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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 15.3
পৌগণ্ড–লীলার সূত্র করিয়ে গণন ।
পৌগণ্ড–বয়সে প্রভুর মুখ্য অধ্যয়ন ॥ ৩ ॥
paugaṇḍa-līlāra sūtra kariye gaṇana
paugaṇḍa-vayase prabhura mukhya adhyayana
Let me now enumerate the activities of the Lord between the ages of five and ten. His chief occupation during this period was to engage Himself in study.
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The author now begins to enumerate the Lord’s activities between the ages of five and ten.
During this period, the Lord engaged Himself in study.
Study was His chief occupation during these years.
Wonder touched by grief. Learning, family duty, the loss of Jagannātha Miśra, and marriage create mixed feeling.
The mood of Ādi 15 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:
The Lord took lessons in grammar from Gaṅgādāsa Paṇḍita and became very expert in commenting upon grammar. He forbade His mother to take grains on the Ekādaśī day.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 15
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