Text 384] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 217
SYNONYMS
ei-mata—in this way; saba lila—all pastimes; yena—like; ganga-dhara—the
flowing of the water of the Ganges; se-se—those; /ila—pastimes; prakata kare —
demonstrates; vrajendra-kumara—the son of Maharaja Nanda.
TRANSLATION
“Thus the Lord’s pastimes are like flowing Ganges water. In this way all the
pastimes are manifested by the son of Nanda Maharaja.
TEXT 384
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krame bdalya-pauganda-kaisorata-prapti
rasa-adi lila kare, kaisore nitya-sthiti
SYNONYMS
krame—gradually; balya—childhood; pauganda—boyhood ; kaisorata—youth;
prapti—development; résa—dancing with the gopis; adi—and others; lila—
pastimes; kare—performs; kaisore—in His age of pre-youth; nitya-sthiti—eter-
nally existing.
TRANSLATION
“Lord Krsna exhibits His pastimes of childhood, boyhood and pre-youth.
When He reaches pre-youth, He continues to exist eternally to perform His
rasa dance and other pastimes.
PURPORT
The comparison made here is very interesting. Krsna does not grow like an or-
dinary human being, even though He exhibits His pastimes of childhood, boy-
hood and pre-youth. When He reaches the age of pre-youth, kaisora, He does not
grow any older. He simply remains in His kaisora age: He is therefore described in
Brahma-sarnhita (5.33) as nava-yauvana.
advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rapam
adyam purdna-purusam nava-yauvanam Ca
vedesu durlabham adurlabham atma-bhaktau
govindam 4di-purusam tam aham bhajami
This nava-yauvana, or pre-youth, is the eternal transcendental form of Krsna. Krsna
never grows older than nava-yauvana.
