Text 50] Lord Caitanya’s Childhood Pastimes 157

TEXT 50

SHCA SCS,— Sal 3S, BiH firs az
aiwl-aefi—mitA) cata, ace Fees ce y

kanyare kahe, —ama pijja, Gmi diba vara
ganga-durga-——dasi mora, mahesa—kinkara

SYNONYMS

kanyére kahe—addressing the girls the Lord would say; @md@ pija—‘'Worship
Me”; ami—\; diba—shall give; vara—nice husband; gariga—the Ganges; durgag—goddess
Durga; d@s7—maidservants; mora—My; mahesa—Lord Siva; kinkara—servant.

TRANSLATION

Addressing the girls, the Lord would say: ‘“‘Worship Me, and I shail give you good
husbands or good benedictions. The Ganges and goddess Durga are My maidservants.
Not to speak of other demigods, even Lord Siva is My servant.”

PURPORT

There is a misconception about the Hindu religion among people who profess other
religions, such as Christians and Mohammedans, who say that in the Hindu religion
there are many Gods. Actually that is not a fact. God is one, but there are many
other powerful living entities who are in charge of different departments of admini-
stration. They are called demigods. All the demigods are servants who carry out the
orders of the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
disclosed this fact in His childhood. Out of ignorance, sometimes people worship
the demigodsto receive some particujar boon, but actually if one becomes a devotee
and worshiper of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he does not need to go to
the demigods for any benediction because he obtains everything by the grace of the
Supreme Lord. Bhagavad-gitd therefore condemns such demigod worship:

kamais tais tair hpta-jnanah
prapadyante 'nya-devatah

tam tarh niyamam asthaya
prokrtyd niyatah svaya

“Only persons whose intelligence is lost and who are mad with lusty desires wor-
ship the demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship accord-
ing to their own natures.” (Bg. 7.20)

yesam tv anta-gatarm padpaim
jananam punya-karmanam

te dvandva-moha-nirmukta
bhajante mari drdha-vratah
