sarvaá¹ nara-vara-Å›reá¹£á¹hau
sarva-vidyÄ-pravartakau
saká¹›n nigada-mÄtreṇa
tau sañjagṛhatur nṛpa
aho-rÄtraiÅ› catuḥ-á¹£aá¹£á¹yÄ
saá¹yattau tÄvatīḥ kalÄḥ
guru-daká¹£iṇayÄcÄryaá¹
chandayÄm Äsatur ná¹›pa
sarvam - everything; nara-vara - of first-class men; Å›reá¹£á¹hau - the best; sarva - of all; vidyÄ - branches of knowledge; pravartakau - the initiators; saká¹›t - once; nigada - being related; mÄtreṇa - simply; tau - They; sañjagá¹›hatuḥ - fully assimilated; ná¹›pa - O King (ParÄ«ká¹£it); ahaḥ - in days; rÄtraiḥ - and nights; catuḥ-á¹£aá¹£á¹yÄ - sixty-four; saá¹yattau - fixed in concentration; tÄvatīḥ - that many; kalÄḥ - arts; guru-daká¹£iṇayÄ - with the traditional gift for the spiritual master before one leaves him; ÄcÄryam - Their teacher; chandayÄm Äsatuḥ - They satisfied; ná¹›pa - O King.
The following list comprises the sixty-four subjects mastered by Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord BalarÄma in sixty-four days. Additional information may be found in ÅšrÄ«la PrabhupÄda’s Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The Lords learned (1) gÄ«tam, singing; (2) vÄdyam, playing on musical instruments; (3) ná¹›tyam, dancing; (4) nÄá¹yam, drama; (5) Älekhyam, painting; (6) viÅ›eá¹£aka-cchedyam, painting the face and body with colored unguents and cosmetics; (7) taṇá¸ula-kusuma-bali-vikÄrÄḥ, preparing auspicious designs on the floor with rice and flowers; (8) puá¹£pÄstaraṇam, making a bed of flowers; (9) daÅ›ana-vasanÄá¹…ga-rÄgÄḥ, coloring one’s teeth, clothes and limbs; (10) maṇi-bhÅ«mikÄ-karma, inlaying a floor with jewels; (11) Å›ayyÄ-racanam, covering a bed; (12) udaka-vÄdyam, ringing waterpots; (13) udaka-ghÄtaḥ, splashing with water; (14) citra-yogÄḥ, mixing colors; (15) mÄlya-grathana-vikalpÄḥ, preparing wreaths; (16) Å›ekharÄpÄ«á¸a-yojanam, setting a helmet on the head; (17) nepathya-yogÄḥ, putting on apparel in a dressing room; (18) karṇa-patra-bhaá¹…gÄḥ, decorating the earlobe; (19) sugandha-yuktiḥ, applying aromatics; (20) bhūṣaṇa-yojanam, decorating with jewelry; (21) aindrajÄlam, jugglery; (22) kaucumÄra-yogaḥ, the art of disguise; (23) hasta-lÄghavam, sleight of hand; (24) citra-Å›ÄkÄpÅ«pa-bhaká¹£ya-vikÄra-kriyaḥ, preparing varieties of salad, bread, cake and other delicious food; (25) pÄnaka-rasa-rÄgÄsava-yojanam, preparing palatable drinks and tinging draughts with red color; (26) sÅ«cÄ«-vÄya-karma, needlework and weaving; (27) sÅ«tra-krÄ«á¸Ä, making puppets dance by manipulating thin threads; (28) vīṇÄ-á¸amarukavÄdyÄni, playing on a lute and a small x-shaped drum; (29) prahelikÄ, making and solving riddles; (29a) pratimÄlÄ, capping verses, or reciting poems verse for verse as a trial of memory or skill; (30) durvacaka-yogÄḥ, uttering statements difficult for others to answer; (31) pustaka-vÄcanam, reciting books; and (32) nÄá¹ikÄkhyÄyikÄ-darÅ›anam, enacting short plays and writing anecdotes.
Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma also learned (33) kÄvya-samasyÄ-pÅ«raṇam, solving enigmatic verses; (34) paá¹á¹ikÄ-vetra-bÄṇa-vikalpÄḥ, making a bow from a strip of cloth and a stick; (35) tarku-karma, spinning with a spindle; (36) taká¹£aṇam, carpentry; (37) vÄstu-vidyÄ, architecture; (38) raupya-ratna-parÄ«ká¹£Ä, testing silver and jewels; (39) dhÄtu-vÄdaḥ, metallurgy; (40) maṇi-rÄga-jñÄnam, tinging jewels with various colors; (41) Äkara-jñÄnam, mineralogy; (42) vá¹›ká¹£Äyur-veda-yogÄḥ, herbal medicine; (43) meá¹£a-kukkuá¹a-lÄvaka-yuddha-vidhiḥ, the art of training and engaging rams, cocks and quails in fighting; (44) Å›uka-Å›ÄrikÄ-pralÄpanam, knowledge of how to train male and female parrots to speak and to answer the questions of human beings; (45) utsÄdanam, healing a person with ointments; (46) keÅ›a-mÄrjana-kauÅ›alam, hairdressing; (47) aká¹£ara-muá¹£á¹ikÄ-kathanam, telling what is written in a book without seeing it, and telling what is hidden in another’s fist; (48) mlecchita-kutarka-vikalpÄḥ, fabricating barbarous or foreign sophistry; (49) deÅ›a-bhÄá¹£Ä-jñÄnam, knowledge of provincial dialects; (50) puá¹£pa-Å›akaá¹ikÄ-nirmiti-jñÄnam, knowledge of how to build toy carts with flowers; (51) yantra-mÄtá¹›kÄ, composing magic squares, arrangements of numbers adding up to the same total in all directions; (52) dhÄraṇa-mÄtá¹›kÄ, the use of amulets; (53) saá¹vÄcyam, conversation; (54) mÄnasÄ«-kÄvya-kriyÄ, composing verses mentally; (55) kriyÄ-vikalpÄḥ, designing a literary work or a medical remedy; (56) chalitaka-yogÄḥ, building shrines; (57) abhidhÄna-koá¹£a-cchando-jñÄnam, lexicography and the knowledge of poetic meters; (58) vastra-gopanam, disguising one kind of cloth to look like another; (59) dyÅ«ta-viÅ›eá¹£am, knowledge of various forms of gambling; (so) Äkará¹£a-krÄ«á¸a, playing dice; (61) bÄlaka-krÄ«á¸anakam, playing with children’s toys; (62) vainÄyikÄ« vidyÄ, enforcing discipline by mystic power; (63) vaijayikÄ« vidyÄ, gaining victory; and (64) vaitÄlikÄ« vidyÄ, awakening one’s master with music at dawn.