krame bÄlya-paugaṇá¸a-kaiÅ›oratÄ-prÄpti
rÄsa-Ädi lÄ«lÄ kare, kaiÅ›ore nitya-sthiti
krame - gradually; bÄlya - childhood; paugaṇá¸a - boyhood; kaiÅ›oratÄ - youth; prÄpti - development; rÄsa - dancing with the gopÄ«s; Ädi - and others; lÄ«lÄ - pastimes; kare - performs; kaiÅ›ore - in His age of pre-youth; nitya-sthiti - eternally existing.
“Lord Kṛṣṇa exhibits His pastimes of childhood, boyhood and pre-youth. When He reaches pre-youth, He continues to exist eternally to perform His rÄsa dance and other pastimes.
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, kaiÅ›ora, He does not grow any older. He simply remains in His kaiÅ›ora age. He is therefore described in the Brahma-saá¹hitÄ (5.33) as nava-yauvana:
advaitam acyutam anÄdim ananta-rÅ«pam
Ädyaá¹ purÄṇa-puruá¹£aá¹ nava-yauvanaá¹ ca
vedeá¹£u durlabham adurlabham Ätma-bhaktau
govindam Ädi-puruá¹£aá¹ tam ahaá¹ bhajÄmi
This nava-yauvana, or pre-youth, is the eternal transcendental form of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa never grows older than nava-yauvana.
