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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 9.22

সেই দুইস্কন্ধে বহু শাখা উপজিল ।

তার উপশাখাগণে জগৎ ছাইল ॥ ২২ ॥

sei dui-skandhe bahu śākhā upajila

tāra upaśākhā-gaṇe jagat chāila

Translation

From these two trunks grew many branches and subbranches that covered the entire world.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Branches Cover the Entire World

  1. 1

    Many branches grew from the two trunks.

  2. 2

    Subbranches also grew, extending the tree further.

  3. 3

    These branches and subbranches covered the entire world.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 9: The Desire Tree of Devotional Service

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. seithat
  2. dui-skandhein two trunks
  3. bahumany
  4. śākhābranches
  5. upajilagrew
  6. tāraof them
  7. upaśākhā-gaṇesubbranches
  8. jagatthe whole world
  9. chāilacovered
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “branches”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the phrase “the entire world” shape your picture of this tree?

Practice

Pause for a moment and picture the branches and subbranches reaching across the whole world.

Live this todayBranches Cover the Entire WorldThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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