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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 14.71
চৈতন্য–চাপল্য দেখি’ প্রেমে সবর্জন ।
শচী–জগন্নাথে দেখি’ দেন ওলাহন ॥ ৭১ ॥
caitanya-cāpalya dekhi’ preme sarva jana
śacī-jagannāthe dekhi’ dena olāhana
When the neighboring people saw the naughty behavior of Lord Caitanya, out of love for Him they lodged complaints with Śacīmātā and Jagannātha Miśra.
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The neighboring people saw Lord Caitanya’s naughty behavior.
They brought their complaints to Śacīmātā and Jagannātha Miśra.
Their complaints arose out of love for Lord Caitanya.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The chapter further describes how He displayed Himself as a naughty boy, how when His mother fainted He brought a coconut to her on His head, how He joked with girls of the same age on the banks of the Ganges, how He accepted worshipful paraphernalia from Śrīmatī Lakṣmīdevī, how He sat down in a garbage pit and instructed His mother in transcendental knowledge, how He left the pit on the order of His mother, and how He dealt with His father with full affection.”Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 14
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