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.

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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?
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mpl -estmice GAPS” CHA SPTIEA N95 I
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.
