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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 9.8
এত চিন্তি’ লৈলা প্রভু মালাকার–ধর্ম ।
নবদ্বীপে আরম্ভিলা ফলোদ্যান–কর্ম ॥ ৮ ॥
eta cinti’ lailā prabhu mālākāra-dharma
navadvīpe ārambhilā phalodyāna-karma
Thinking in this way, He accepted the duty of a planter and began to grow a garden in Navadvīpa.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord’s reflection leads Him to accept a duty.
He accepts the duty of a planter.
He begins to grow a garden in Navadvīpa.
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 seed of the tree was first sown in Navadvīpa, the birth site of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and then the tree was brought to Puruṣottama-kṣetra (Jagannātha Purī), and then to Vṛndāvana. The seed fructified first in Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī, and then in his disciple Śrī Īśvara Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 9
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What can you learn from the Lord’s movement from thought to action?
Choose one small duty you have been considering and take its first practical step today.
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