Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.384

krame bālya-pauganda-kaiśoratā-prāpti

rāsa-ādi līlā kare, kaiśore nitya-sthiti

SYNONYMS

krame — gradually; bālya — childhood; pauganda — boyhood; kaiśoratā — youth; prāpti — development; rāsa — dancing with the gopīs; ādi — and others; līlā — pastimes; kare — performs; kaiśore — in His age of pre-youth; nitya-sthiti — eternally existing.

TRANSLATION

"Lord Krishna 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.

PURPORT

The comparison made here is very interesting. Krishna does not grow like an ordinary human being, even though He exhibits His pastimes of childhood, boyhood and pre-youth. When He reaches the age of pre-youth, kaiśora, He does not grow any older. He simply remains in His kaiśora age. He is therefore described in the Brahma-samhitā (5.33) as nava-yauvana:

advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam

ādyam purāna-purusham nava-yauvanam ca

vedeshu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktau

govindam ādi-purusham tam aham bhajāmi

This nava-yauvana, or pre-youth, is the eternal transcendental form of Krishna. Krishna never grows older than nava-yauvana.

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