Text 90] Lord Caitanya’s Childhood Pastimes 177
vipra kahe,—putra yadi daiva-siddha haya
svatah-siddha-jfdna, tabe siksd vyartha haya

SYNONYMS
vipra kahe—the brahmana repiied; putra—son; yadi—if; daiva—transcendenta!;
siddha—mystic; haya—wete ; svatah-siddha-jfidna—self-illuminated perfect knowledge;
tabe—at that time; siks@—education; vyartha—futile; haya—becomes.
TRANSLATION
The brahmana replied: ‘If your son is a transcendental mystic boy with self-
effulgent perfect knowledge, what is the use of your education?”
PURPORT
The brahmana Jagannatha Misra saw in his dream told him that his son was not
an ordinary human being. If He were a transcendental person, He would have self-
effulgent knowledge, and thus there would be no need to educate Him.
TEXT 89
fact SCE, — “YS CHCA ATE ATATRA |
wari frota ef — carn fare W” vd I
misra kahe,—'“‘putra kene nahe nardyana
tathdpi pitara dharma——-putrera siksana”’
SYNONYMS
misra kahe—jSagannatha Misra replied; putra—my son; Rene—may be; nahe—why
not; nardyana—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tathapi—still; pitara—of a
father; dharma—the duty; putrera—of the son; siksana—instruction.
TRANSLATION
Jagannatha Misra replied: ‘‘Even if my son is not a common man but Narayana,
still it is the duty of a father to instruct his son.”
TEXT 90
GETS AE SHA WMA Faory |
Frewsteary firara, arfe wica wit t5° 4
ei-mate dufihe karena dharmera vicara
visuddha-vatsalya misrera, nahi jane Gra
