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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 14.78
চলিতে চরণে নূপুর বাজে ঝন্ঝন্ ।
শুনি’ চমকিত হৈল পিতা–মাতার মন ॥ ৭৮ ॥
calite caraṇe nūpura bāje jhanjhan
śuni’ camakita haila pitā-mātāra mana
When the child was going out, there was a tinkling of ankle bells from His lotus feet. Hearing this, His father and mother were struck with wonder.
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As the child was going out, a tinkling sound came from His lotus feet.
The sound was that of ankle bells.
His father and mother heard it and were struck with wonder.
Parental tenderness and play. Nimāi’s childhood alternates affection, mischief, and revelations.
The mood of Ādi 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
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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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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What draws your attention in His parents’ response to this sound?
Reread this verse slowly today, pausing to reflect on the wonder felt by His father and mother.
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