Text 3} Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 257
changes in many ways. Even in the United States, when our devotees chant on the
street, American ladies and gentlemen inquire from them whether they are actually
Americans because no one could expect Americans to become such nice devotees
all of a sudden. Even Christian priests are greatly surprised that all these boys from
Jewish and Christian families have joined this Krsna consciousness movement;
before joining, they never regarded any principles of religion seriously, but now
they have become sincere devotees of the Lord. Everywhere people express this
astonishment, and we take great pride in the transcendental behavior of our
students. Such wonders are possible, however, only by the mercy of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. They are not ordinary or mundane.

TEXT 2
on a3 Qtosea eg fasta |
THUS AT CHAS IHVH 2 |
jaya jaya $ri-caitanya jaya nityananda
jayadvaitacandra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
SYNONYMS
jaya jaya—all glories; sri-caitanya—to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; jaya—all glories;
nityananda—to Lord Nityananda Prabhu; jaya advaita-candra—all glories to Advaita
Acarya; jaya gaura-bhakta-vjnda—all glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya.
TRANSLATION
All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to Lord Nityananda Prabhu!
All glories to Advaita Acarya! And all glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya!
TEXT 3
CHUA MMA AS BRA stele |
Alovtena ya th CLA NOH
kaigora-liléra sitra karila ganana
yauvana-lifara stira kari anukrama
SYNONYMS
kaisora-lifgéra—of the activities before His youth; sutra—synopsis; karifa—| have
done; ganana—an enumeration; yauvana-li/Gra—of the pastimes of youth; s&tra—
synopsis; kari—| enumerate; anukrama—in chronological order.
TRANSLATION
| have already given a synopsis of the kaigora-lila of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Now let me enumerate His youthful pastimes in chronological order.
