Text 17] The Lord’s Pauganda-lila 197

SYNONYMS
ami ta'—|; kariba—shall do; tomd’—to you; dufhdra—both; sevana—service;
Suniya—after hearing; santusta—pleased; Haifa—became; pitd-matara mana—the
parents’ minds.
TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu assured His parents that He would serve them, and thus
the minds of His father and mother were satisfied.

TEXT 16

gafirn CACTE-Sie, 1 VT RH |
Shae “feel Oty ACKER Ken! nut

eka-dina naivedya-tambila khdiya
bhamite padilé prabhu acetana hana

SYNONYMS
eka-dina—one day; naivedya—foodstuffs offered to the Deity; tambi/a—betel nut;

Rhdiya—after eating; bhUmite—on the ground; padila—fell; prabhu—the Lord;
acetana—unconscious; afid— becoming.

TRANSLATION

One day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ate betel nuts offered to the Deity, but they
acted as an intoxicant, and He fell down on the ground unconscious.

PURPORT

Bete! nuts are an intoxicant, and therefore the regulative principles prohibit
eating them. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s pastime of fainting after eating betel nuts
is a solid instruction to all of us that one should not touch betel nuts, even those
offered to Vispu, just as one should not touch grains on the Ekadasi day. Of course,
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s fainting had a particular purpose. As the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, He can do whatever He likes and eat whatever He wants,
but we should not imitate His pastimes.

TEXT 17

BMCB-ATS (Hwi-Ttsi gee fre wife |
QU EN STE AS BAL SiS 59h

aste-vyaste pita-mata mukhe difa pani
sustha haha kahe prabhu apiirva kahini
