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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.299
অশ্বত্থবৃক্ষাশ্চ বটবৃক্ষাশ্চ
কপিত্থবৃক্ষাশ্চ আম্রবৃক্ষাশ্চ বৃক্ষাঃ ॥ ২৯৯ ॥
aśvattha-vṛkṣāś ca baṭa-vṛkṣāś ca kapittha-
vṛkṣāś ca āmra-vṛkṣāś ca vṛkṣāḥ
“ ‘By the plural word ‘vṛkṣāḥ’ [‘trees’], all trees, such as banyan trees, fig trees, kapittha trees and mango trees, are indicated.’
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The plural word ‘vṛkṣāḥ’ means ‘trees.’
It includes all trees, such as banyan trees, fig trees, kapittha trees and mango trees.
This example shows how one word can include many different varieties.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 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:
He then concluded that different classes of transcendentalists ( jñānīs, karmīs, yogīs ) utilize this verse according to their own interpretation, but if they would give up this process and surrender to Kṛṣṇa, as indicated by the verse itself, they would be able to comprehend the real meaning of the verse.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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How does the example of trees help me understand the inclusive meaning of a word?
Write ‘vṛkṣāḥ’ and list beneath it the four kinds of trees named in the translation.
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