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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.18
বাল্য, পৌগণ্ড, কৈশোর, যৌবন,—চারি ভেদ ।
অতএব আদিখণ্ডে লীলা চারি ভেদ ॥ ১৮ ॥
bālya, paugaṇḍa, kaiśora, yauvana, — cāri bheda
ataeva ādi-khaṇḍe līlā cāri bheda
In His original pastimes there are four divisions: bālya, paugaṇḍa, kaiśora and yauvana [childhood, early boyhood, later boyhood and youth ].
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His original pastimes have four divisions: bālya, paugaṇḍa, kaiśora and yauvana.
Bālya means childhood, and paugaṇḍa means early boyhood.
Kaiśora means later boyhood, and yauvana means youth.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The entire Ādi-līlā describes Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s household life, and similarly the Antya-līlā describes His life in the sannyāsa order. Within the Lord’s antya-līlā, the first six years of His sannyāsa life are called the madhya-līlā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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