Study a Verse

• Sometimes it is to be seen that a dog can swim in the water for a few yards and then come back to the shore.
• Here, however, it is stated that if a dog is blessed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he can swim across an ocean.
• Similarly, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, placing himself in a helpless condition, states that he has no personal power, but by the desire of Lord Caitanya, expressed through the Vaiṣṇavas and the Madana-mohana vigraha, it is possible for him to cross a transcendental ocean to present Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Overflowing generosity. The gardener distributes the fruits of love without restriction.

The mood of Ādi 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Ādi 9: The Desire Tree of Devotional Service

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He considers Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is known as Viśvambhara, to be the gardener of this tree because He is the main personality who has taken charge of it. As the supreme enjoyer, He enjoyed the fruits Himself and distributed them as well.