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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.384
ক্রমে বাল্য-পৌগণ্ড-কৈশোরতা-প্রাপ্তি ।
রাস-আদি লীলা করে, কৈশোরে নিত্যস্থিতি ॥ ৩৮৪ ॥
krame bālya-paugaṇḍa-kaiśoratā-prāpti
rāsa-ādi līlā kare, kaiśore nitya-sthiti
“Lord Kṛṣṇa exhibits His pastimes of childhood, boyhood and pre-youth. When He reaches pre-youth, He continues to exist eternally to perform His rāsa dance and other pastimes.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa exhibits pastimes of childhood, boyhood and pre-youth, but He does not grow like an ordinary human being.
When He reaches pre-youth, called kaiśora, He does not grow any older.
He remains eternally in this age to perform His rāsa dance and other pastimes. He is therefore described as nava-yauvana.
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Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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 also discussed the divisions of Kṛṣṇa’s different ages, such as bālya and paugaṇḍa, and the different pastimes of the different ages. He explained how Kṛṣṇa attained His permanent form when He reached youth.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this teaching distinguish Kṛṣṇa’s growth from ordinary human aging?
Write one sentence explaining what it means that Kṛṣṇa remains in His kaiśora age.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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