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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 8: Rāmacandra Purī Criticizes the Lord
Antya 8.35Antya 8.37

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.36

পৃথিবীতে রোপণ করি’ গেলা প্রেমাঙ্কুর ।

সেই প্রেমাঙ্কুরের বৃক্ষ — চৈতন্যঠাকুর ॥ ৩৬ ॥

pṛthivīte ropaṇa kari’ gelā premāṅkura

sei premāṅkurera vṛkṣa — caitanya-ṭhākura

Translation

Mādhavendra Purī sowed the seed of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa within this material world and then departed. That seed later became a great tree in the form of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Seed Becomes a Great Tree

  1. 1

    Mādhavendra Purī sowed the seed of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa within this material world.

  2. 2

    After sowing that seed, he departed.

  3. 3

    The seed later became a great tree in the form of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

How it feels

Discomfort and vigilance. Fault-finding disrupts devotional life, exposing the emotional cost of criticism.

The mood of Antya 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 8: Rāmacandra Purī Criticizes the Lord

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

For this reason he was not very respectful to the Vaiṣṇavas, and later he became so fallen that he began criticizing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for His eating. Hearing his criticisms, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reduced His eating, but after Rāmacandra Purī left Jagannātha Purī, the Lord resumed His usual behavior.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pṛthivītewithin this material world
  2. ropaṇa kari’sowing
  3. gelāwent
  4. prema-aṅkurathe seed of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa
  5. sei prema-aṅkureraof that seed of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa
  6. vṛkṣathe tree
  7. caitanya-ṭhākuraLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”, “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the image of a seed becoming a great tree help you understand about this gift of love?

Practice

Write one sentence describing the connection between Mādhavendra Purī’s seed and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s great tree.

Live this todayThe Seed Becomes a Great TreeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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