jagannatha
Misra he cooked for a second time, but when he was meditating the child again
came before him and began to eat the foodstuffs, again spoiling the offering.
By the request of Jagannatha Misra the brahmana cooked for a third time,
but for a third time the Lord came before him and began to eat the food-
stuffs, although the child had been locked within a room and everyone was sleeping
because it was late at night. Thus, thinking that on that day Lord Visnu was not
willing to accept his foodstuffs and that he was therefore ordained to fast, the
brahmana became greatly agitated and cried aloud, ‘‘h@ya h@ya"’ (‘What has been
done! What has been done!”’). When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the br@hmana
in that agitated state, He told him, ‘‘Formerly | was the son of mother Yasoda. At
that time you also became a guest in the house of Nanda Maharaja, and | disturbed
you in this way. | am very much pleased by your devotion. Therefore | am eating
the foodstuffs you have prepared.”’ Understanding the favor offered to him by the
Lord, the brahmana was greatly pleased, and he was overwhelmed with love of Krsna.
He was thankful to the Lord, for he felt himself greatly fortunate. Then the Lord
asked the brdhmana not to disclose the incident to anyone else. This is very
elaborately explained in the Caftanya-bhagovata, Adi-li/a, Chapter Three.

TEXT 38
COICH Mes Cre ECs arfera HEM |
SA GOW GIS’ STV Sea Hee bi ov i

core lana gela prabhuke bahire paiya
tara skandhe cadi’ ailé tare bhuldiya

SYNONYMS

core—two thieves; /efd—taking; ge/a—went; prabhuke—the Lord; bdhire—outside;
paiya—finding Him; tara—their; skandhe—on the shoulders; cagi’'—rising; d//a—came
back; ta@re—them; bhuldiyd—misleading.

TRANSLATION

In His childhood the Lord was taken away by two thieves outside His home. The
Lord, however, got up on the shoulders of the thieves, and while they were thinking
they were safely carrying the child to rob His ornaments, the Lord misled them, and
thus instead of going to their own home, the thieves came back to the home of
Jagannatha Misra.
