bālya - childhood; paugaṇḍa - the boyhood age before youth; kaiśore - the beginning of youth; śreṣṭha - best; māna' - you think; kāya - which; vayaḥ - the age; kaiśorakam - kaiśora or fresh youth; dhyeyam - most worshipable; kahe - said; upādhyāya - Raghupati Upādhyāya.

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked, “Of the three ages of Kṛṣṇa known as childhood, boyhood and fresh youth, which do you consider best?”