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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.28
কাটিলেহ তরু যেন কিছু না বোলয় ।
শুকাইয়া মরে, তবু জল না মাগয় ॥ ২৮ ॥
kāṭileha taru yena kichu nā bolaya
śukāiyā mare, tabu jala nā māgaya
“For even if one cuts a tree, it never protests, and even if it is drying up and dying, it does not ask anyone for water.
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A tree never protests even when cut, and it does not ask for water even when drying up and dying.
Such forbearance is very difficult, but it automatically develops when one actually engages in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.
A devotee develops all good qualities simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra regularly. One advanced through this chanting need not develop forbearance separately.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Vivid descriptions of some portions of His pastimes are seen in this chapter, however, because Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has not elaborately described them. In this chapter we shall find descriptions of the mango distribution festival and Lord Caitanya’s discourses with Chand Kazi.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make regular chanting a steadier part of my day?
Set aside a few minutes today to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.
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