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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 9.19
একৈক শাখাতে উপশাখা শত শত ।
যত উপজিল শাখা কে গণিবে কত ॥ ১৯
ekaika śākhāte upaśākhā śata śata
yata upajila śākhā ke gaṇibe kata
From each branch grew many hundreds of subbranches. No one can count how many branches thus grew.
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From each branch grew many hundreds of subbranches.
The growth was not limited to a single branch; each branch produced many more.
The branches became so numerous that no one could count them.
Overflowing generosity. The gardener distributes the fruits of love without restriction.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
As the supreme enjoyer, He enjoyed the fruits Himself and distributed them as well. The seed of the tree was first sown in Navadvīpa, the birth site of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and then the tree was brought to Puruṣottama-kṣetra (Jagannātha Purī), and then to Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 9
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What strikes you about growth that no one can fully count?
Sketch a branch with several subbranches, and reflect on the hundreds described in the translation.
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