Text 71] Lord Caitanya’s Childhood Pastimes 169

garments, Krsna informed them, ‘‘t immediately understood your desire and approved
of it. Because | have now stolen your garments, you have presented yourselves be-
fore Me completely naked, which means that | have accepted all of you as My
wives.”’ Sometimes foolish rascals, not knowing the purpose of the Lord or the
purpose of the gopis, unnecessarily criticize from their own angle of vision, but the
real purpose of vastra-harana is expressed by the Lord in this verse.

TEXT 70

GEAS Aor! Bia’ FTE crteni Aca |
TOR COORD AIN cw afacw HCA Nae I

e/-mata /il@ kari’ dunhe geld ghare
gambhira caftanya-lila ke bujhite pare

SYNONYMS

ei-mata—in this way; /7/@—pastimes; kari’—executing; duAhe—both of them; ge/a—
returned; ghare—home; gambhira—very grave, caitanya-lilé—the pastimes of Lord
Caitanya; ke—who; bujhite—to understand; pdre—is able.

TRANSLATION

After thus expressing Their feelings to one another, Lord Caitanya and laksmi
returned home. Who can understand the grave pastimes of Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu?

TEXT 71

CoBS-SteTs CATY ceinn AA wa |
mBl-BtTiCe CHS CHA eMIEA NS II

caitanya-cdpalya dekhi' preme sarva jana
$ac¥-jagannathe dekhi’ dena olahana

SYNONYMS

caitanya—Lord Caitanya; cdpalya—naughtiness; dekhi’—seeing,; preme—out of
love; sarva jana—all people; sac/—before Sacimata; jagannathe—and Jagannatha
Misra; dekhi’—seeing them; dena—gave; o/dhana—a little rebuke.

TRANSLATION

Seeing the naughty behavior of Lord Caitanya, the neighboring people, out of
love for Him, lodged complaints with Sacimata and Jagannatha Misra.
