Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 17.326
Childhood and Boyhood Pastimes
“The fourteenth chapter gives some description of the Lord’s childhood pastimes. The fifteenth briefly describes the Lord’s boyhood pastimes.”
What the purport teaches
- The fourteenth chapter gives some description of the Lord’s childhood pastimes.
- The fifteenth chapter describes the Lord’s boyhood pastimes briefly.
- These chapters present childhood and boyhood as distinct periods of the Lord’s pastimes.
Try this today
Write two short headings in your notes: childhood pastimes and boyhood pastimes.
Ask yourself
How does distinguishing childhood from boyhood help you follow the account of the Lord’s 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.