170 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 14

TEXT 72

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ekadina saci-devi putrere bhartsiya
dharibare gela, putra gela palaiya

SYNONYMS

eka-dina—one day; Saci-devi—mother Saci; putrere—unto the son; bhartsiya—
rebuking; dharibére—to catch Him; ge/d—went; putra—the son; ge/a—went; palaiya—
running away.

TRANSLATION

One day mother Saci, wanting to rebuke her son, went to catch Him, but He
fled from the spot.

TEXT 73

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ucchista-garte tyakta-handira upara
basiya@chena sukhe prabhu deva-visvambhara

SYNONYMS

ucchista-gorte—in the pit where the remnants of foodstuffs were thrown; tyakta—
rejected; hangira— pots; upara—upon; basiyachena-sat down; sukhe—very pleasingly;
prabhu~—the Lord; deva—the Supreme God; visvambhara—the maintainer of the
universe.

TRANSLATION

Although He is the maintainer of the entire universe, once the Lord sat upon some
rejected pots, in the pit where the remnants of foodstuffs were thrown, after they
had been used for cooking.

PURPORT

Formerly it was the custom of brahmanas to worship Lord Visnu daily at home
and cook food in new pots. This system is still going on in Jagannatha Puri. The
foodstuffs would be cooked in earthen pots, all fresh and new, and after cooking,
the pots would be thrown away. By the side of the house there was generally a big
pit where such pots were thrown. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu sat down on the pots
very pleasingly, just to give His mother a Jesson.
