CC Ādi 13.11

Adi-līlā, Chapter 13, Text 11

চব্বিশ বৎসর–শেষে করিয়া সন্ন্যাস ।
আর চব্বিশ বৎসর কৈল নীলাচলে বাস ॥ ১১ ॥

cabbiśa vatsara-śeṣe kariyā sannyāsa
āra cabbiśa vatsara kaila nīlācale vāsa

Word by word

cabbiśa — twenty-four; vatsara — years; śeṣe — at the end of; kariyā — accepting; sannyāsa — renounced order; āra — another; cabbiśa — twenty-four; vatsara — years; kaila — did; nīlācale — at Jagannātha Purī; vāsa — reside.

Translation

After twenty-four years He accepted the renounced order of life, sannyāsa, and He resided for twenty-four years more at Jagannātha Purī.