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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.26
বাল্য বয়স—যাবৎ হাতে খড়ি দিল ।
পৌগণ্ড বয়স—যাবৎ বিবাহ না কৈল ॥ ২৬ ॥
bālya vayasa — yāvat hāte khaḍi dila
paugaṇḍa vayasa — yāvat vivāha nā kaila
His childhood lasted until the date of hāte khaḍi, the beginning of His education, and His age from the end of His childhood until He married is called paugaṇḍa.
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His childhood lasted until hāte khaḍi, the beginning of His education.
The period after His childhood is called paugaṇḍa.
His paugaṇḍa age continued until He married.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
The mood of Ādi 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Within the Lord’s antya-līlā, the first six years of His sannyāsa life are called the madhya-līlā. During this time, Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured southern India, went to Vṛndāvana, returned from Vṛndāvana and preached the saṅkīrtana movement.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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Which events mark the beginning and end of His paugaṇḍa age?
Write a short timeline of His childhood, the beginning of His education, and His marriage.
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