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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 9.16
মধ্যমূল পরমানন্দ পুরী মহাধীর ।
অষ্ট দিকে অষ্ট মূল বৃক্ষ কৈল স্থির ॥ ১৬ ॥
madhya-mūla paramānanda purī mahā-dhīra
aṣṭa dike aṣṭa mūla vṛkṣa kaila sthira
With the sober and grave Paramānanda Purī as the central root and the other eight roots in the eight directions, the tree of Caitanya Mahāprabhu stood firmly.
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Paramānanda Purī is described as sober and grave.
He was the central root, with the other eight roots in the eight directions.
With these roots, the tree of Caitanya Mahāprabhu stood firmly.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Paramānanda Purī and eight other great sannyāsīs are like the spreading roots of the tree. From the main trunk there extend two special branches, Advaita Prabhu and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, and from those branches grow other branches and twigs.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 9
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