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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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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 9: The Desire Tree of Devotional Service
Ādi 9.29Ādi 9.31

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 9.30

অঞ্জলি অঞ্জলি ভরি’ ফেলে চতুর্দিশে ।

দরিদ্র কুড়াঞা খায়, মালাকার হাসে ॥ ৩০ ॥

añjali añjali bhari’ phele caturdiśe

daridra kuḍāñā khāya, mālākāra hāse

Translation

The transcendental gardener, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, distributed handful after handful of fruit in all directions, and when the poor, hungry people ate the fruit, the gardener smiled with great pleasure.

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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.

The Gardener Rejoices in Giving

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the transcendental gardener, distributed handful after handful of fruit.

  2. 2

    He gave the fruit in all directions, and the poor, hungry people ate it.

  3. 3

    Seeing them eat, the gardener smiled with great pleasure.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. añjalihandful
  2. añjalihandful
  3. bhari’filling
  4. pheledistributes
  5. catur-diśein all directions
  6. daridrapoor
  7. kuḍāñāpicking up
  8. khāyaeats
  9. mālā-kārathe gardener
  10. hāsesmiles
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Audārya · Love that moves outward

    The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “distributed”

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

What does the gardener’s smile reveal about His pleasure in giving?

Practice

Reread this verse today and pause over the gardener’s pleasure as people receive and eat the fruit.

Live this todayThe Gardener Rejoices in GivingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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