Verse 2.7.114

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.7.114:

বিষ্ণু-ভক্ত, বিরক্ত, শৈশবে বৃদ্ধ-রীত মাধব মিশ্রের কুল-নন্দন-উচিত ॥ ১১৪ ॥

विष्णु-भक्त, विरक्त, शैशवे वृद्ध-रीत माधव मिश्रेर कुल-नन्दन-उचित ॥ ११४ ॥

viṣṇu-bhakta, virakta, śaiśave vṛddha-rīta mādhava miśrera kula-nandana-ucita || 114 ||

visnu-bhakta, virakta, saisave vrddha-rita madhava misrera kula-nandana-ucita (114)

English translation:

(114) “He is a renounced devotee of Viṣṇu, and since his childhood he has shown the experience of mature person. Moreover, he is a qualified son in the family of Mādhava Miśra.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The phrase śaiśave vṛddha-rīta is explained as follows: The nature of a boy is to be attached to playing, and the nature of an old man is to merge in the flow of thought born of experience. Although Gadādhara Paṇḍita Gosvāmī was junior in age, he was from childhood maturely thoughtful like an old, experienced person.