CC Antya 13.76

Antya-līlā, Chapter 13, Text 76

মুখে তার ঝাল গেল, জিহ্বা করে জ্বালা ।
বৃন্দাবনের ‘পীলু’ খাইতে এই এক লীলা ॥ ৭৬ ॥

mukhe tāra jhāla gela, jihvā kare jvālā
vṛndāvanera ‘pīlu’ khāite ei eka līlā

Word by word

mukhe tāra — in their mouths; jhāla — the taste of chili; gela — went; jihvā — the tongue; kare jvālā — was burning; vṛndāvanera — of Vṛndāvana; pīlu — the pīlu fruit; khāite — eating; ei — this; eka līlā — a pastime.

Translation

The hot chili-like taste burned the tongues of those who chewed the seeds. Thus the eating of pīlu fruits from Vṛndāvana became a pastime of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s.