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Chapter 6: Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsadeva

Verse 8 of 38
SB 1.6.8

अहं च तद्ब्रह्मकुले ऊषिवांस्तदपेक्षया दिग्देशकालाव्युत्पन्नो बालकः पंचहायनः

ahaṁ ca tad-brahma-kule ūṣivāṁs tad-apekṣayā dig-deśa-kālāvyutpanno bālakaḥ pañca-hāyanaḥ

Synonyms

ahamI; caalso; tatthat; brahma-kulein the school of the brāhmaṇas; ūṣivānlived; tather; apekṣayābeing dependent on; dik-deśadirection and country; kālatime; avyutpannaḥhaving no experience; bālakaḥmere child; pañcafive; hāyanaḥyears old..

Translation

When I was a mere child of five years, I lived in a brāhmaṇa school. I was dependent on my mother's affection and had no experience of different lands.

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