# Life Lessons

<mark style="color:red;">**When Nimai reached the age of five, Jagannatha Misra performed a sacred rite known as hate-khadi to inaugurate his primary education**</mark> [*<mark style="color:red;">**\[19\]**</mark>*](#user-content-fn-1)[^1]<mark style="color:red;">**. In His childhood years, known as pauganda-lila (age 5-10), Nimai’s chief occupation was to engage Himself in scriptural study and intellectual pursuits.**</mark>

#### <mark style="color:red;">\[</mark>[<mark style="color:red;">15.1</mark>](https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/15/1/)<mark style="color:red;">-</mark>[<mark style="color:red;">15.34</mark>](https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/15/34/)<mark style="color:red;">]</mark>

Nimai studied at the school of Gangadasa Pandita. Here he learned grammar, philosophy, logic, and scriptural commentaries. During this period, Nimai was also dealt some difficult life lessons. His brother, Visvarupa, severed all family ties, abruptly left home, and adopted the life of a travelling mendicant. Nimai praised His brother’s determination, consoled His distraught parents, and solemnly promised to take care of all their needs. Shortly after, Nimai’s father, Jagannatha Misra, tragically passed away. After performing the last rites, Nimai embraced the responsibility of managing the household affairs. He duly approached Laksmipriya and their marriage ceremony was performed, much to the delight of Nimai’s mother, Sachimata.

[^1]: [Adi-Lila 14.94](https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/14/94/)


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