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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 9.20
মুখ্য মুখ্য শাখাগণের নাম অগণন ।
আগে ত’ করিব, শুন বৃক্ষের বর্ণন ॥ ২০ ॥
mukhya mukhya śākhā-gaṇera nāma agaṇana
āge ta’ kariba, śuna vṛkṣera varṇana
I shall try to name the foremost of the innumerable branches. Please hear the description of the Caitanya tree.
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The branches of the Caitanya tree are innumerable.
The author will try to name the foremost branches rather than list them all.
He asks the reader to hear the description of the Caitanya tree.
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:
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. The seed fructified first in Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī, and then in his disciple Śrī Īśvara Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 9
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