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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 9.34
একলা মালাকার আমি কাহাঁ কাহাঁ যাব ।
একলা বা কত ফল পাড়িয়া বিলাব ॥ ৩৪ ॥
ekalā mālākāra āmi kāhāṅ kāhāṅ yāba
ekalā vā kata phala pāḍiyā vilāba
“I am the only gardener. How many places can I go? How many fruits can I pick and distribute?
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He asks how He can pick and distribute all the fruits alone.
His words indicate that distribution of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra should be performed by combined forces.
All classes of devotees should unite to distribute the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra without consideration of time, place or situation.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Learn the words of the 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: “distribute”, “without consideration”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could I cooperate with others in sharing the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra?
Contact one devotee today to plan a small opportunity to share the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra together.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 1 lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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