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Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth
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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.
TEXT 328
এই সপ্তদশ প্রকার আদি-লীলার প্রবন্ধ ।
দ্বাদশ প্রবন্ধ তাতে গ্রন্থ-মুখবন্ধ ॥ ৩২৮ ॥
ei saptadaśa prakāra ādi-līlāra prabandha dvādaśa prabandha tāte grantha-mukhabandha
SYNONYMS
ei saptadaśa —these seventeen;  prakāra —varieties;  ādi-līlāra —of the  Ādi-līlā  (First Canto);  prabandha —subject matter;  dvādaśa —twelve;  prabandha —subject matters;  tāte —among those;  grantha —of the book;  mukha-bandha —prefaces.
TRANSLATION
Thus there are seventeen varieties of subjects in the First Canto, which is known as the  Ādi-līlā . Twelve of these constitute the preface of this scripture.
TEXT 329
পঞ্চপ্রবন্ধে পঞ্চরসের চরিত ।
সংক্ষেপে কহিন্দু অতি, - না কৈন্দু বিষ্ত ॥৩২৯॥
pañca-prabandhe pañca-rasera carita saṅkṣepe kahiluṅ ati,—nā kailuṅ vistṛta
SYNONYMS
pañca-prabandhe —in five chapters;  pañca-rasera —of five transcendental mellows;  carita —the character;  saṅkṣepe —in brief;  kahiluṅ —I stated;  ati —greatly;  nā kailuṅ —I did not make;  vistṛta —expanded.
TRANSLATION
After the chapters of the preface, I have described five transcendental mellows in five chapters. I have described them very briefly rather than expansively.
TEXT 330
বৃন্দাবনদাস ইহা ‘চৈতন্যমঙ্গলে’ ।
বিস্তারি’ বর্ণিলা নিত্যানন্দ-আজ্ঞা-বলে ॥ ৩৩০ ॥