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[[Category:Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 20 - Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Sanatana Gosvami in the Science of the Absolute Truth]]
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<h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2>
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<h3>CC Madhya-lila</h3>
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Lord Kṛṣṇa 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.
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[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 20.384|CC Madhya 20.384, Translation and Purport]]
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Lord Kṛṣṇa 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.
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The comparison made here is very interesting. Kṛṣṇa 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-saṁhitā (BS 5.38) as nava-yauvana:

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:advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam</dd><dd>ādyaṁ purāṇa-puruṣaṁ nava-yauvanaṁ ca</dd><dd>vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktau</dd><dd>govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
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This nava-yauvana, or pre-youth, is the eternal transcendental form of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa never grows older than nava-yauvana.
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