Text 94] Lord Caitanya’s Childhood Pastimes 179

SYNONYMS
bandhu-bdndhava—of friends and relatives; sthdne—in the presence ;svapna—dream;
kahifa—explained; suniya—after hearing; saka/a—all; foka—the people; vismita—
astonished; ha-iia—became.
TRANSLATION

He related the dream to his friends and relatives, and every one of them was very
much astonished to hear of it.

TEXT 93

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ei mata Sisu-lifa kare gauracandra

dine dine pita-mdtdra baddya Gnanda

SYNONYMS
ei—this; mota—like; sisu-l7la—childhood pastimes; kare—-does; gauracandra—Srt
Gaurahari; dine dine—day after day; pitd-mdatdra—of His parents; bddaya—He in-
creases; Gnanda-—the pleasure.
TRANSLATION

In this way Gaurahari performed His childhood pastimes and day after day
increased the pleasure of His parents.

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kata dine misra putrera hate khadi difla
alpa dine dvadasa-phala aksara sikhifa

SYNONYMS
kata dine—after some days; misra—fagannatha Misra; putrera—of his son; hdte—
in the hand; khagi—chalk; difa—gave; aipa—within a very few; dine—days; dvadaso-
phafa—twelve combinations of letters; aksara—letters; sikhifa—iearned.

TRANSLATION

After some days Jagannatha Misra inaugurated the primary education of his son
by performing the hate khadi ceremony. Within a very few days the Lord learned
all the letters and combinations of letters.
