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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 18 tataḥ kṛṣṇo mudaṁ kartuṁ tan-mātṝṇāṁ ca kasya ca ubhayāyitam ātmānaṁ cakre viśva-kṛd īśvaraḥ   TRANSLATION Thereafter, just to create pleasure both for Brahmā and for the mothers of the calves and cowherd boys, Kṛṣṇa, the creator of the entire cosmic manifestation, expanded Himself as calves and boys.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 8 kṛṣṇasya viṣvak puru-rāji-maṇḍalair abhyānanāḥ phulla-dṛśo vrajārbhakāḥ sahopaviṣṭā vipine virejuś chadā yathāmbhoruha-karṇikāyāḥ   TRANSLATION Like the whorl of a lotus flower surrounded by its petals and leaves, Kṛṣṇa sat in the center, encircled by lines of His friends, who all looked very beautiful. Every one of them was trying to look forward toward Kṛṣṇa, thinking that Kṛṣṇa might look toward him. In this way they all enjoyed their lunch in the forest.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 374 sabe cala yadi satya haya e vacana tabe se āmāre sabe baliha brāhmaṇa   TRANSLATION “Let us all go. If this information is correct, you should accept me as a brāhmaṇa.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 354 yata mate vācaspati kahena lokere pratīta kāhāro nāhi janmaye antare   TRANSLATION In whatever way Vācaspati tried to explain, the people did not have trust in his words.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 4 tathāgha-vadanān mṛtyo rakṣitvā vatsa-pālakān sarit-pulinam ānīya bhagavān idam abravīt   TRANSLATION Then, after saving the boys and calves from the mouth of Aghāsura, who was death personified, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, brought them all to the bank of the river and spoke the following words.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 337 ei mate sarva-dike loke stuti kare hena raṅga karāyena gaurāṅga-sundare   TRANSLATION In this way people offered prayers from all directions. Such are the pastimes of Lord Gaurāṅga!

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 313 hena ākarṣeṇa mana śrī-caitanya-deve eho ki iśvara-vine anyeri sambhave   TRANSLATION Such was the attraction of Lord Śrī Caitanya. Is such attraction possible for anyone other than the Supreme Lord?

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 2 satām ayaṁ sāra-bhṛtāṁ nisargo yad-artha-vāṇī-śruti-cetasām api prati-kṣaṇaṁ navya-vad acyutasya yat striyā viṭānām iva sādhu vārtā   TRANSLATION Paramahaṁsas, devotees who have accepted the essence of life, are attached to Kṛṣṇa in the core of their hearts, and He is the aim of their lives. It is their nature to talk only of Kṛṣṇa at every moment, as if such topics were newer and newer. They are attached to such topics, just as materialists are attached to topics of women and sex.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 283 mora ghara-dvāra yata—sakala tomāra sukhe thāka tumi keha nā jāniba āra   TRANSLATION “My house and everything in it belong to You. You remain here peacefully. No one will disturb You.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 261 akartavya kare nija sevaka rākhite tāra sākṣī vāli vadhe sugrīva-nimitte   TRANSLATION For the sake of His devotees, the Lord performs activities that may be considered improper. An example of this is the killing of Vāli on the request of Sugrīva.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 1 śrī-śuka uvāca sādhu pṛṣṭaṁ mahā-bhāga tvayā bhāgavatottama yan nūtanayasīśasya śṛṇvann api kathāṁ muhuḥ   TRANSLATION Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O best of devotees, most fortunate Parīkṣit, you have inquired very nicely, for although constantly hearing the pastimes of the Lord, you are perceiving His activities to be newer and newer.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 255 prabhu bale &emdash;āmi ye achiye pṛthivīte jāniha kevala purī gosāñira prīte   TRANSLATION The Lord said, “Know for certain that I live in this world simply because of Purī Gosvāmī’s affection.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 221 eteke ye śrī-caitanya prabhura upamā tāṅhā’-bai āra dite nāhi kabhu sīmā   TRANSLATION Therefore one can never compare Lord Caitanya with anyone other than the Lord Himself.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 212 tāṇḍava-paṇḍita prabhu nija-prema-rase karena taṇḍava bhakta-gaṇa sukhe bhāse   TRANSLATION The Lord, who was expert in dancing wildly, danced wildly in the mellows of His own ecstatic love, and the devotees floated in an ocean of happiness.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 198 ei avadhūtera manuṣya-śakti nahe balarāma-sparśe ki anyera deha rahed   TRANSLATION “This avadhūta’s strength is not that of a human being, for how else could one survive after touching great personality Balarāma.”