Text 253] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 387
TEXT 252
Aeca aie sia’ ofa faw aca
AG Di AMAT Ce AGT BM-ASITA t 22 Wi
prabhure santa kari’ anila nija ghare
paduyé palayd gela paduyd-sabhdre
SYNONYMS
prabhure—the Lord; $dnta kari’—pacifying; @nifa—brought; nija—His own; ghare—
to the house; paguyda—the student; pa/dy@—running away; ge/a—went; paduyd—of
students; sabhdre—to the assembly.
TRANSLATION
The devotees pacified the Lord and brought Him home, and the student ran
away to an assembly of other students.
TEXT 253
AG Ti ASR AW! HCG sath |
otga gate far tre SIE NE nu acoy
paduyd sahasra yahan pade eka-thani
prabhura vrtianta dvija kahe tahan ydi
SYNONYMS
paduyd—students; sahasra—a thousand; yahén—where; page—they study; eka-
thani—in one place; prabhura--of the Lord: yvrttdnta—incident; dvija—a brahmana;
Rkahe—says; tahGf—there; ydi—he goes.
TRANSLATION
The brahmana student ran to a place where a thousand students were studying
together. There he described the incident to them.
PURPORT
{n this verse we find the word dvéja, indicating that the student was a brdhmana.
Actually, in those days, only members of the érdhmana class became students of
Vedic literature. Schooling is meant especially for bséhmanas; previously there was
no question of schooling for ksatriyas, vaisyas or Suédras. Ksatriyas used to learn the
technology of warfare, and vaisyas learned business from their fathers or other
businessmen; they were not meant to study the Vedas. At the present, however,
