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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 164

namaskāra karite, kā’ra uparete caḍe
preme kā’re vaṁśī māre, kāhāke cāpaḍe

SYNONYMS

namaskāra karite—while offering obeisances, bowing down; kā’ra—of someone; uparete—on the body; caḍe—gets up; preme—in ecstatic love; kā’re—someone; vaṁśī—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.