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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 15.32

The Lord’s Many Early Pastimes

“The Lord performed many varieties of pastimes in His early age, and Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has described them elaborately.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 15.32, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The Lord performed many pastimes in His early age.
  • These early pastimes had many varieties.
  • Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura described them elaborately.

Try this today

Revisit one of the Lord’s early pastimes in today’s reading and note one detail you remember.

Ask yourself

What interests you about the variety of the Lord’s early pastimes?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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