### CC Adi 13.26

> বাল্য বয়স — যাবৎ হাতে খড়ি দিল ।\
> পৌগণ্ড বয়স — যাবৎ বিবাহ না কৈল ॥২৬॥

> bālya vayasa—yāvat hāte khaḍi dila\
> paugaṇḍa vayasa—yāvat vivāha nā kaila

*bālya vayasa*—childhood age; *yāvat*—until the time; *hāte*—in His hand; *khaḍi*—chalk; *dila*—was given; *paugaṇḍa vayasa*—the part of boyhood known as *paugaṇḍa*; *yāvat*—until; *vivāha*—marriage; *nā*—not; *kaila*—did take place.

**His childhood lasted until the date of hāte khaḍi, the beginning of His education, and His age from the end of His childhood until He married is called paugaṇḍa.**