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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 9.45
মালী হঞা বৃক্ষ হইলাঙ এই ত’ ইচ্ছাতে ।
সর্বপ্রাণীর উপকার হয় বৃক্ষ হৈতে ॥ ৪৫ ॥
mālī hañā vṛkṣa ha-ilāṅ ei ta’ icchāte
sarva-prāṇīra upakāra haya vṛkṣa haite
“Although I am acting as a gardener, I also want to be the tree, for thus I can bestow benefit upon all.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Although acting as the gardener, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also wants to become the tree so that He can benefit everyone.
He is the most benevolent personality in human society because His only desire is to make people happy. His saṅkīrtana movement is especially meant for this purpose.
A tree is described as the most benevolent living entity. The purport notes that Kṛṣṇa Himself highly praises a tree’s existence.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Ādi 9.45 quotesSB 10.22.33
In the following verse, which is from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.22.33), Kṛṣṇa Himself highly praises the existence of a tree.
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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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “saṅkīrtana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can my desire to help others become more generous and less limited?
Choose one small action today specifically to bring happiness to someone else.
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