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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.86
মালীর ইচ্ছায় শাখা বহুত বাড়িল ।
বাড়িয়া পশ্চিম দেশ সব আচ্ছাদিল ॥ ৮৬ ॥
mālīra icchāya śākhā bahuta bāḍila
bāḍiyā paścima deśa saba ācchādila
By the will of the supreme gardener, the branches of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī grew many times over, expanding throughout the western countries and covering the entire region.
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The branches of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī grew many times over.
Their growth took place by the will of the supreme gardener.
They expanded throughout the western countries, covering the entire region.
Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.
The mood of Ādi 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Back to this verse in Ādi 10
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “branches”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What changes in your understanding when you notice that this growth depended on the supreme gardener’s will?
Reread the verse today and note who is credited with the branches’ growth.
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