Ādi-līlāChapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 5.164

namaskāra karite, kā'ra uparete caḍe

preme kā're vaḿśī māre, kāhāke cāpaḍe

SYNONYMS

namaskāra karite — while offering obeisances, bowing down; 'ra — of someone; uparete — on the body; caḍe — gets up; premein ecstatic love; 're — someone; vaḿśī — the flute; māre — strikes; kāhāke — someone; cāpaḍe — slaps.

TRANSLATION

In a joyful mood of love of God he sometimes climbed upon the shoulder of someone offering obeisances, and sometimes he struck others with his flute or mildly slapped them.

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