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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 9.37
একলা মালাকার আমি কত ফল খাব ।
না দিয়া বা এই ফল আর কি করিব ॥ ৩৭ ॥
ekalā mālākāra āmi kata phala khāba
nā diyā vā ei phala āra ki kariba
“I am the only gardener. If I do not distribute these fruits, what shall I do with them? How many fruits can I alone eat?
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu produced so many fruits of devotional service that they must be distributed all over the world.
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa descended as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to understand Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love for Kṛṣṇa and to taste that love.
The fruits of the tree of devotional service were innumerable, so He wanted to distribute them unrestrictedly to everyone.
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:
The tree surrounds the entire world, and the fruits of the tree are to be distributed to everyone. In this way the tree of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu intoxicates the entire world.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 9
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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”, “distributed”, “to everyone”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love for krsna”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does His desire to share unrestrictedly shape my willingness to share devotional service?
Share one teaching about devotional service from this passage with someone willing to hear.
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