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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 9.51
এই মালাকার খায় এই প্রেমফল ।
নিরবধি মত্ত রহে, বিবশ–বিহ্বল ॥ ৫১ ॥
ei mālākāra khāya ei prema-phala
niravadhi matta rahe, vivaśa-vihvala
The great gardener, Lord Caitanya, personally eats this fruit, and as a result He constantly remains mad, as if helpless and bewildered.
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Lord Caitanya, the great gardener, personally eats the fruit. As a result, He constantly remains mad, as if helpless and bewildered.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission is to act Himself and teach the people. A real teacher first practices and then teaches.
Teaching will not be effective unless one understands the philosophy one speaks. One should both understand the philosophy and implement it practically in life.
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The purport of CC Ādi 9.51 quotesCC Ādi 4.41
He says, āpani ācari’ bhakti karila pracāra. One must first act himself and then teach.
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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:
In this way the tree of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu intoxicates the entire world. It should be noted that this is a figurative example meant to explain the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 9
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I put into practice a teaching that I share with others?
Choose one teaching you understand and take one small action today to live by it.
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