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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth
Ādi 17.326Ādi 17.328

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.327

ষোড়শ পরিচ্ছেদে ‘কৈশোরলীলা’র উদ্দেশ ।

সপ্তদশে ‘যৌবনলীলা’ কহিলুঁ বিশেষ ॥ ৩২৭ ॥

ṣoḍaśa paricchede ‘kaiśora-līlā’ra uddeśa

saptadaśe ‘yauvana-līlā’ kahiluṅ viśeṣa

Translation

In the sixteenth chapter I have indicated the pastimes of the kaiśora age [the age prior to youth]. In the seventeenth chapter I have specifically described His youthful pastimes.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

From Kaiśora to Youthful Pastimes

  1. 1

    The sixteenth chapter indicates the pastimes of the kaiśora age.

  2. 2

    Kaiśora means the age prior to youth.

  3. 3

    The seventeenth chapter specifically describes the Lord’s youthful pastimes.

How it feels

Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.

The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

There is no need of mundane arguments in this connection, because mundane arguments are meaningless in regard to inconceivable potency. At the end of the seventeenth chapter, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, following in the footsteps of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, has summarized all the ādi-līlā pastimes separately.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ṣoḍaśasixteenth
  2. paricchedein the chapter
  3. kaiśora-līlāraof pastimes prior to youth
  4. uddeśaindication
  5. saptadaśein the seventeenth chapter
  6. yauvana-līlāthe pastimes of youth
  7. kahiluṅI have stated
  8. viśeṣaspecifically
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What distinction does the author make between kaiśora and youth?

Practice

Add kaiśora to your study notes with its meaning: the age prior to youth.

Live this todayFrom Kaiśora to Youthful PastimesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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