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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.6.8

అహం చ తద్బ్రహ్మకులే ఊషివాంస్తదుపేక్షయా । దిగ్దేశకాలావ్యుత్పన్నో బాలక: పఞ్చహాయన: ॥ ౮ ॥
ahaṁ ca tad-brahma-kule
[aham cha tad-brahma-kule]
ūṣivāṁs tad-upekṣayā
[ooshivaams tad-upekshayaa]
dig-deśa-kālāvyutpanno
[dig-desha-kaalaavyutpanno]
bālakaḥ paṣca-hāyanaḥ
[baalakah pashcha-haayanah]
aham — I ca — also tat — that brahma-kule — in the school of the brāhmaṇas ūṣivān — lived tat — her upekṣayā — being dependent on dik-deśa — direction and country kāla — time avyutpannaḥ — having no experience bālakaḥ — a mere child paṣca — five hāyanaḥ — years old.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ahaṁ ca tad-brahma-kule
aham
I
ca
also
tat
that
brahma-kule
in the school of the brāhmaṇas
ūṣivāṁs tad-upekṣayā
ūṣivān
lived
tat
her
upekṣayā
being dependent on
dig-deśa-kālāvyutpanno
dik-deśa
direction and country
kāla
time
avyutpannaḥ
having no experience
bālakaḥ paṣca-hāyanaḥ
bālakaḥ
a mere child
paṣca
five
hāyanaḥ
years old.
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.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Only five years old, inexperienced with time, place and direction, I lived in a brāhmaṇa house, with the belief that she would never leave me.
Commentary

Tad-apekṣayā means “with the expectation that she would not give me up.”

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