CC Ādi 13.18

Adi-līlā, Chapter 13, Text 18

বাল্য, পৌগণ্ড, কৈশোর, যৌবন,—চারি ভেদ ।
অতএব আদিখণ্ডে লীলা চারি ভেদ ॥ ১৮ ॥

bālya, paugaṇḍa, kaiśora, yauvana, — cāri bheda
ataeva ādi-khaṇḍe līlā cāri bheda

Word by word

bālya — childhood; paugaṇḍa — early boyhood; kaiśora — later boyhood; yauvana — youth; cāri — four; bheda — divisions; ataeva — therefore; ādi-khaṇḍe — in the original part; līlā — of the pastimes; cāri — four; bheda — divisions.

Translation

In His original pastimes there are four divisions: bālya, paugaṇḍa, kaiśora and yauvana [childhood, early boyhood, later boyhood and youth ].