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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.103
বাল্য, পৌগণ্ড, কৈশোরে, শ্রেষ্ঠ মান’ কায় ?
‘বয়ঃ কৈশোরকং ধ্যেয়ং’ — কহে উপাধ্যায় ॥ ১০৩ ॥
bālya, paugaṇḍa, kaiśore, śreṣṭha māna’ kāya?
‘vayaḥ kaiśorakaṁ dhyeyaṁ’ — kahe upādhyāya
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked, “Of the three ages of Kṛṣṇa known as childhood, boyhood and fresh youth, which do you consider best?”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu names three ages of Kṛṣṇa: childhood, boyhood and fresh youth.
He asks Raghupati Upādhyāya which of these ages he considers best.
Raghupati Upādhyāya replies that fresh youth is the best age.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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 Nawab Hussain Shah first sent his personal physician to see what the real facts were; then he personally came to see why Sanātana was not attending to official business. Knowing that he wanted to resign his post, the Nawab had him arrested and imprisoned.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which age of Kṛṣṇa does Raghupati Upādhyāya invite you to appreciate as best?
Read the three ages aloud, then recall Raghupati Upādhyāya’s answer without looking.
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