Text 53] Lord Caitanya’s Childhood Pastimes 159

PURPORT

According to the system of worship, when something is offered to deities outside
one’s home, it is generally not cooked food, but raw rice, bananas and sweetmeats.
Out of His causeless mercy, the Lord would snatch the offerings from the girls and
eat them, admonishing the girls not to worship the demigods but to worship Him.
This worship of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is recommended in the Srimad-
Bhagavatam:

kesna-varnam tvisakrsnam
sangopangastra-parsadam

yajniaih sankirtana-prayair
yajanti hi sumedhasah

“One should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead who appears in this age
of Kali with His associates as Parica-tattva: the Lord Himself and His associates
Nityananda Prabhu, Sri Advaita Prabhu, Srf Gadadhara Prabhu and Srivasa Thakura.
In this age, an intelligent person worships the Pafica-tattva by the method of chant-
ing the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra and, if possible, distributing prasada."’ (Bhdag. 11.5.
32) Our Krsna consciousness movement is introducing this bona fide method of
worship in the western world. Its members are going from village to village and
town to town with Deities of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, teaching people how to
worship the Lord by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, offering prasdda and dis-
tributing it to peopie in general.

TEXT 52
CRICY SH lste] SCE —Sa, ce fanyfas |
OTINTS GS Si Bia naa STV cd i

krodhe kanyagana kahe—suna, he nimdii
grama-sambandhe hao tumi G@méa sabara bhai

SYNONYMS

krodhe—in anger; Ranyda-gana—all the girls; kahe—said ; suna— hear; he—O; nimanl—
of the name Nimat; gréma—village; sambandhe—in relationship; 4ao—are; turmi—You;
amd—of us; sabdra—every one; bhaf—the brother.

TRANSLATION

All the girls became very angry at the Lord for this behavior. ‘Dear Nimai,
they told Him, “You are just like our brother in our village relationship.

”

TEXT 53

Cita MATA ACE Vel wares a ZaTH
Hl ME CHAS) New, a] FA GOTH i wo Il
