Ādi-līlā

Chapter 14: Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes

Verse 44 of 97
Cc Ādi 14.44

তবে শচীকোলে করিঽ করাইল সন্তোষ লজ্জিত হৈলা প্রভু জানিঽ নিজদোষ

तबे शचीकोले करिऽ कराइल सन्तोष लज्जित हैला प्रभु जानिऽ निजदोष

tabe śacīkole kari' karāila santoṣa lajjita ha-ilā prabhu jāni' nija-doṣa

Synonyms

tabeat that time; śacīmother Śacīdevī; koleon the lap; kari'taking; karāilamade; santoṣapacified; lajjitaashamed; ha-ilābecame; prabhuthe Lord; jāni'knowing; nijaHis own; doṣafault..

Translation

Then Śacīmātā would take her son on her lap and pacify Him, and the Lord would be very much ashamed, admitting His own faults.

Purport

There is a nice description of the faults of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His childhood in the Caitanya-bhāgavata, Ādi-līlā, Chapter Three, where it is said that the child Lord used to steal all kinds of eatables from the houses of neighboring friends. In some houses He would steal milk and drink it, and in others He would steal and eat prepared rice. Sometimes He would break cooking pots. If there were nothing to eat but there were small babies, the Lord would tease the babies and make them cry. Sometimes a neighbor would complain to Śacīmātā, "My child is very small. But your child puts water in the ears of my child, making the child cry."

Verse 44 of 97
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