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Adi 9: The Desire Tree of Devotional Service
Chapter 9:
The Desire Tree of Devotional Service
A summary of Chapter Nine has been given as follows by Srila
Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. In this chapter the
author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta has devised a figurative example by
describing "the desire tree of bhakti." He considers Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, who is known as Visvambhara, to be the gardener of this tree
because He is the main personality who has taken charge of it. As the
supreme enjoyer, He enjoyed the fruits Himself and distributed them as
well. The seed of the tree was first sown in Navadvipa, the birth site
of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and then the tree was brought to
Purusottama-ksetra (Jagannatha Puri), and then to Vrndavana. The seed
fructified first in Srila Madhavendra Puri, and then in his disciple Sri
Isvara Puri. It is figuratively described that both the tree itself and
the trunk of the tree are Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Paramananda Puri and
eight other great sannyasis are like the spreading roots of the tree.
From the main trunk there extend two special branches, Advaita Prabhu
and Sri Nityananda Prabhu, and from those branches grow other branches
and twigs. 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 Mahaprabhu intoxicates the entire world. It should be noted
that this is a figurative example meant to explain the mission of Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Adi 9.1
TEXT 1
TEXT
tam srimat-krsna-caitanya-
devam vande jagad-gurum
yasyanukampaya svapi
mahabdhim santaret sukham
SYNONYMS
tam -- unto Him; srimat -- with all opulence; krsna-caitanya-devam --
unto Lord Krsna Caitanyadeva; vande -- I offer obeisances; jagat-gurum --
spiritual master of the world; yasya -- whose; anukampaya -- by the
mercy of; sva api -- even a dog; maha -- abdhim -- great ocean; santaret
-- can swim; sukham -- without difficulty.
TRANSLATION
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual master of the
entire world, Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by whose mercy even a
dog can swim across a great ocean.
PURPORT
Sometimes it is to be seen that a dog can swim in the water for a few
yards and then come back to the shore. Here, however, it is stated that
if a dog is blessed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he can swim across an
ocean. Similarly, the author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Krsnadasa
Kaviraja Gosvami, placing himself in a helpless condition, states that
he has no personal power, but by the desire of Lord Caitanya, expressed
through the Vaisnavas and the Madana-mohana vigraha, it is possible for
him to cross a transcendental ocean to present Sri Caitanya-caritamrta.
Adi 9.2
TEXT 2
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jaya jaya sri-krsna-caitanya gauracandra
jaya jayadvaita jaya jaya nityananda
SYNONYMS
jaya jaya -- all glories; sri-krsna-caitanya -- to Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; gauracandra -- whose name is Gaurahari; jaya jaya -- all
glories; advaita -- to Advaita Gosani; jaya jaya -- all glories;
nityananda -- to Nityananda.
TRANSLATION
All glories to Sri Krsna Caitanya, who is known as Gaurahari! All
glories to Advaita Acarya and Nityananda Prabhu!
Adi 9.3
TEXT 3
TEXT
jaya jaya srivasadi gaura-bhakta-gana
sarvabhista-purti-hetu yanhara smarana
SYNONYMS
jaya jaya -- all glories; srivasa-adi -- to Srivasa and others; gaura-
bhakta-gana -- all the devotees of Lord Caitanya; sarva-abhista -- all
ambition; purti -- satisfaction; hetu -- for the matter of; yanhara --
whose; smarana -- remembrance.
TRANSLATION
All glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya, headed by Srivasa Thakura!
In order to fulfill all my desires, I remember their lotus feet.
PURPORT
The author here continues to follow the same principles of worship of
the Panca-tattva that were described in the Seventh Chapter of the Adi-
lila.
Adi 9.4
TEXT 4
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sri-rupa, sanatana, bhatta raghunatha
sri-jiva, gopala-bhatta, dasa-raghunatha
SYNONYMS
sri-rupa -- Srila Rupa Gosvami; sanatana -- Srila Sanatana Gosvami;
bhatta raghunatha -- Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami; sri-jiva -- Sri Jiva
Gosvami; gopala-bhatta -- Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami; dasa-raghunatha --
Raghunatha dasa Gosvami.
TRANSLATION
I also remember the six Gosvamis -- Rupa, Sanatana, Bhatta Raghunatha,
Sri Jiva, Gopala Bhatta and Dasa Raghunatha.
PURPORT
This is the process for writing transcendental literature. A
sentimentalist who has no Vaisnava qualifications cannot produce
transcendental writings. There are many fools who consider krsna-lila to
be a subject of art and who write or paint pictures about the pastimes
of Lord Krsna with the gopis, sometimes depicting them in a manner
practically obscene. These fools take pleasure in material sense
gratification, but one who wants to make advancement in spiritual life
must scrupulously avoid their literature. Unless one is a servant of
Krsna and the Vaisnavas, as Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami presents himself
to be in offering respects to Lord Caitanya, His associates and His
disciples, one should not attempt to write transcendental literature.
Adi 9.5
TEXT 5
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e-saba-prasade likhi caitanya-lila-guna
jani va na jani, kari apana-sodhana
SYNONYMS
e-saba -- all these; prasade -- by the mercy of; likhi -- I write;
caitanya -- of Lord Caitanya; lila-guna -- pastimes and qualities; jani -
- know; va -- or; na -- not; jani -- know; kari -- do; apana -- self;
sodhana -- purification.
TRANSLATION
It is by the mercy of all these Vaisnavas and gurus that I attempt to
write about the pastimes and qualities of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Whether I know it or know not, it is for self-purification that I write
this book.
PURPORT
This is the sum and substance of transcendental writing. One must be an
authorized Vaisnava, humble and pure. One should write transcendental
literature to purify oneself, not for credit. By writing about the
pastimes of the Lord, one associates with the Lord directly. One should
not ambitiously think, "I shall become a great author. I shall be
celebrated as a writer." These are material desires. One should attempt
to write for self-purification. It may be published or it may not be
published, but that does not matter. If one is actually sincere in
writing, all his ambitions will be fulfilled. Whether one is known as a
great author is incidental. One should not attempt to write
transcendental literature for material name and fame.
Adi 9.6
TEXT 6
TEXT
mala-karah svayam krsna-
premamara-taruh svayam
data bhokta tat-phalanam
yas tam caitanyam asraye
SYNONYMS
mala-karah -- gardener; svayam -- Himself; krsna -- Lord Krsna; prema --
love; amara -- transcendental; taruh -- tree; svayam -- Himself; data --
giver; bhokta -- enjoyer; tat-phalanam -- of all the fruits of that tree;
yah -- one who; tam -- unto Him; caitanyam -- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
asraye -- I take shelter.
TRANSLATION
I take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, who Himself is the tree of transcendental love of Krsna, its
gardener and also the bestower and enjoyer of its fruits.
Adi 9.7
TEXT 7
TEXT
prabhu kahe, ami ‘visvambhara' nama dhari
nama sarthaka haya, yadi preme visva bhari
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe -- the Lord said; ami -- I; visvambhara -- Visvambhara; nama
-- named; dhari -- accept; nama -- the name; sarthaka -- complete; haya -
- becomes; yadi -- if; preme -- in love of God; visva -- the whole
universe; bhari -- fulfilled.
TRANSLATION
Lord Caitanya thought, "My name is Visvambhara, ‘one who maintains the
entire universe.' Its meaning will be actualized if I can fill the whole
universe with love of Godhead."
Adi 9.8
TEXT 8
TEXT
eta cinti' laila prabhu malakara-dharma
navadvipe arambhila phalodyana-karma
SYNONYMS
eta cinti' -- thinking like this; laila -- took; prabhu -- the Lord;
mala-kara-dharma -- the business of a gardener; navadvipe -- in
Navadvipa; arambhila -- began; phala-udyana -- garden; karma --
activities.
TRANSLATION
Thinking in this way, He accepted the duty of a planter and began to
grow a garden in Navadvipa.
Adi 9.9
TEXT 9
TEXT
sri-caitanya malakara prthivite ani'
bhakti-kalpataru ropila sinci' iccha-pani
SYNONYMS
sri-caitanya -- Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mala-kara -- gardener;
prthivite -- on this planet; ani' -- bringing; bhakti-kalpa-taru -- the
desire tree of devotional service; ropila -- sowed; sinci' -- watering;
iccha -- will; pani -- water.
TRANSLATION
Thus the Lord brought the desire tree of devotional service to this
earth and became its gardener. He sowed the seed and sprinkled upon it
the water of His will.
PURPORT
In many places devotional service has been compared to a creeper. One
has to sow the seed of the devotional creeper, bhakti-lata, within his
heart. As he regularly hears and chants, the seed will fructify and
gradually grow into a mature plant and then produce the fruit of
devotional service, namely love of Godhead, which the gardener (mala-
kara) can then enjoy without impediments.
Adi 9.10
TEXT 10
TEXT
jaya sri madhavapuri krsna-prema-pura
bhakti-kalpatarura tenho prathama ankura
SYNONYMS
jaya -- all glories; sri madhava-puri -- unto Madhavendra Puri; krsna-
prema-pura -- a storehouse of all love of Godhead; bhakti-kalpa-tarura --
of the desire tree of devotional service; tenho -- he is; prathama --
first; ankura -- fructification.
TRANSLATION
All glories to Sri Madhavendra Puri, the storehouse of all devotional
service unto Krsna! He is a desire tree of devotional service, and it is
in him that the seed of devotional service first fructified.
PURPORT
Sri Madhavendra Puri, also known as Sri Madhava Puri, belonged to the
disciplic succession from Madhvacarya and was a greatly celebrated
sannyasi. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was the third disciplic descendant
from Sri Madhavendra Puri. The process of worship in the disciplic
succession of Madhvacarya was full of ritualistic ceremonies, with
hardly a sign of love of Godhead. Sri Madhavendra Puri was the first
person in that disciplic succession to exhibit the symptoms of love of
Godhead and the first to write a poem beginning with the words ayi dina-
dayardra natha, "O supremely merciful Personality of Godhead." In that
poem is the seed of Caitanya Mahaprabhu's cultivation of love of Godhead.
Adi 9.11
TEXT 11
TEXT
sri-isvarapuri-rupe ankura pusta haila
apane caitanya-mali skandha upajila
SYNONYMS
sri-isvara-puri -- by the name Sri Isvara Puri; rupe -- in the form of;
ankura -- the seed; pusta -- cultivated; haila -- became; apane --
Himself; caitanya-mali -- the gardener of the name Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; skandha -- trunk; upajila -- expanded.
TRANSLATION
The seed of devotional service next fructified in the form of Sri Isvara
Puri, and then the gardener Himself, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, became the
main trunk of the tree of devotional service.
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his Anubhasya, "Sri
Isvara Puri was a resident of Kumara-hatta, where there is now a
railroad station known as Kamarhatta. Nearby there is another station,
named Halisahara, which belongs to the Eastern Railway. This railway
runs from the eastern section of Calcutta."
Isvara Puri appeared in a brahmana family and was the most beloved
disciple of Srila Madhavendra Puri. In the last portion of Sri Caitanya-
caritamrta (Antya 8.28–31), it is stated:
isvara-puri gosani kare sri-pada sevana
sva-haste karena mala-mutradi marjana
nirantara krsna-nama karaya smarana
krsna-nama krsna-lila sunaya anuksana
tusta hana puri tanre kaila alingana
vara dila krsne tomara ha-uka prema-dhana
sei haite isvara-puri premera sagara
"At the last stage of his life Sri Madhavendra Puri became an invalid
and was completely unable to move, and Isvara Puri so completely engaged
himself in his service that he personally cleaned up his stool and urine.
Always chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra and reminding Sri
Madhavendra Puri about the pastimes of Lord Krsna in the last stage of
his life, Isvara Puri gave the best service among his disciples. Thus
Madhavendra Puri, being very pleased with him, blessed him, saying, ‘My
dear boy, I can only pray to Krsna that He will be pleased with you.'
Thus Isvara Puri, by the grace of his spiritual master, Sri Madhavendra
Puri, became a great devotee in the ocean of love of Godhead." Srila
Visvanatha Cakravarti states in his Gurv-astaka prayer, yasya prasadad
bhagavat-prasado yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto 'pi: ** "By the mercy of
the spiritual master one is blessed by the mercy of Krsna. Without the
grace of the spiritual master one cannot make any advancement." It is by
the mercy of the spiritual master that one becomes perfect, as vividly
exemplified here. A Vaisnava is always protected by the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, but if he appears to be an invalid, this gives a
chance to his disciples to serve him. Isvara Puri pleased his spiritual
master by service, and by the blessings of his spiritual master he
became such a great personality that Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted
him as His spiritual master.
Srila Isvara Puri was the spiritual master of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
but before initiating Lord Caitanya he went to Navadvipa and lived for a
few months in the house of Gopinatha Acarya. At that time Lord Caitanya
became acquainted with him, and it is understood that he served Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu by reciting his book, Krsna-lilamrta. This is
explained in Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, Chapter Eleven.
To teach others by example how to be a faithful disciple of one's
spiritual master, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, visited the birthplace of Isvara Puri at Kumara-hatta and
collected some earth from his birth site. This He kept very carefully,
and He used to eat a small portion of it daily. This is stated in the
Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, Chapter Seventeen. It has now become
customary for devotees, following the example of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
to go there and collect some earth from that place.
Adi 9.12
TEXT 12
TEXT
nijacintya-saktye mali hana skandha haya
sakala sakhara sei skandha mulasraya
SYNONYMS
nija -- His own; acintya -- inconceivable; saktye -- by potency; mali --
gardener; hana -- becoming; skandha -- trunk; haya -- became; sakala --
all; sakhara -- of other branches; sei -- that; skandha -- trunk; mula-
asraya -- original support.
TRANSLATION
By His inconceivable powers, the Lord became the gardener, the trunk and
the branches simultaneously.
Adi 9.13–15
TEXTS 13–15
TEXT
paramananda puri, ara kesava bharati
brahmananda puri, ara brahmananda bharati
visnu-puri, kesava-puri, puri krsnananda
sri-nrsimhatirtha, ara puri sukhananda
ei nava mula nikasila vrksa-mule
ei nava mule vrksa karila niscale
SYNONYMS
paramananda puri -- Paramananda Puri; ara -- and; kesava bharati --
Kesava Bharati; brahmananda puri -- Brahmananda Puri; ara -- and;
brahmananda bharati -- Brahmananda Bharati; visnu-puri -- Visnu Puri;
kesava-puri -- Kesava Puri; puri krsnananda -- Krsnananda Puri; sri-
nrsimha-tirtha -- Sri Nrsimha Tirtha; ara -- and; puri sukhananda --
Sukhananda Puri; ei nava -- of these nine; mula -- roots; nikasila --
fructified; vrksa-mule -- in the trunk of the tree; ei nava mule -- in
these nine roots; vrksa -- the tree; karila niscale -- became very
steadfast.
TRANSLATION
Paramananda Puri, Kesava Bharati, Brahmananda Puri and Brahmananda
Bharati, Sri Visnu Puri, Kesava Puri, Krsnananda Puri, Sri Nrsimha
Tirtha and Sukhananda Puri -- these nine sannyasi roots all sprouted
from the trunk of the tree. Thus the tree stood steadfastly on the
strength of these nine roots.
PURPORT
Paramananda Puri: Paramananda Puri belonged to a brahmana family of the
Trihut district in Uttara Pradesh. Madhavendra Puri was his spiritual
master. In relationship with Madhavendra Puri, Paramananda Puri was very
dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In the Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-
khanda, there is the following statement:
sannyasira madhye isvarera priya-patra
ara nahi eka puri gosani se matra
damodara-svarupa paramananda-puri
sannyasi-parsade ei dui adhikari
niravadhi nikate thakena dui jana
prabhura sannyase kare dandera grahana
puri dhyana-para damodarera kirtana
yata-priti isvarera puri-gosanire
damodara-svarupereo tata priti kare
"Among his sannyasi disciples, Isvara Puri and Paramananda Puri were
very dear to Madhavendra Puri. Thus Paramananda Puri, like Svarupa
Damodara, who was also a sannyasi, was very dear to Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu and was His constant associate. When Lord Caitanya accepted
the renounced order, Paramananda Puri offered Him the danda. Paramananda
Puri was always engaged in meditation, and Sri Svarupa was always
engaged in chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. As Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu offered full respect to His spiritual master, Isvara Puri, He
similarly respected Paramananda Puri and Svarupa Damodara." It is
described in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khanda, Chapter Three,
that when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu first saw Paramananda Puri He made the
following statement:
aji dhanya locana, saphala aji janma
saphala amara aji haila sarva-dharma
prabhu bale aji mora saphala sannyasa
aji madhavendra more ha-ila prakasa
"My eyes, My mind, My religious activities and My acceptance of the
sannyasa order have now all become perfect because today Madhavendra
Puri is manifest before Me in the form of Paramananda Puri." The
Caitanya-bhagavata further states:
kathoksane anyo 'nye karena pranama
paramananda-puri caitanyera priya-dhama
"Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu exchanged respectful obeisances with
Paramananda Puri, who was very dear to Him." Paramananda Puri
established a small monastery behind the western side of the Jagannatha
temple, where he had a well dug to supply water. The water, however, was
bitter, and therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu prayed to Lord Jagannatha
to allow Ganges water to come into the well to make it sweet. When Lord
Jagannatha granted the request, Lord Caitanya told all the devotees that
from that day hence, the water of Paramananda Puri's well should be
celebrated as Ganges water, for any devotee who would drink it or bathe
in it would certainly get the same benefit as that derived from drinking
or bathing in the waters of the Ganges. Such a person would certainly
develop pure love of Godhead. It is stated in the Caitanya-bhagavata (
Antya 3.255):
prabhu bale ami ye achiye prthivite
niscaya-i janiha puri-gosanira prite
"Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to say, ‘I am living in this world only on
account of the excellent behavior of Sri Paramananda Puri.'" The Gaura-
ganoddesa-dipika (118) states, puri sri-paramanando ya asid uddhavah
pura. "Paramananda Puri is none other than Uddhava." Uddhava was Lord
Krsna's friend and cousin, and in caitanya-lila the same Uddhava became
the friend of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His uncle in terms of their
relationship in the disciplic succession.
Kesava Bharati: The Sarasvati, Bharati and Puri sampradayas belong to
the Srngeri-matha in South India, and Sri Kesava Bharati, who at that
time was situated in a monastery in Katwa, belonged to the Bharati-
sampradaya. According to some authoritative opinions, although Kesava
Bharati belonged to the Sankara-sampradaya, he had formerly been
initiated by a Vaisnava. He is said to have been a Vaisnava on account
of having been initiated by Madhavendra Puri, for some say that he took
sannyasa from Madhavendra Puri. The temple and Deity worship started by
Kesava Bharati are still existing in the village known as Khatundi,
which is under the postal jurisdiction of Kandara in the district of
Burdwan. According to the managers of that matha, the priests are
descendants of Kesava Bharati, and some say that the worshipers of the
Deity are descendants of the sons of Kesava Bharati. In his householder
life he had two sons, Nisapati and Usapati, and a brahmana of the name
Sri Nakadicandra Vidyaratna, who was a member of the family of Nisapati,
was the priest in charge at the time that Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
visited this temple. According to some, the priests of the temple belong
to the family of Kesava Bharati's brother. Still another opinion is that
they descend from Madhava Bharati, who was another disciple of Kesava
Bharati's. Madhava Bharati's disciple Balabhadra, who also later became
a sannyasi of the Bharati-sampradaya, had two sons in his family life,
named Madana and Gopala. Madana, whose family's surname was Bharati,
lived in the village of Auriya, and Gopala, whose family's surname was
Brahmacari, lived in the village of Denduda. There are still many living
descendants of both families.
In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (52), it is said:
mathurayam yajna-sutram pura krsnaya yo munih
dadau sandipanih so 'bhud adya kesava-bharati
"Sandipani Muni, who formerly offered the sacred thread to Krsna and
Balarama, later became Kesava Bharati." It is he who offered sannyasa to
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. There is another statement about Kesava Bharati
from the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (117): iti kecit prabhasante 'krurah
kesava-bharati. "According to some authoritative opinions, Kesava
Bharati is an incarnation of Akrura." Kesava Bharati offered the
sannyasa order to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in the year 1432 sakabda (A.D.
1510) in Katwa. This is stated in the Vaisnava-manjusa, Part Two.
Brahmananda Puri: Sri Brahmananda Puri was one of the associates of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu while He was performing kirtana in Navadvipa, and he
also joined Lord Caitanya in Jagannatha Puri. We may note in this
connection that the name Brahmananda is accepted not only by Mayavadi
sannyasis but by Vaisnava sannyasis also. One of our foolish Godbrothers
criticized our sannyasi Brahmananda Svami, saying that this was a
Mayavadi name. The foolish man did not know that Brahmananda does not
always refer to the impersonal Brahman. Parabrahman, the Supreme
Brahman, is Krsna. A devotee of Krsna can therefore also be called
Brahmananda; this is evident from the fact that Brahmananda Puri was one
of the chief sannyasi associates of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Brahmananda Bharati: Brahmananda Bharati went to see Sri Krsna Caitanya
Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha-dhama. At that time he used to wear only a
deerskin to cover himself, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu indirectly
indicated that He did not like this deerskin covering. Brahmananda
Bharati therefore gave it up and accepted a loincloth of saffron color,
as used by Vaisnava sannyasis. For some time he lived with Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri.
Adi 9.16
TEXT 16
TEXT
madhya-mula paramananda puri maha-dhira
asta dike asta mula vrksa kaila sthira
SYNONYMS
madhya-mula -- the middle root; paramananda puri -- Paramananda Puri;
maha-dhira -- most sober; asta dike -- in the eight directions; asta
mula -- eight roots; vrksa -- the tree; kaila sthira -- fixed.
TRANSLATION
With the sober and grave Paramananda Puri as the central root and the
other eight roots in the eight directions, the tree of Caitanya
Mahaprabhu stood firmly.
Adi 9.17
TEXT 17
TEXT
skandhera upare bahu sakha upajila
upari upari sakha asankhya ha-ila
SYNONYMS
skandhera upare -- upon the trunk; bahu sakha -- many branches; upajila -
- grew; upari upari -- over and above them; sakha -- other branches;
asankhya -- innumerable; ha-ila -- fructified.
TRANSLATION
From the trunk grew many branches, and above them innumerable others.
Adi 9.18
TEXT 18
TEXT
visa visa sakha kari' eka eka mandala
maha-maha-sakha chaila brahmanda sakala
SYNONYMS
visa visa -- twenty, twenty; sakha -- branches; kari' -- making a group;
eka eka mandala -- form a society; maha-maha-sakha -- big branches;
chaila -- covered; brahmanda -- the whole universe; sakala -- all.
TRANSLATION
Thus the branches of the Caitanya tree formed a cluster or society, with
great branches covering all the universe.
PURPORT
Our International Society for Krishna Consciousness is one of the
branches of the Caitanya tree.
Adi 9.19
TEXT 19
TEXT
ekaika sakhate upasakha sata sata
yata upajila sakha ke ganibe kata
SYNONYMS
ekaika -- each branch; sakhate -- in the branch; upasakha -- subbranches;
sata sata -- hundreds and hundreds; yata -- all; upajila -- grew; sakha
-- branches; ke -- who; ganibe -- can count; kata -- how much.
TRANSLATION
From each branch grew many hundreds of subbranches. No one can count how
many branches thus grew.
Adi 9.20
TEXT 20
TEXT
mukhya mukhya sakha-ganera nama aganana
age ta' kariba, suna vrksera varnana
SYNONYMS
mukhya mukhya -- the foremost of them all; sakha-ganera -- of the
branches; nama -- name; aganana -- uncountable; age -- subsequently; ta'
kariba -- I shall do; suna -- please hear; vrksera varnana -- the
description of the Caitanya tree.
TRANSLATION
I shall try to name the foremost of the innumerable branches. Please
hear the description of the Caitanya tree.
Adi 9.21
TEXT 21
TEXT
vrksera upare sakha haila dui skandha
eka ‘advaita' nama, ara ‘nityananda'
SYNONYMS
vrksera -- of the tree; upare -- on the top; sakha -- branch; haila --
became; dui -- two; skandha -- trunks; eka -- one; advaita -- Sri
Advaita Prabhu; nama -- of the name; ara -- and; nityananda --
Nityananda Prabhu.
TRANSLATION
At the top of the tree the trunk branched into two. One trunk was named
Sri Advaita Prabhu and the other Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
Adi 9.22
TEXT 22
TEXT
sei dui-skandhe bahu sakha upajila
tara upasakha-gane jagat chaila
SYNONYMS
sei -- that; dui-skandhe -- in two trunks; bahu -- many; sakha --
branches; upajila -- grew; tara -- of them; upasakha-gane -- subbranches;
jagat -- the whole world; chaila -- covered.
TRANSLATION
From these two trunks grew many branches and subbranches that covered
the entire world.
Adi 9.23
TEXT 23
TEXT
bada sakha, upasakha, tara upasakha
yata upajila tara ke karibe lekha
SYNONYMS
bada sakha -- the big branches; upasakha -- subbranches; tara -- their;
upasakha -- subbranches; yata -- all that; upajila -- grew; tara -- of
them; ke -- who; karibe -- can count; lekha -- or write.
TRANSLATION
These branches and subbranches and their subbranches became so numerous
that no one can actually write about them.
Adi 9.24
TEXT 24
TEXT
sisya, prasisya, ara upasisya-gana
jagat vyapila tara nahika ganana
SYNONYMS
sisya -- disciples; prasisya -- granddisciples; ara -- and; upasisya-
gana -- admirers; jagat -- the whole world; vyapila -- spread; tara --
of that; nahika -- there is none; ganana -- enumeration.
TRANSLATION
Thus the disciples and the granddisciples and their admirers spread
throughout the entire world, and it is not possible to enumerate them
all.
Adi 9.25
TEXT 25
TEXT
udumbara-vrksa yena phale sarva ange
ei mata bhakti-vrkse sarvatra phala lage
SYNONYMS
udumbara-vrksa -- a big fig tree; yena -- as if; phale -- grew fruits;
sarva -- all; ange -- parts of the body; ei -- this; mata -- like;
bhakti-vrkse -- in the tree of devotional service; sarvatra -- all over;
phala -- fruit; lage -- appears.
TRANSLATION
As a big fig tree bears fruits all over its body, each part of the tree
of devotional service bore fruit.
PURPORT
This tree of devotional service is not of this material world. It grows
in the spiritual world, where there is no distinction between one part
of the body and another. It is something like a tree of sugar, for
whichever part of such a tree one tastes, it is always sweet. The tree
of bhakti has varieties of branches, leaves and fruits, but they are all
meant for the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are
nine different processes of devotional service (sravanam kirtanam visnoh
smaranam pada-sevanam arcanam vandanam dasyam sakhyam atma-nivedanam [SB
7.5.23]), but all of them are meant only for the service of the Supreme
Lord. Therefore whether one hears, chants, remembers or worships, his
activities will yield the same result. Which one of these processes will
be the most suitable for a particular devotee depends upon his taste.
Adi 9.26
TEXT 26
TEXT
mula-skandhera sakha ara upasakha-gane
lagila ye prema-phala, -- amrtake jine
SYNONYMS
mula-skandhera -- of the chief trunk; sakha -- branches; ara -- and;
upasakha-gane -- subbranches; lagila -- as it grew; ye -- that; prema-
phala -- the fruit of love; amrtake jine -- such a fruit conquers nectar.
TRANSLATION
Since Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu was the original trunk, the taste of
the fruits that grew on the branches and subbranches surpassed the taste
of nectar.
Adi 9.27
TEXT 27
TEXT
pakila ye prema-phala amrta-madhura
vilaya caitanya-mali, nahi laya mula
SYNONYMS
pakila -- ripened; ye -- that; prema-phala -- the fruit of love of
Godhead; amrta -- nectarean; madhura -- sweet; vilaya -- distributes;
caitanya-mali -- the gardener, Lord Caitanya; nahi -- does not; laya --
take; mula -- price.
TRANSLATION
The fruits ripened and became sweet and nectarean. The gardener, Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, distributed them without asking any price.
Adi 9.28
TEXT 28
TEXT
tri-jagate yata ache dhana-ratnamani
eka-phalera mulya kari' taha nahi gani
SYNONYMS
tri-jagate -- in the three worlds; yata -- as much as; ache -- there is;
dhana-ratna-mani -- wealth and riches; eka-phalera -- one fruit's; mulya
-- price; kari' -- calculated; taha -- that; nahi -- do not; gani --
count.
TRANSLATION
All the wealth in the three worlds cannot equal the value of one such
nectarean fruit of devotional service.
Adi 9.29
TEXT 29
TEXT
mage va na mage keha, patra va apatra
ihara vicara nahi jane, deya matra
SYNONYMS
mage -- begs; va -- or; na -- not; mage -- begs; keha -- anyone; patra --
candidate; va -- or; apatra -- not a candidate; ihara -- of this;
vicara -- consideration; nahi -- does not; jane -- know; deya -- gives;
matra -- only.
TRANSLATION
Not considering who asked for it and who did not, nor who was fit and
who unfit to receive it, Caitanya Mahaprabhu distributed the fruit of
devotional service.
PURPORT
This is the sum and substance of Lord Caitanya's sankirtana movement.
There is no distinction made between those who are fit and those who are
not fit to hear or take part in the sankirtana movement. It should
therefore be preached without discrimination. The only purpose of the
preachers of the sankirtana movement must be to go on preaching without
restriction. That is the way in which Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu introduced
this sankirtana movement to the world.
Adi 9.30
TEXT 30
TEXT
anjali anjali bhari' phele caturdise
daridra kudana khaya, malakara hase
SYNONYMS
anjali -- handful; anjali -- handful; bhari' -- filling; phele --
distributes; catur-dise -- in all directions; daridra -- poor; kudana --
picking up; khaya -- eats; mala-kara -- the gardener; hase -- smiles.
TRANSLATION
The transcendental gardener, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, distributed
handful after handful of fruit in all directions, and when the poor,
hungry people ate the fruit, the gardener smiled with great pleasure.
Adi 9.31
TEXT 31
TEXT
malakara kahe, -- suna, vrksa-parivara
mulasakha-upasakha yateka prakara
SYNONYMS
mala-kara -- the gardener; kahe -- said; suna -- hear; vrksa-parivara --
the family of this transcendental tree of devotional service; mula-sakha
-- chief branches; upasakha -- subbranches; yateka -- as many; prakara --
varieties.
TRANSLATION
Lord Caitanya thus addressed the multifarious varieties of branches and
subbranches of the tree of devotional service:
Adi 9.32
TEXT 32
TEXT
alaukika vrksa kare sarvendriya-karma
sthavara ha-iya dhare jangamera dharma
SYNONYMS
alaukika -- transcendental; vrksa -- tree; kare -- does; sarva-indriya --
all senses; karma -- activities; sthavara -- immovable; ha-iya --
becoming; dhare -- accepts; jangamera -- of the movable; dharma --
activities.
TRANSLATION
"Since the tree of devotional service is transcendental, every one of
its parts can perform the action of all the others. Although a tree is
supposed to be immovable, this tree nevertheless moves.
PURPORT
It is our experience in the material world that trees stand in one place,
but in the spiritual world a tree can go from one place to another.
Therefore everything in the spiritual world is called alaukika, uncommon
or transcendental. Another feature of such a tree is that it can act
universally. In the material world the roots of a tree go deep within
the earth to gather food, but in the spiritual world the twigs, branches
and leaves of the upper portion of the tree can act like the roots.
Adi 9.33
TEXT 33
TEXT
e vrksera anga haya saba sa-cetana
badiya vyapila sabe sakala bhuvana
SYNONYMS
e -- this; vrksera -- of the Caitanya tree; anga -- parts; haya -- are;
saba -- all; sa-cetana -- spiritually cognizant; badiya -- increasing;
vyapila -- overflooded; sabe -- all the parts; sakala -- all; bhuvana --
the world.
TRANSLATION
"All the parts of this tree are spiritually cognizant, and thus as they
grow they spread all over the world.
Adi 9.34
TEXT 34
TEXT
ekala malakara ami kahan kahan yaba
ekala va kata phala padiya vilaba
SYNONYMS
ekala -- alone; mala-kara -- gardener; ami -- I am; kahan -- where;
kahan -- where; yaba -- shall I go; ekala -- alone; va -- or; kata --
how many; phala -- fruits; padiya -- picking; vilaba -- shall distribute.
TRANSLATION
"I am the only gardener. How many places can I go? How many fruits can I
pick and distribute?
PURPORT
Here Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu indicates that the distribution of the Hare
Krsna maha-mantra should be performed by combined forces. Although He is
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He laments, "How can I act alone?
How can I alone pick the fruit and distribute it all over the world?"
This indicates that all classes of devotees should combine to distribute
the Hare Krsna maha-mantra without consideration of the time, place or
situation.
Adi 9.35
TEXT 35
TEXT
ekala uthana dite haya parisrama
keha paya, keha na paya, rahe mane bhrama
SYNONYMS
ekala -- alone; uthana -- picking up; dite -- to give; haya -- it
becomes; parisrama -- too laborious; keha -- someone; paya -- does get;
keha -- someone; na -- not; paya -- does get; rahe -- remains; mane --
in the mind; bhrama -- suspicion.
TRANSLATION
"It would certainly be a very laborious task to pick the fruits and
distribute them alone, and still I suspect that some would receive them
and others would not.
Adi 9.36
TEXT 36
TEXT
ataeva ami ajna dilun sabakare
yahan tahan prema-phala deha' yare tare
SYNONYMS
ataeva -- therefore; ami -- I; ajna -- order; dilun -- give; sabakare --
to everyone; yahan -- wherever; tahan -- everywhere; prema-phala -- the
fruit of love of Godhead; deha' -- distribute; yare -- anyone; tare --
everyone.
TRANSLATION
"Therefore I order every man within this universe to accept this Krsna
consciousness movement and distribute it everywhere.
PURPORT
In this connection there is a song sung by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura:
enechi ausadhi maya nasibara lagi'
harinama-mahamantra lao tumi magi'
bhakativinoda prabhu-carane padiya
sei harinama-mantra la-ila magiya
The sankirtana movement has been introduced by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
just to dispel the illusion of maya, by which everyone in this material
world thinks himself to be a product of matter and therefore to have
many duties pertaining to the body. Actually, the living entity is not
his material body: he is a spirit soul. He has a spiritual need to be
eternally blissful and full of knowledge, but unfortunately he
identifies himself with the body, sometimes as a human being, sometimes
as an animal, sometimes a tree, sometimes an aquatic, sometimes a
demigod, and so on. Thus with each change of body he develops a
different type of consciousness with different types of activities and
thus becomes increasingly entangled in material existence,
transmigrating perpetually from one body to another. Under the spell of
maya, or illusion, he does not consider the past or future but is simply
satisfied with the short life span that he has gotten for the present.
To eradicate this illusion, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has brought the
sankirtana movement, and He requests everyone to accept and distribute
it. A person who is actually a follower of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
must immediately accept the request of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu by
offering respectful obeisances unto His lotus feet and thus beg from Him
the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. If one is fortunate enough to beg from the
Lord this Hare Krsna maha-mantra, his life is successful.
Adi 9.37
TEXT 37
TEXT
ekala malakara ami kata phala khaba
na diya va ei phala ara ki kariba
SYNONYMS
ekala -- alone; mala-kara -- gardener; ami -- I; kata -- how many; phala
-- fruits; khaba -- eat; na -- without; diya -- giving; va -- or; ei --
this; phala -- fruits; ara -- else; ki -- what; kariba -- shall I do.
TRANSLATION
"I am the only gardener. If I do not distribute these fruits, what shall
I do with them? How many fruits can I alone eat?
PURPORT
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu produced so many fruits of devotional service
that they must be distributed all over the world; otherwise, how could
He alone relish and taste each and every fruit? The original reason that
Lord Sri Krsna descended as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was to understand
Srimati Radharani's love for Krsna and to taste that love. The fruits of
the tree of devotional service were innumerable, and therefore He wanted
to distribute them unrestrictedly to everyone. Srila Rupa Gosvami
therefore writes:
anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam
harih purata-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandipitah
sada hrdaya-kandare sphuratu vah saci-nandanah
There were many previous incarnations of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, but none were so generous, kind and magnanimous as Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, for He distributed the most confidential aspect of
devotional service, namely, the conjugal love of Radha and Krsna.
Therefore Sri Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada desires that Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu live perpetually in the hearts of all devotees, for thus they
can understand and relish the loving affairs of Srimati Radharani and
Krsna.
Adi 9.38
TEXT 38
TEXT
atma-icchamrte vrksa sinci nirantara
tahate asankhya phala vrksera upara
SYNONYMS
atma -- self; iccha-amrte -- by the nectar of the will; vrksa -- the
tree; sinci -- sprinkle; nirantara -- constantly; tahate -- there;
asankhya -- unlimited; phala -- fruits; vrksera -- on the tree; upara --
upper.
TRANSLATION
"By the transcendental desire of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
water has been sprinkled all over the tree, and thus there are
innumerable fruits of love of Godhead.
PURPORT
God is unlimited, and His desires are also unlimited. This example of
unlimited fruits is factually appropriate even within the material
context, for with the good will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
there can be enough fruits, grain and other foodstuffs produced so that
all the people in the world could not finish them, even if they ate ten
times their capacity. In this material world there is actually no
scarcity of anything but Krsna consciousness. If people become Krsna
conscious, by the transcendental will of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead there will be enough foodstuffs produced so that people will
have no economic problems at all. One can very easily understand this
fact. The production of fruits and flowers depends not upon our will but
upon the supreme will of the Personality of Godhead. If He is pleased,
He can supply enough fruits, flowers, etc., but if people are atheistic
and godless, then nature, by His will, restricts the supply of food. For
example, in several provinces in India, especially Maharashtra, Uttar
Pradesh and other adjoining states, there is sometimes a great scarcity
of foodstuffs due to lack of rainfall. So-called scientists and
economists cannot do anything about this. Therefore, to solve all
problems, one must seek the good will of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead by becoming Krsna conscious and worshiping Him regularly in
devotional service.
Adi 9.39
TEXT 39
TEXT
ataeva saba phala deha' yare tare
khaiya ha-uk loka ajara amare
SYNONYMS
ataeva -- therefore; saba -- all; phala -- fruits; deha' -- distribute;
yare tare -- to everyone and anyone; khaiya -- eating; ha-uk -- let them
become; loka -- all people; ajara -- without old age; amare -- without
death.
TRANSLATION
"Distribute this Krsna consciousness movement all over the world. Let
people eat these fruits and ultimately become free from old age and
death.
PURPORT
The Krsna consciousness movement introduced by Lord Caitanya is
extremely important because one who takes to it becomes eternal, being
freed from birth, death and old age. People do not recognize that the
real distresses in life are the four principles of birth, death, old age
and disease. They are so foolish that they resign themselves to these
four miseries, not knowing the transcendental remedy of the Hare Krsna
maha-mantra. Simply by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, one can
become free from all misery, but because they are enchanted by the
illusory energy, people do not take this movement seriously. Therefore
those who are actually servants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu must
seriously distribute this movement all over the world to render the
greatest benefit to human society. Of course, animals and other lower
species are not capable of understanding this movement, but if even a
small number of human beings take it seriously, then by their chanting
loudly, all living entities, including even trees, animals and other
lower species, will be benefited. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu inquired
from Haridasa Thakura how he was to benefit living entities other than
humans, Srila Haridasa Thakura replied that the Hare Krsna maha-mantra
is so potent that if it is chanted loudly, everyone will benefit,
including the lower species of life.
Adi 9.40
TEXT 40
TEXT
jagat vyapiya mora habe punya khyati
sukhi ha-iya loka mora gahibeka kirti
SYNONYMS
jagat vyapiya -- spreading all over the world; mora -- My; habe -- there
will be; punya -- pious; khyati -- reputation; sukhi -- happy; ha-iya --
becoming; loka -- all the people; mora -- My; gahibeka -- glorify; kirti
-- reputation.
TRANSLATION
"If the fruits are distributed all over the world, My reputation as a
pious man will be known everywhere, and thus all people will glorify My
name with great pleasure.
PURPORT
This prediction of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's is now actually coming to
pass. The Krsna consciousness movement is being distributed all over the
world through the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Krsna
maha-mantra, and people who were leading confused, chaotic lives are now
feeling transcendental happiness. They are finding peace in sankirtana,
and therefore they are acknowledging the supreme benefit of this
movement. This is the blessing of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. His
prediction is now factually being fulfilled, and those who are sober and
conscientious are appreciating the value of this great movement.
Adi 9.41
TEXT 41
TEXT
bharata-bhumite haila manusya janma yara
janma sarthaka kari' kara para-upakara
SYNONYMS
bharata -- of India; bhumite -- in the land; haila -- has become;
manusya -- human being; janma -- birth; yara -- anyone; janma -- such a
birth; sarthaka -- fulfillment; kari' -- doing so; kara -- do; para --
others; upakara -- benefit.
TRANSLATION
"One who has taken his birth as a human being in the land of India [
Bharata-varsa] should make his life successful and work for the benefit
of all other people.
PURPORT
The magnanimity of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is expressed in this very
important verse. Although He was born in Bengal and Bengalis therefore
have a special duty toward Him, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is addressing
not only Bengalis but all the inhabitants of India. It is in the land of
India that actual human civilization can be developed.
Human life is especially meant for God realization, as stated in the
Vedanta-sutra: athato brahma jijnasa. Anyone who takes birth in the land
of India (Bharata-varsa) has the special privilege of being able to take
advantage of the instruction and guidance of the Vedic civilization. He
automatically receives the basic principles of spiritual life, for 99.9%
of the Indian people, even simple village farmers and others who are
neither educated nor sophisticated, believe in the transmigration of the
soul, believe in past and future lives, believe in God, and naturally
want to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His representative.
These ideas are the natural inheritance of a person born in India.
India has many holy places of pilgrimage, such as Gaya, Benares, Mathura,
Prayaga, Vrndavana, Haridvara, Ramesvaram and Jagannatha Puri, and
still people go there by the hundreds and thousands. Although the
present leaders of India are influencing the people not to believe in
God, not to believe in a next life and not to believe in a distinction
between pious and impious life, and although they are teaching them how
to drink wine, eat meat and become supposedly civilized, people are
nevertheless afraid of the four activities of sinful life -- namely
illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling -- and whenever
there is a religious festival, they gather together by the thousands. We
have actual experience of this. Whenever the Krsna consciousness
movement holds a sankirtana festival in a big city like Calcutta, Bombay,
Madras, Ahmedabad or Hyderabad, thousands of people come to hear.
Sometimes we speak in English, but even though most people do not
understand English, they nevertheless come to hear us. Even when
imitation incarnations of Godhead speak, people gather in the thousands,
for everyone who is born in the land of India has a natural spiritual
inclination and is taught the basic principles of spiritual life; they
merely need to be a little more educated in the Vedic principles.
Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu says here, janma sarthaka kari' kara
para-upakara: if an Indian is educated in the Vedic principles, he is
able to perform the most beneficial welfare activity for the entire
world.
At present, for want of Krsna consciousness, or God consciousness, the
entire world is in darkness, having been covered by the four principles
of sinful life -- meat-eating, illicit sex, gambling and intoxication.
Therefore there is a need for vigorous propaganda to educate people to
refrain from sinful activities. This will bring peace and prosperity;
the rogues, thieves and debauchees will naturally decrease in number,
and all of human society will be God conscious.
The practical effect of our spreading the Krsna consciousness movement
all over the world is that now the most degraded debauchees are becoming
the most elevated saints. This is only one Indian's humble service to
the world. If all Indians had taken to this path, as advised by Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, India would have given a unique gift to the world,
and thus India would have been glorified. Now, however, India is known
as a poverty-stricken country, and whenever anyone from America or
another opulent country goes to India, he sees many people lying by the
footpaths for whom there are not even provisions for two meals a day.
There are also institutions collecting money from all parts of the world
in the name of welfare activities for poverty-stricken people, but they
are spending it for their own sense gratification. Now, on the order of
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Krsna consciousness movement has been
started, and people are benefiting from this movement. Therefore it is
now the duty of the leading men of India to consider the importance of
this movement and train many Indians to go outside of India to preach
this cult. People will accept it, there will be cooperation among the
Indian people and among the other people of the world, and the mission
of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu will then be fulfilled. Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu will then be glorified all over the world, and people will
naturally be happy, peaceful and prosperous, not only in this life but
also in the next, for as stated in the Bhagavad-gita, anyone who
understands Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will very easily
get salvation, or freedom from the repetition of birth and death, and go
back home, back to Godhead. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore requests
every Indian to become a preacher of His cult to save the world from
disastrous confusion.
This is not only the duty of Indians but the duty of everyone, and we
are very happy that American and European boys and girls are seriously
cooperating with this movement. One should know definitely that the best
welfare activity for all of human society is to awaken man's God
consciousness, or Krsna consciousness. Therefore everyone should help
this great movement. This is confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto,
Twenty-second Chapter, verse 35, which is next quoted in the Caitanya-
caritamrta.
Adi 9.42
TEXT 42
TEXT
etavaj janma-saphalyam
dehinam iha dehisu
pranair arthair dhiya vaca
sreya-acaranam sada
SYNONYMS
etavat -- up to this; janma -- of birth; saphalyam -- perfection;
dehinam -- of every living being; iha -- in this world; dehisu -- toward
those who are embodied; pranaih -- by life; arthaih -- by wealth; dhiya -
- by intelligence; vaca -- by words; sreyah -- eternal good fortune;
acaranam -- acting practically; sada -- always.
TRANSLATION
"‘It is the duty of every living being to perform welfare activities for
the benefit of others with his life, wealth, intelligence and words.'
PURPORT
There are two kinds of general activities -- sreyas, or activities which
are ultimately beneficial and auspicious, and preyas, or those which are
immediately beneficial and auspicious. For example, children are fond of
playing. They do not want to go to school to receive an education, and
they think that to play all day and night and enjoy with their friends
is the aim of life. Even in the transcendental life of Lord Krsna, we
find that when He was a child He was very fond of playing with His
friends of the same age, the cowherd boys. He would not even go home to
take His dinner. Mother Yasoda would have to come out to induce Him to
come home. Thus it is a child's nature to engage all day and night in
playing, not caring even for his health and other important concerns.
This is an example of preyas, or immediately beneficial activities. But
there are also sreyas, or activities which are ultimately auspicious.
According to Vedic civilization, a human being must be God conscious. He
should understand what God is, what this material world is, who he is,
and what their interrelationships are. This is called sreyas, or
ultimately auspicious activity.
In this verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that one should be
interested in sreyas. To achieve the ultimate goal of sreyas, or good
fortune, one should engage everything, including his life, wealth and
words, not only for himself but for others also. However, unless one is
interested in sreyas in his own life, he cannot preach of sreyas for the
benefit of others.
This verse cited by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu applies to human beings, not
to animals. As indicated in the previous verse by the words manusya-
janma, these injunctions are for human beings. Unfortunately, human
beings, although they have the bodies of men, are becoming less than
animals in their behavior. This is the fault of modern education. Modern
educators do not know the aim of human life; they are simply concerned
with how to develop the economic condition of their countries or of
human society. This is also necessary; the Vedic civilization considers
all aspects of human life, including dharma (religion), artha (economic
development), kama (sense gratification) and moksa (liberation). But
humanity's first concern should be religion. To be religious, one must
abide by the orders of God, but unfortunately people in this age have
rejected religion, and they are busy in economic development. Therefore
they will adopt any means to get money. For economic development one
does not need to get money by hook or by crook; one needs only
sufficient money to maintain his body and soul. However, because modern
economic development is going on with no religious background, people
have become lusty, greedy and mad after money. They are simply
developing the qualities of rajas (passion) and tamas (ignorance),
neglecting the other quality of nature, sattva (goodness), and the
brahminical qualifications. Therefore the entire society is in chaos.
The Bhagavatam says that it is the duty of an advanced human being to
act in such a way as to facilitate human society's attainment of the
ultimate goal of life. There is a similar verse in the Visnu Purana,
Part Three, Chapter Twelve, verse 45, which is next quoted in the
Caitanya-caritamrta.
Adi 9.43
TEXT 43
TEXT
praninam upakaraya
yad eveha paratra ca
karmana manasa vaca
tad eva mati-man bhajet
SYNONYMS
praninam -- of all living entities; upakaraya -- for the benefit; yat --
whichever; eva -- certainly; iha -- in this world or in this life;
paratra -- in the next life; ca -- and; karmana -- by work; manasa -- by
the mind; vaca -- by words; tat -- that; eva -- certainly; mati-man --
an intelligent man; bhajet -- must act.
TRANSLATION
"‘By his work, thoughts and words, an intelligent man must perform
actions which will be beneficial for all living entities in this life
and the next.'
PURPORT
Unfortunately, people in general do not know what is to take place in
the next life. To prepare oneself for his next life is common sense, and
it is a principle of the Vedic civilization, but presently people
throughout the world do not believe in a next life. Even influential
professors and other educators say that as soon as the body is finished,
everything is finished. This atheistic philosophy is killing human
civilization. People are irresponsibly performing all sorts of sinful
activities, and thus the privilege of the human life is being taken away
by the educational propaganda of the so-called leaders. Actually it is a
fact that this life is meant for preparation for the next life; by
evolution one has come through many species, or forms, and this human
form of life is an opportunity to promote oneself to a better life. This
is explained in the Bhagavad-gita (9.25):
yanti deva-vrata devan pitrn yanti pitr-vratah
bhutani yanti bhutejya yanti mad-yajino 'pi mam
"Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods;
those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings;
those who worship ancestors go to the ancestors; and those who worship
Me will live with Me." Therefore, one may promote himself to the higher
planetary systems, which are the residence of the demigods, one can
promote himself to Pitrloka, one can remain on earth, or one can also go
back home, back to Godhead. This is further confirmed elsewhere in the
Bhagavad-gita (4.9): tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti so 'rjuna.
After giving up the body, one who knows Krsna in truth does not come
back again to this world to accept a material body, but he goes back
home, back to Godhead. This knowledge is in the sastras, and people
should be given the opportunity to understand it. Even if one is not
able to go back to Godhead in one life, the Vedic civilization at least
gives one the opportunity to be promoted to the higher planetary systems,
where the demigods live, and not glide down again to animal life. At
present, people do not understand this knowledge, although it
constitutes a great science, for they are uneducated and trained not to
accept it. This is the horrible condition of modern human society. As
such, the Krsna consciousness movement is the only hope to direct the
attention of intelligent men to a greater benefit in life.
Adi 9.44
TEXT 44
TEXT
mali manusya amara nahi rajya-dhana
phala-phula diya kari' punya uparjana
SYNONYMS
mali -- gardener; manusya -- man; amara -- My; nahi -- there is none;
rajya -- kingdom; dhana -- wealth; phala -- fruit; phula -- flowers;
diya -- giving; kari' -- do; punya -- piety; uparjana -- achievement.
TRANSLATION
"I am merely a gardener. I have neither a kingdom nor very great riches.
I simply have some fruits and flowers that I wish to utilize to achieve
piety in My life.
PURPORT
In performing welfare activities for human society, Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu presents Himself as being not very rich, thus indicating that
a man need not be rich or opulent to act for the welfare of humanity.
Sometimes rich men are very proud that they can perform beneficial
activities for human society whereas others cannot. A practical example
is that when there is a scarcity of food in India on account of meager
rainfall, some members of the richer class very proudly distribute
foodstuffs, making huge arrangements with the help of the government, as
if merely by such activities people will be benefited. Suppose there
were no food grain. How would the rich men distribute food? Production
of grain is completely in the hands of God. If there were no rain, there
would be no grain, and these so-called rich men would be unable to
distribute grain to the people.
The real purpose of life, therefore, is to satisfy the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Srila Rupa Gosvami describes in his Bhakti-
rasamrta-sindhu that devotional service is so exalted that it is
beneficial and auspicious for every man. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu also
declared that to propagate the bhakti cult of devotional service in
human society, one does not need to be very rich. Anyone who knows the
art can do it and thus render the highest benefit to humanity. Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu takes the part of a gardener because although a
gardener is naturally not a very rich man, he has some fruits and
flowers. Any man can collect some fruits and flowers and satisfy the
Supreme Personality of Godhead in devotional service, as the Lord
recommends in the Bhagavad-gita (9.26):
patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati
tad aham bhakty-upahrtam asnami prayatatmanah
One cannot satisfy the Supreme Lord by his riches, wealth or opulent
position, but anyone can collect a little fruit or a flower and offer it
to the Lord. The Lord says that if one brings such an offering in
devotion, He will accept it and eat it. When Krsna eats, the entire
world becomes satisfied. There is a story in the Mahabharata
illustrating how by Krsna's eating, the sixty thousand disciples of
Durvasa Muni were all satisfied. Therefore it is a fact that if by our
life (pranaih), by our wealth (arthaih), by our intelligence (dhiya) or
by our words (vaca) we can satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
naturally the entire world will become happy. Therefore our main duty is
to satisfy the Supreme Godhead by our actions, our money and our words.
This is very simple. Even if one does not have money, he can preach the
Hare Krsna mantra to everyone. One can go everywhere, to every home, and
request everyone to chant the Hare Krsna mantra. Thus the entire world
situation will become very happy and peaceful.
Adi 9.45
TEXT 45
TEXT
mali hana vrksa ha-ilan ei ta' icchate
sarva-pranira upakara haya vrksa haite
SYNONYMS
mali hana -- although I am the gardener; vrksa ha-ilan -- I am also the
tree; ei ta' -- this is; icchate -- by My will; sarva-pranira -- of all
living entities; upakara -- welfare; haya -- there is; vrksa -- the tree;
haite -- from.
TRANSLATION
"Although I am acting as a gardener, I also want to be the tree, for
thus I can bestow benefit upon all.
PURPORT
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the most benevolent personality in human
society because His only desire is to make people happy. His sankirtana
movement is especially meant for the purpose of making people happy. He
wanted to become the tree Himself because a tree is said to be the most
benevolent living entity. In the following verse, which is from Srimad-
Bhagavatam (10.22.33), Krsna Himself highly praises the existence of a
tree.
Adi 9.46
TEXT 46
TEXT
aho esam varam janma
sarva-prany-upajivinam
su-janasyeva yesam vai
vimukha yanti narthinah
SYNONYMS
aho -- oh, just see; esam -- of these trees; varam -- superior; janma --
birth; sarva -- all; prani -- living entities; upajivinam -- one who
provides maintenance; su-janasya iva -- like the great personalities;
yesam -- from whose; vai -- certainly; vimukhah -- disappointed; yanti --
goes away; na -- never; arthinah -- one who is asking for something.
TRANSLATION
"‘Just see how these trees are maintaining every living entity! Their
birth is successful. Their behavior is just like that of great
personalities, for anyone who asks anything from a tree never goes away
disappointed.'"
PURPORT
According to Vedic civilization, ksatriyas are considered to be great
personalities because if anyone goes to a ksatriya king to ask for
charity, the king will never refuse. The trees are compared to those
noble ksatriyas because everyone derives all kinds of benefits from them
-- some people take fruit, others take flowers, others take leaves,
others take twigs, and others even cut the tree, and yet the tree gives
to everyone without hesitation.
Unnecessarily cutting trees without consideration is another example of
human debauchery. The paper industry cuts many hundreds and thousands of
trees for its mills, and with the paper so much rubbish literature is
published for the whimsical satisfaction of human society. Unfortunately,
although these industrialists are now happy in this life by dint of
their industrial development, they do not know that they will incur the
responsibility for killing these living entities who are in the form of
trees.
This verse, quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam, was spoken by Lord Krsna to
His friends when He was taking rest underneath a tree after His pastime
of stealing the clothes of the gopis (vastra-harana-lila). By quoting
this verse, Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us that we should be tolerant
like trees and also beneficial like trees, which give everything to the
needy persons who come underneath them. A needy person may derive many
advantages from trees and also from many animals, but in modern
civilization people have become so ungrateful that they exploit the
trees and animals and kill them. These are some of the sinful activities
of modern civilization.
Adi 9.47
TEXT 47
TEXT
ei ajna kaila yadi caitanya-malakara
parama ananda paila vrksa-parivara
SYNONYMS
ei -- this; ajna -- order; kaila -- gave; yadi -- when; caitanya -- Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mala-kara -- as a gardener; parama -- the greatest;
ananda -- pleasure; paila -- got; vrksa -- of the tree; parivara --
descendants.
TRANSLATION
The descendants of the tree [the devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu]
were very glad to receive this order directly from the Lord.
PURPORT
It is the desire of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu that the benevolent
activities of the sankirtana movement, which was inaugurated five
hundred years ago in Navadvipa, be spread all over the world for the
benefit of all human beings. Unfortunately, there are many so-called
followers of Caitanya Mahaprabhu who are satisfied simply to construct a
temple, make a show of the Deities, collect some funds and utilize them
for eating and sleeping. There is no question of their preaching the
cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu all over the world. But even though they
are unable to do so, if anyone else does it they become envious. This is
the condition of the modern followers of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The Age of
Kali is so strong that it affects even the so-called followers of Lord
Caitanya. At least the followers of Caitanya Mahaprabhu must come out of
India to preach His cult all over the world, for this is the mission of
Lord Caitanya. The followers of Lord Caitanya must execute His will with
heart and soul, being more tolerant than the trees and humbler than the
straw in the street.
Adi 9.48
TEXT 48
TEXT
yei yahan tahan dana kare prema-phala
phalasvade matta loka ha-ila sakala
SYNONYMS
yei -- anyone; yahan -- wherever; tahan -- anywhere; dana -- charity;
kare -- gives in; prema-phala -- the fruit of love of Godhead; phala --
fruit; asvade -- by tasting; matta -- intoxicated; loka -- people; ha-
ila -- become; sakala -- all.
TRANSLATION
The fruit of love of God is so delicious that wherever a devotee
distributes it, those who relish the fruit, anywhere in the world,
immediately become intoxicated.
PURPORT
Here the wonderful fruit of love of Godhead distributed by Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu is described. We have practical experience that anyone who
accepts this fruit and sincerely tastes it immediately becomes mad after
it and gives up all his bad habits, being intoxicated by Caitanya
Mahaprabhu's gift, the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. The statements of Sri
Caitanya-caritamrta are so practical that anyone can test them. As far
as we are concerned, we are most confident of the success of the
distribution of the great fruit of love of Godhead through the medium of
chanting the maha-mantra -- Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare
Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
Adi 9.49
TEXT 49
TEXT
maha-madaka prema-phala peta bhari' khaya
matila sakala loka -- hase, nace, gaya
SYNONYMS
maha-madaka -- great intoxicant; prema-phala -- this fruit of love of
God; peta -- belly; bhari' -- filling; khaya -- let them eat; matila --
became mad; sakala loka -- all the people in general; hase -- laugh;
nace -- dance; gaya -- chant.
TRANSLATION
The fruit of love of Godhead distributed by Caitanya Mahaprabhu is such
a great intoxicant that anyone who eats it, filling his belly,
immediately becomes maddened by it, and automatically he chants, dances,
laughs and enjoys.
Adi 9.50
TEXT 50
TEXT
keha gadagadi yaya, keha ta' hunkara
dekhi' anandita hana hase malakara
SYNONYMS
keha -- some of them; gadagadi yaya -- roll on the floor; keha -- some
of them; ta' -- certainly; hunkara -- hum very loudly; dekhi' -- seeing
this; anandita -- gladdened; hana -- becoming so; hase -- smiles; mala-
kara -- the great gardener.
TRANSLATION
When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the great gardener, sees that people are
chanting, dancing and laughing and that some of them are rolling on the
floor and some are making loud humming sounds, He smiles with great
pleasure.
PURPORT
This attitude of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is very important for persons
engaged in the Hare Krsna movement of Krsna consciousness. In every
center of our institution, ISKCON, we have arranged for a love feast
every Sunday, and when we actually see people come to our center, chant,
dance, take prasadam, become jubilant and purchase books, we know that
certainly Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always present in such
transcendental activities, and He is very pleased and satisfied.
Therefore the members of ISKCON must increase this movement more and
more, according to the principles that we are presently trying to
execute. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, thus being pleased, will smilingly
glance upon them, bestowing His favor, and the movement will be
successful.
Adi 9.51
TEXT 51
TEXT
ei malakara khaya ei prema-phala
niravadhi matta rahe, vivasa-vihvala
SYNONYMS
ei -- this; mala-kara -- great gardener; khaya -- eats; ei -- this;
prema-phala -- fruit of love of Godhead; niravadhi -- always; matta --
maddened; rahe -- remains; vivasa -- as if helpless; vihvala -- as if
bewildered.
TRANSLATION
The great gardener, Lord Caitanya, personally eats this fruit, and as a
result He constantly remains mad, as if helpless and bewildered.
PURPORT
It is the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to act Himself and teach
the people. He says, apani acari' bhakti karila pracara (Cc. Adi 4.41).
One must first act himself and then teach. This is the function of a
real teacher. Unless one is able to understand the philosophy that he
speaks, it will not be effective. Therefore one should not only
understand the philosophy of the Caitanya cult but also implement it
practically in one's life.
While chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
sometimes fainted and remained unconscious for many hours. He prays in
His Siksastaka (7):
yugayitam nimesena caksusa pravrsayitam
sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda-virahena me
"O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be
like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from My eyes like torrents
of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence." This
is the perfectional stage of chanting the Hare Krsna mantra and eating
the fruit of love of Godhead, as exhibited by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
One should not artificially imitate this stage, but if one is serious
and sincerely follows the regulative principles and chants the Hare
Krsna mantra, the time will come when these symptoms will appear. Tears
will fill his eyes, he will be unable to chant the maha-mantra
distinctly, and his heart will throb in ecstasy. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
says that one should not imitate this, but a devotee should long for the
day to come when such symptoms of trance will automatically appear in
his body.
Adi 9.52
TEXT 52
TEXT
sarva-loke matta kaila apana-samana
preme matta loka vina nahi dekhi ana
SYNONYMS
sarva-loke -- all people; matta -- maddened; kaila -- He made; apana --
Himself; samana -- like; preme -- in love of God; matta -- maddened;
loka -- people in general; vina -- without; nahi -- do not; dekhi -- we
see; ana -- anything else.
TRANSLATION
With His sankirtana movement the Lord made everyone mad like Himself. We
do not find anyone who was not intoxicated by His sankirtana movement.
Adi 9.53
TEXT 53
TEXT
ye ye purve ninda kaila, bali' matoyala
seho phala khaya, nace, bale -- bhala bhala
SYNONYMS
ye ye -- persons who; purve -- before; ninda -- blasphemy; kaila -- made;
bali' -- saying; matoyala -- drunkard; seho -- such persons; phala --
fruit; khaya -- takes; nace -- dance; bale -- say; bhala bhala -- very
good, very good.
TRANSLATION
Persons who had formerly criticized Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, calling
Him a drunkard, also ate the fruit and began to dance, saying, "Very
good! Very good!"
PURPORT
When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu started the sankirtana movement, even He
was unnecessarily criticized by Mayavadis, atheists and fools. Naturally
we are also criticized by such men. They will always remain and will
always criticize anything that is actually good for human society. But
the preachers of the sankirtana movement should not be deterred by such
criticism. Our method should be to convert such fools gradually by
asking them to come and take prasadam and chant and dance with us. This
should be our policy. Anyone who comes to join us, of course, must be
sincere and serious regarding spiritual advancement in life; then such a
person, simply by joining us, chanting with us, dancing with us and
taking prasadam with us, will gradually also come to say that this
movement is very good. But one who joins with an ulterior purpose, to
get material benefit or personal gratification, will never be able to
grasp the philosophy of this movement.
Adi 9.54
TEXT 54
TEXT
ei ta' kahilun prema-phala-vitarana
ebe suna, phala-data ye ye sakha-gana
SYNONYMS
ei -- this; ta' -- however; kahilun -- I have explained; prema-phala --
the fruit of love of Godhead; vitarana -- distribution; ebe -- now; suna
-- hear; phala-data -- the giver of the fruit; ye ye -- who and who;
sakha-gana -- branches.
TRANSLATION
After describing the Lord's distribution of the fruit of love of Godhead,
I now wish to describe the different branches of the tree of Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Adi 9.55
TEXT 55
TEXT
sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa
caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa
SYNONYMS
sri-rupa -- Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha -- Srila Raghunatha dasa
Gosvami; pade -- at the lotus feet; yara -- whose; asa -- expectation;
Caitanya-caritamrta -- the book named Caitanya-caritamrta; kahe --
describes; krsna-dasa -- Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.
TRANSLATION
Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha, always
desiring their mercy, I, Krsnadasa, narrate Sri Caitanya-caritamrta,
following in their footsteps.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila,
Ninth Chapter, describing the desire tree of devotional service.
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Adi 9: The Desire Tree of Devotional Service
Chapter 9:
The Desire Tree of Devotional Service
A summary of Chapter Nine has been given as follows by Srila
Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. In this chapter the
author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta has devised a figurative example by
describing "the desire tree of bhakti." He considers Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, who is known as Visvambhara, to be the gardener of this tree
because He is the main personality who has taken charge of it. As the
supreme enjoyer, He enjoyed the fruits Himself and distributed them as
well. The seed of the tree was first sown in Navadvipa, the birth site
of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and then the tree was brought to
Purusottama-ksetra (Jagannatha Puri), and then to Vrndavana. The seed
fructified first in Srila Madhavendra Puri, and then in his disciple Sri
Isvara Puri. It is figuratively described that both the tree itself and
the trunk of the tree are Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Paramananda Puri and
eight other great sannyasis are like the spreading roots of the tree.
From the main trunk there extend two special branches, Advaita Prabhu
and Sri Nityananda Prabhu, and from those branches grow other branches
and twigs. 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 Mahaprabhu intoxicates the entire world. It should be noted
that this is a figurative example meant to explain the mission of Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Adi 9.1
TEXT 1
TEXT
tam srimat-krsna-caitanya-
devam vande jagad-gurum
yasyanukampaya svapi
mahabdhim santaret sukham
SYNONYMS
tam -- unto Him; srimat -- with all opulence; krsna-caitanya-devam --
unto Lord Krsna Caitanyadeva; vande -- I offer obeisances; jagat-gurum --
spiritual master of the world; yasya -- whose; anukampaya -- by the
mercy of; sva api -- even a dog; maha -- abdhim -- great ocean; santaret
-- can swim; sukham -- without difficulty.
TRANSLATION
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual master of the
entire world, Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by whose mercy even a
dog can swim across a great ocean.
PURPORT
Sometimes it is to be seen that a dog can swim in the water for a few
yards and then come back to the shore. Here, however, it is stated that
if a dog is blessed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he can swim across an
ocean. Similarly, the author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Krsnadasa
Kaviraja Gosvami, placing himself in a helpless condition, states that
he has no personal power, but by the desire of Lord Caitanya, expressed
through the Vaisnavas and the Madana-mohana vigraha, it is possible for
him to cross a transcendental ocean to present Sri Caitanya-caritamrta.
Adi 9.2
TEXT 2
TEXT
jaya jaya sri-krsna-caitanya gauracandra
jaya jayadvaita jaya jaya nityananda
SYNONYMS
jaya jaya -- all glories; sri-krsna-caitanya -- to Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; gauracandra -- whose name is Gaurahari; jaya jaya -- all
glories; advaita -- to Advaita Gosani; jaya jaya -- all glories;
nityananda -- to Nityananda.
TRANSLATION
All glories to Sri Krsna Caitanya, who is known as Gaurahari! All
glories to Advaita Acarya and Nityananda Prabhu!
Adi 9.3
TEXT 3
TEXT
jaya jaya srivasadi gaura-bhakta-gana
sarvabhista-purti-hetu yanhara smarana
SYNONYMS
jaya jaya -- all glories; srivasa-adi -- to Srivasa and others; gaura-
bhakta-gana -- all the devotees of Lord Caitanya; sarva-abhista -- all
ambition; purti -- satisfaction; hetu -- for the matter of; yanhara --
whose; smarana -- remembrance.
TRANSLATION
All glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya, headed by Srivasa Thakura!
In order to fulfill all my desires, I remember their lotus feet.
PURPORT
The author here continues to follow the same principles of worship of
the Panca-tattva that were described in the Seventh Chapter of the Adi-
lila.
Adi 9.4
TEXT 4
TEXT
sri-rupa, sanatana, bhatta raghunatha
sri-jiva, gopala-bhatta, dasa-raghunatha
SYNONYMS
sri-rupa -- Srila Rupa Gosvami; sanatana -- Srila Sanatana Gosvami;
bhatta raghunatha -- Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami; sri-jiva -- Sri Jiva
Gosvami; gopala-bhatta -- Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami; dasa-raghunatha --
Raghunatha dasa Gosvami.
TRANSLATION
I also remember the Six Gosvamis -- Rupa, Sanatana, Bhatta Raghunatha,
Sri Jiva, Gopala Bhatta and Dasa Raghunatha.
PURPORT
This is the process for writing transcendental literature. A
sentimentalist who has no Vaisnava qualifications cannot produce
transcendental writings. There are many fools who consider krsna-lila to
be a subject of art and who write or paint pictures about the pastimes
of Lord Krsna with the gopis, sometimes depicting them in a manner
practically obscene. These fools take pleasure in material sense
gratification, but one who wants to make advancement in spiritual life
must scrupulously avoid their literature. Unless one is a servant of
Krsna and the Vaisnavas, as Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami presents himself
to be in offering respects to Lord Caitanya, His associates and His
disciples, one should not attempt to write transcendental literature.
Adi 9.5
TEXT 5
TEXT
e-saba-prasade likhi caitanya-lila-guna
jani va na jani, kari apana-sodhana
SYNONYMS
e-saba -- all these; prasade -- by the mercy of; likhi -- I write;
caitanya -- of Lord Caitanya; lila-guna -- pastimes and qualities; jani -
- know; va -- or; na -- not; jani -- know; kari -- do; apana -- self;
sodhana -- purification.
TRANSLATION
It is by the mercy of all these Vaisnavas and gurus that I attempt to
write about the pastimes and qualities of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Whether I know it or know not, it is for self-purification that I write
this book.
PURPORT
This is the sum and substance of transcendental writing. One must be an
authorized Vaisnava, humble and pure. One should write transcendental
literature to purify oneself, not for credit. By writing about the
pastimes of the Lord, one associates with the Lord directly. One should
not ambitiously think, "I shall become a great author. I shall be
celebrated as a writer." These are material desires. One should attempt
to write for self-purification. It may be published or it may not be
published, but that does not matter. If one is actually sincere in
writing, all his ambitions will be fulfilled. Whether one is known as a
great author is incidental. One should not attempt to write
transcendental literature for material name and fame.
Adi 9.6
TEXT 6
TEXT
malakarah svayam krsna-
premamara-taruh svayam
data bhokta tat-phalanam
yas tam caitanyam asraye
SYNONYMS
mala-karah -- gardener; svayam -- Himself; krsna -- Lord Krsna; prema --
love; amara -- transcendental; taruh -- tree; svayam -- Himself; data --
giver; bhokta -- enjoyer; tat-phalanam -- of all the fruits of that tree;
yah -- one who; tam -- unto Him; caitanyam -- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
asraye -- I take shelter.
TRANSLATION
I take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, who Himself is the tree of transcendental love of Krsna, its
gardener and also the bestower and enjoyer of its fruits.
Adi 9.7
TEXT 7
TEXT
prabhu kahe, ami ‘visvambhara' nama dhari
nama sarthaka haya, yadi preme visva bhari
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe -- the Lord said; ami -- I; visvambhara -- Visvambhara; nama
-- named; dhari -- accept; nama -- the name; sarthaka -- complete; haya -
- becomes; yadi -- if; preme -- in love of God; visva -- the whole
universe; bhari -- fulfilled.
TRANSLATION
Lord Caitanya thought, "My name is Visvambhara, ‘one who maintains the
entire universe.' Its meaning will be actualized if I can fill the whole
universe with love of Godhead."
Adi 9.8
TEXT 8
TEXT
eta cinti' laila prabhu malakara-dharma
navadvipe arambhila phalodyana-karma
SYNONYMS
eta cinti' -- thinking like this; laila -- took; prabhu -- the Lord;
mala-kara-dharma -- the business of a gardener; navadvipe -- in
Navadvipa; arambhila -- began; phala-udyana -- garden; karma --
activities.
TRANSLATION
Thinking in this way, He accepted the duty of a planter and began to
grow a garden in Navadvipa.
Adi 9.9
TEXT 9
TEXT
sri-caitanya malakara prthivite ani'
bhakti-kalpataru ropila sinci' iccha-pani
SYNONYMS
sri-caitanya -- Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mala-kara -- gardener;
prthivite -- on this planet; ani' -- bringing; bhakti-kalpa-taru -- the
desire tree of devotional service; ropila -- sowed; sinci' -- watering;
iccha -- will; pani -- water.
TRANSLATION
Thus the Lord brought the desire tree of devotional service to this
earth and became its gardener. He sowed the seed and sprinkled upon it
the water of His will.
PURPORT
In many places devotional service has been compared to a creeper. One
has to sow the seed of the devotional creeper, bhakti-lata, within his
heart. As he regularly hears and chants, the seed will fructify and
gradually grow into a mature plant and then produce the fruit of
devotional service, namely love of Godhead, which the gardener (mala-
kara) can then enjoy without impediments.
Adi 9.10
TEXT 10
TEXT
jaya sri madhavapuri krsna-prema-pura
bhakti-kalpatarura tenho prathama ankura
SYNONYMS
jaya -- all glories; sri madhava-puri -- unto Madhavendra Puri; krsna-
prema-pura -- a storehouse of all love of Godhead; bhakti-kalpa-tarura --
of the desire tree of devotional service; tenho -- he is; prathama --
first; ankura -- fructification.
TRANSLATION
All glories to Sri Madhavendra Puri, the storehouse of all devotional
service unto Krsna! He is a desire tree of devotional service, and it is
in him that the seed of devotional service first fructified.
PURPORT
Sri Madhavendra Puri, also known as Sri Madhava Puri, belonged to the
disciplic succession from Madhvacarya and was a greatly celebrated
sannyasi. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was the third disciplic descendant
from Sri Madhavendra Puri. The process of worship in the disciplic
succession of Madhvacarya was full of ritualistic ceremonies, with
hardly a sign of love of Godhead. Sri Madhavendra Puri was the first
person in that disciplic succession to exhibit the symptoms of love of
Godhead and the first to write a poem beginning with the words ayi dina-
dayardra natha, "O supremely merciful Personality of Godhead." In that
poem is the seed of Caitanya Mahaprabhu's cultivation of love of Godhead.
Adi 9.11
TEXT 11
TEXT
sri-isvarapuri-rupe ankura pusta haila
apane caitanya-mali skandha upajila
SYNONYMS
sri-isvara-puri -- by the name Sri Isvara Puri; rupe -- in the form of;
ankura -- the seed; pusta -- cultivated; haila -- became; apane --
Himself; caitanya-mali -- the gardener of the name Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; skandha -- trunk; upajila -- expanded.
TRANSLATION
The seed of devotional service next fructified in the form of Sri Isvara
Puri, and then the gardener Himself, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, became the
main trunk of the tree of devotional service.
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his Anubhasya, "Sri
Isvara Puri was a resident of Kumara-hatta, where there is now a
railroad station known as Kamarhatta. Nearby there is another station,
named Halisahara, which belongs to the Eastern Railway. This railway
runs from the eastern section of Calcutta."
Isvara Puri appeared in a brahmana family and was the most beloved
disciple of Srila Madhavendra Puri. In the last portion of Sri Caitanya-
caritamrta (Antya 8.28–31), it is stated:
isvara-puri gosani kare sri-pada sevana
sva-haste karena mala-mutradi marjana
nirantara krsna-nama karaya smarana
krsna-nama krsna-lila sunaya anuksana
tusta hana puri tanre kaila alingana
vara dila krsne tomara ha-uka prema-dhana
sei haite isvara-puri premera sagara
"At the last stage of his life Sri Madhavendra Puri became an invalid
and was completely unable to move, and Isvara Puri so completely engaged
himself in his service that he personally cleaned up his stool and urine.
Always chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra and reminding Sri
Madhavendra Puri about the pastimes of Lord Krsna in the last stage of
his life, Isvara Puri gave the best service among his disciples. Thus
Madhavendra Puri, being very pleased with him, blessed him, saying, ‘My
dear boy, I can only pray to Krsna that He will be pleased with you.'
Thus Isvara Puri, by the grace of his spiritual master, Sri Madhavendra
Puri, became a great devotee in the ocean of love of Godhead." Srila
Visvanatha Cakravarti states in his Gurv-astaka prayer, yasya prasadad
bhagavat-prasado yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto 'pi: ** "By the mercy of
the spiritual master one is blessed by the mercy of Krsna. Without the
grace of the spiritual master one cannot make any advancement." It is by
the mercy of the spiritual master that one becomes perfect, as vividly
exemplified here. A Vaisnava is always protected by the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, but if he appears to be an invalid, this gives a
chance to his disciples to serve him. Isvara Puri pleased his spiritual
master by service, and by the blessings of his spiritual master he
became such a great personality that Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted
him as His spiritual master.
Srila Isvara Puri was the spiritual master of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
but before initiating Lord Caitanya he went to Navadvipa and lived for a
few months in the house of Gopinatha Acarya. At that time Lord Caitanya
became acquainted with him, and it is understood that he served Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu by reciting his book, Krsna-lilamrta. This is
explained in Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, Chapter Eleven.
To teach others by example how to be a faithful disciple of one's
spiritual master, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, visited the birthplace of Isvara Puri at Kumara-hatta and
collected some earth from his birth site. This He kept very carefully,
and He used to eat a small portion of it daily. This is stated in the
Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, Chapter Seventeen. It has now become
customary for devotees, following the example of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
to go there and collect some earth from that place.
Adi 9.12
TEXT 12
TEXT
nijacintya-saktye mali hana skandha haya
sakala sakhara sei skandha mulasraya
SYNONYMS
nija -- His own; acintya -- inconceivable; saktye -- by potency; mali --
gardener; hana -- becoming; skandha -- trunk; haya -- became; sakala --
all; sakhara -- of other branches; sei -- that; skandha -- trunk; mula-
asraya -- original support.
TRANSLATION
By His inconceivable powers, the Lord became the gardener, the trunk and
the branches simultaneously.
Adi 9.13–15
TEXTS 13–15
TEXT
paramananda puri, ara kesava bharati
brahmananda puri, ara brahmananda bharati
visnu-puri, kesava-puri, puri krsnananda
sri-nrsimhatirtha, ara puri sukhananda
ei nava mula nikasila vrksa-mule
ei nava mule vrksa karila niscale
SYNONYMS
paramananda puri -- Paramananda Puri; ara -- and; kesava bharati --
Kesava Bharati; brahmananda puri -- Brahmananda Puri; ara -- and;
brahmananda bharati -- Brahmananda Bharati; visnu-puri -- Visnu Puri;
kesava-puri -- Kesava Puri; puri krsnananda -- Krsnananda Puri; sri-
nrsimha-tirtha -- Sri Nrsimha Tirtha; ara -- and; puri sukhananda --
Sukhananda Puri; ei nava -- of these nine; mula -- roots; nikasila --
fructified; vrksa-mule -- in the trunk of the tree; ei nava mule -- in
these nine roots; vrksa -- the tree; karila niscale -- became very
steadfast.
TRANSLATION
Paramananda Puri, Kesava Bharati, Brahmananda Puri and Brahmananda
Bharati, Sri Visnu Puri, Kesava Puri, Krsnananda Puri, Sri Nrsimha
Tirtha and Sukhananda Puri -- these nine sannyasi roots all sprouted
from the trunk of the tree. Thus the tree stood steadfastly on the
strength of these nine roots.
PURPORT
Paramananda Puri: Paramananda Puri belonged to a brahmana family of the
Trihut district in Uttar Pradesh. Madhavendra Puri was his spiritual
master. In relationship with Madhavendra Puri, Paramananda Puri was very
dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In the Caitanya-bhagavata (Antya
10.46–49, and 42) there is the following statement:
sannyasira madhye isvarera priya-patra
ara nahi eka puri gosani se matra
damodara-svarupa paramananda-puri
sannyasi-parsade ei dui adhikari
niravadhi nikate thakena dui jana
prabhura sannyase kare dandera grahana
puri dhyana-para damodarera kirtana
yata-priti isvarera puri-gosanire
damodara-svarupereo tata priti kare
"Among his sannyasi disciples, Isvara Puri and Paramananda Puri were
very dear to Madhavendra Puri. Thus Paramananda Puri, like Svarupa
Damodara, who was also a sannyasi, was very dear to Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu and was His constant associate. When Lord Caitanya accepted
the renounced order, Paramananda Puri offered Him the danda. Paramananda
Puri was always engaged in meditation, and Sri Svarupa was always
engaged in chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. As Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu offered full respect to His spiritual master, Isvara Puri, He
similarly respected Paramananda Puri and Svarupa Damodara." It is
described in the Caitanya-bhagavata (Antya 3.171–72)
that when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu first saw Paramananda Puri He made the
following statement:
aji dhanya locana, saphala aji janma
saphala amara aji haila sarva-dharma
prabhu bale, -- "aji mora saphala sannyasa
aji madhavendra more ha-ila prakasa"
"My eyes, My mind, My religious activities and My acceptance of the
sannyasa order have now all become perfect because today Madhavendra
Puri is manifest before Me in the form of Paramananda Puri." The
Caitanya-bhagavata (Antya 3.175) further states:
kata-ksane anyo 'nye karena pranama
paramananda-puri caitanyera priya-dhama
"Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu exchanged respectful obeisances with
Paramananda Puri, who was very dear to Him." Paramananda Puri
established a small monastery behind the western side of the Jagannatha
temple, where he had a well dug to supply water. The water, however, was
bitter, and therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu prayed to Lord Jagannatha
to allow Ganges water to come into the well to make it sweet. When Lord
Jagannatha granted the request, Lord Caitanya told all the devotees that
from that day hence, the water of Paramananda Puri's well should be
celebrated as Ganges water, for any devotee who would drink it or bathe
in it would certainly get the same benefit as that derived from drinking
or bathing in the waters of the Ganges. Such a person would certainly
develop pure love of Godhead. It is stated in the Caitanya-bhagavata (
Antya 3.255):
prabhu bale ami ye achiye prthivite
niscaya-i janiha puri-gosanira prite
"Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to say, ‘I am living in this world only on
account of the excellent behavior of Sri Paramananda Puri.'" The Gaura-
ganoddesa-dipika (118) states, puri sri-paramanando ya asid uddhavah
pura. "Paramananda Puri is none other than Uddhava." Uddhava was Lord
Krsna's friend and cousin, and in caitanya-lila the same Uddhava became
the friend of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His uncle in terms of their
relationship in the disciplic succession.
Kesava Bharati: The Sarasvati, Bharati and Puri sampradayas belong to
the Srngeri-matha in South India, and Sri Kesava Bharati, who at that
time was situated in a monastery in Katwa, belonged to the Bharati-
sampradaya. According to some authoritative opinions, although Kesava
Bharati belonged to the Sankara-sampradaya, he had formerly been
initiated by a Vaisnava. He is said to have been a Vaisnava on account
of having been initiated by Madhavendra Puri, for some say that he took
sannyasa from Madhavendra Puri. The temple and Deity worship started by
Kesava Bharati are still existing in the village known as Khatundi,
which is under the postal jurisdiction of Kandara in the district of
Burdwan. According to the managers of that matha, the priests are
descendants of Kesava Bharati, and some say that the worshipers of the
Deity are descendants of the sons of Kesava Bharati. In his householder
life he had two sons, Nisapati and Usapati, and a brahmana of the name
Sri Nakadicandra Vidyaratna, who was a member of the family of Nisapati,
was the priest in charge at the time that Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
visited this temple. According to some, the priests of the temple belong
to the family of Kesava Bharati's brother. Still another opinion is that
they descend from Madhava Bharati, who was another disciple of Kesava
Bharati's. Madhava Bharati's disciple Balabhadra, who also later became
a sannyasi of the Bharati-sampradaya, had two sons in his family life,
named Madana and Gopala. Madana, whose family's surname was Bharati,
lived in the village of Auriya, and Gopala, whose family's surname was
Brahmacari, lived in the village of Denduda. There are still many living
descendants of both families.
In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (52), it is said:
mathurayam yajna-sutram pura krsnaya yo munih
dadau sandipanih so 'bhud adya kesava-bharati
"Sandipani Muni, who formerly offered the sacred thread to Krsna and
Balarama, later became Kesava Bharati." It is he who offered sannyasa to
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. There is another statement about Kesava Bharati
from the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (117): iti kecit prabhasante 'krurah
kesava-bharati. "According to some authoritative opinions, Kesava
Bharati is an incarnation of Akrura." Kesava Bharati offered the
sannyasa order to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in the year 1432 sakabda (A.D.
1510) in Katwa. This is stated in the Vaisnava-manjusa, Part Two.
Brahmananda Puri: Sri Brahmananda Puri was one of the associates of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu while He was performing kirtana in Navadvipa, and he
also joined Lord Caitanya in Jagannatha Puri. We may note in this
connection that the name Brahmananda is accepted not only by Mayavadi
sannyasis but by Vaisnava sannyasis also. One of our foolish Godbrothers
criticized our sannyasi Brahmananda Svami, saying that this was a
Mayavadi name. The foolish man did not know that Brahmananda does not
always refer to the impersonal Brahman. Para-brahman, the Supreme
Brahman, is Krsna. A devotee of Krsna can therefore also be called
Brahmananda; this is evident from the fact that Brahmananda Puri was one
of the chief sannyasi associates of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Brahmananda Bharati: Brahmananda Bharati went to see Sri Krsna Caitanya
Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha-dhama. At that time he used to wear only a
deerskin to cover himself, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu indirectly
indicated that He did not like this deerskin covering. Brahmananda
Bharati therefore gave it up and accepted a loincloth of saffron color,
as used by Vaisnava sannyasis. For some time he lived with Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri.
Adi 9.16
TEXT 16
TEXT
madhya-mula paramananda puri maha-dhira
asta dike asta mula vrksa kaila sthira
SYNONYMS
madhya-mula -- the middle root; paramananda puri -- Paramananda Puri;
maha-dhira -- most sober; asta dike -- in the eight directions; asta
mula -- eight roots; vrksa -- the tree; kaila sthira -- fixed.
TRANSLATION
With the sober and grave Paramananda Puri as the central root and the
other eight roots in the eight directions, the tree of Caitanya
Mahaprabhu stood firmly.
Adi 9.17
TEXT 17
TEXT
skandhera upare bahu sakha upajila
upari upari sakha asankhya ha-ila
SYNONYMS
skandhera upare -- upon the trunk; bahu sakha -- many branches; upajila -
- grew; upari upari -- over and above them; sakha -- other branches;
asankhya -- innumerable; ha-ila -- fructified.
TRANSLATION
From the trunk grew many branches, and above them innumerable others.
Adi 9.18
TEXT 18
TEXT
visa visa sakha kari' eka eka mandala
maha-maha-sakha chaila brahmanda sakala
SYNONYMS
visa visa -- twenty, twenty; sakha -- branches; kari' -- making a group;
eka eka mandala -- form a society; maha-maha-sakha -- big branches;
chaila -- covered; brahmanda -- the whole universe; sakala -- all.
TRANSLATION
Thus the branches of the Caitanya tree formed a cluster or society, with
great branches covering all the universe.
PURPORT
Our International Society for Krishna Consciousness is one of the
branches of the Caitanya tree.
Adi 9.19
TEXT 19
TEXT
ekaika sakhate upasakha sata sata
yata upajila sakha ke ganibe kata
SYNONYMS
ekaika -- each branch; sakhate -- in the branch; upasakha -- subbranches;
sata sata -- hundreds and hundreds; yata -- all; upajila -- grew; sakha
-- branches; ke -- who; ganibe -- can count; kata -- how much.
TRANSLATION
From each branch grew many hundreds of subbranches. No one can count how
many branches thus grew.
Adi 9.20
TEXT 20
TEXT
mukhya mukhya sakha-ganera nama aganana
age ta' kariba, suna vrksera varnana
SYNONYMS
mukhya mukhya -- the foremost of them all; sakha-ganera -- of the
branches; nama -- name; aganana -- uncountable; age -- subsequently; ta'
kariba -- I shall do; suna -- please hear; vrksera varnana -- the
description of the Caitanya tree.
TRANSLATION
I shall try to name the foremost of the innumerable branches. Please
hear the description of the Caitanya tree.
Adi 9.21
TEXT 21
TEXT
vrksera upare sakha haila dui skandha
eka ‘advaita' nama, ara ‘nityananda'
SYNONYMS
vrksera -- of the tree; upare -- on the top; sakha -- branch; haila --
became; dui -- two; skandha -- trunks; eka -- one; advaita -- Sri
Advaita Prabhu; nama -- of the name; ara -- and; nityananda --
Nityananda Prabhu.
TRANSLATION
At the top of the tree the trunk branched into two. One trunk was named
Sri Advaita Prabhu and the other Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
Adi 9.22
TEXT 22
TEXT
sei dui-skandhe bahu sakha upajila
tara upasakha-gane jagat chaila
SYNONYMS
sei -- that; dui-skandhe -- in two trunks; bahu -- many; sakha --
branches; upajila -- grew; tara -- of them; upasakha-gane -- subbranches;
jagat -- the whole world; chaila -- covered.
TRANSLATION
From these two trunks grew many branches and subbranches that covered
the entire world.
Adi 9.23
TEXT 23
TEXT
bada sakha, upasakha, tara upasakha
yata upajila tara ke karibe lekha
SYNONYMS
bada sakha -- the big branches; upasakha -- subbranches; tara -- their;
upasakha -- subbranches; yata -- all that; upajila -- grew; tara -- of
them; ke -- who; karibe -- can count; lekha -- or write.
TRANSLATION
These branches and subbranches and their subbranches became so numerous
that no one can actually write about them.
Adi 9.24
TEXT 24
TEXT
sisya, prasisya, ara upasisya-gana
jagat vyapila tara nahika ganana
SYNONYMS
sisya -- disciples; prasisya -- granddisciples; ara -- and; upasisya-
gana -- admirers; jagat -- the whole world; vyapila -- spread; tara --
of that; nahika -- there is none; ganana -- enumeration.
TRANSLATION
Thus the disciples and the granddisciples and their admirers spread
throughout the entire world, and it is not possible to enumerate them
all.
Adi 9.25
TEXT 25
TEXT
udumbara-vrksa yena phale sarva ange
ei mata bhakti-vrkse sarvatra phala lage
SYNONYMS
udumbara-vrksa -- a big fig tree; yena -- as if; phale -- grew fruits;
sarva -- all; ange -- parts of the body; ei -- this; mata -- like;
bhakti-vrkse -- in the tree of devotional service; sarvatra -- all over;
phala -- fruit; lage -- appears.
TRANSLATION
As a big fig tree bears fruits all over its body, each part of the tree
of devotional service bore fruit.
PURPORT
This tree of devotional service is not of this material world. It grows
in the spiritual world, where there is no distinction between one part
of the body and another. It is something like a tree of sugar, for
whichever part of such a tree one tastes, it is always sweet. The tree
of bhakti has varieties of branches, leaves and fruits, but they are all
meant for the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are
nine different processes of devotional service (sravanam kirtanam visnoh
smaranam pada-sevanam arcanam vandanam dasyam sakhyam atma-nivedanam [SB
7.5.23]), but all of them are meant only for the service of the Supreme
Lord. Therefore whether one hears, chants, remembers or worships, his
activities will yield the same result. Which one of these processes will
be the most suitable for a particular devotee depends upon his taste.
Adi 9.26
TEXT 26
TEXT
mula-skandhera sakha ara upasakha-gane
lagila ye prema-phala, -- amrtake jine
SYNONYMS
mula-skandhera -- of the chief trunk; sakha -- branches; ara -- and;
upasakha-gane -- subbranches; lagila -- as it grew; ye -- that; prema-
phala -- the fruit of love; amrtake jine -- such a fruit conquers nectar.
TRANSLATION
Since Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu was the original trunk, the taste of
the fruits that grew on the branches and subbranches surpassed the taste
of nectar.
Adi 9.27
TEXT 27
TEXT
pakila ye prema-phala amrta-madhura
vilaya caitanya-mali, nahi laya mula
SYNONYMS
pakila -- ripened; ye -- that; prema-phala -- the fruit of love of
Godhead; amrta -- nectarean; madhura -- sweet; vilaya -- distributes;
caitanya-mali -- the gardener, Lord Caitanya; nahi -- does not; laya --
take; mula -- price.
TRANSLATION
The fruits ripened and became sweet and nectarean. The gardener, Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, distributed them without asking any price.
Adi 9.28
TEXT 28
TEXT
tri-jagate yata ache dhana-ratnamani
eka-phalera mulya kari' taha nahi gani
SYNONYMS
tri-jagate -- in the three worlds; yata -- as much as; ache -- there is;
dhana-ratna-mani -- wealth and riches; eka-phalera -- one fruit's; mulya
-- price; kari' -- calculated; taha -- that; nahi -- do not; gani --
count.
TRANSLATION
All the wealth in the three worlds cannot equal the value of one such
nectarean fruit of devotional service.
Adi 9.29
TEXT 29
TEXT
mage va na mage keha, patra va apatra
ihara vicara nahi jane, deya matra
SYNONYMS
mage -- begs; va -- or; na -- not; mage -- begs; keha -- anyone; patra --
candidate; va -- or; apatra -- not a candidate; ihara -- of this;
vicara -- consideration; nahi -- does not; jane -- know; deya -- gives;
matra -- only.
TRANSLATION
Not considering who asked for it and who did not, nor who was fit and
who unfit to receive it, Caitanya Mahaprabhu distributed the fruit of
devotional service.
PURPORT
This is the sum and substance of Lord Caitanya's sankirtana movement.
There is no distinction made between those who are fit and those who are
not fit to hear or take part in the sankirtana movement. It should
therefore be preached without discrimination. The only purpose of the
preachers of the sankirtana movement must be to go on preaching without
restriction. That is the way in which Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu introduced
this sankirtana movement to the world.
Adi 9.30
TEXT 30
TEXT
anjali anjali bhari' phele caturdise
daridra kudana khaya, malakara hase
SYNONYMS
anjali -- handful; anjali -- handful; bhari' -- filling; phele --
distributes; catur-dise -- in all directions; daridra -- poor; kudana --
picking up; khaya -- eats; mala-kara -- the gardener; hase -- smiles.
TRANSLATION
The transcendental gardener, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, distributed
handful after handful of fruit in all directions, and when the poor,
hungry people ate the fruit, the gardener smiled with great pleasure.
Adi 9.31
TEXT 31
TEXT
malakara kahe, -- suna, vrksa-parivara
mulasakha-upasakha yateka prakara
SYNONYMS
mala-kara -- the gardener; kahe -- said; suna -- hear; vrksa-parivara --
the family of this transcendental tree of devotional service; mula-sakha
-- chief branches; upasakha -- subbranches; yateka -- as many; prakara --
varieties.
TRANSLATION
Lord Caitanya thus addressed the multifarious varieties of branches and
subbranches of the tree of devotional service:
Adi 9.32
TEXT 32
TEXT
alaukika vrksa kare sarvendriya-karma
sthavara ha-iya dhare jangamera dharma
SYNONYMS
alaukika -- transcendental; vrksa -- tree; kare -- does; sarva-indriya --
all senses; karma -- activities; sthavara -- immovable; ha-iya --
becoming; dhare -- accepts; jangamera -- of the movable; dharma --
activities.
TRANSLATION
"Since the tree of devotional service is transcendental, every one of
its parts can perform the action of all the others. Although a tree is
supposed to be immovable, this tree nevertheless moves.
PURPORT
It is our experience in the material world that trees stand in one place,
but in the spiritual world a tree can go from one place to another.
Therefore everything in the spiritual world is called alaukika, uncommon
or transcendental. Another feature of such a tree is that it can act
universally. In the material world the roots of a tree go deep within
the earth to gather food, but in the spiritual world the twigs, branches
and leaves of the upper portion of the tree can act like the roots.
Adi 9.33
TEXT 33
TEXT
e vrksera anga haya saba sa-cetana
badiya vyapila sabe sakala bhuvana
SYNONYMS
e -- this; vrksera -- of the Caitanya tree; anga -- parts; haya -- are;
saba -- all; sa-cetana -- spiritually cognizant; badiya -- increasing;
vyapila -- overflooded; sabe -- all the parts; sakala -- all; bhuvana --
the world.
TRANSLATION
"All the parts of this tree are spiritually cognizant, and thus as they
grow they spread all over the world.
Adi 9.34
TEXT 34
TEXT
ekala malakara ami kahan kahan yaba
ekala va kata phala padiya vilaba
SYNONYMS
ekala -- alone; mala-kara -- gardener; ami -- I am; kahan -- where;
kahan -- where; yaba -- shall I go; ekala -- alone; va -- or; kata --
how many; phala -- fruits; padiya -- picking; vilaba -- shall distribute.
TRANSLATION
"I am the only gardener. How many places can I go? How many fruits can I
pick and distribute?
PURPORT
Here Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu indicates that the distribution of the Hare
Krsna maha-mantra should be performed by combined forces. Although He is
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He laments, "How can I act alone?
How can I alone pick the fruit and distribute it all over the world?"
This indicates that all classes of devotees should combine to distribute
the Hare Krsna maha-mantra without consideration of the time, place or
situation.
Adi 9.35
TEXT 35
TEXT
ekala uthana dite haya parisrama
keha paya, keha na paya, rahe mane bhrama
SYNONYMS
ekala -- alone; uthana -- picking up; dite -- to give; haya -- it
becomes; parisrama -- too laborious; keha -- someone; paya -- does get;
keha -- someone; na -- not; paya -- does get; rahe -- remains; mane --
in the mind; bhrama -- suspicion.
TRANSLATION
"It would certainly be a very laborious task to pick the fruits and
distribute them alone, and still I suspect that some would receive them
and others would not.
Adi 9.36
TEXT 36
TEXT
ataeva ami ajna dilun sabakare
yahan tahan prema-phala deha' yare tare
SYNONYMS
ataeva -- therefore; ami -- I; ajna -- order; dilun -- give; sabakare --
to everyone; yahan -- wherever; tahan -- everywhere; prema-phala -- the
fruit of love of Godhead; deha' -- distribute; yare -- anyone; tare --
everyone.
TRANSLATION
"Therefore I order every man within this universe to accept this Krsna
consciousness movement and distribute it everywhere.
PURPORT
In this connection there is a song sung by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura:
enechi ausadhi maya nasibara lagi'
harinama-mahamantra lao tumi magi'
bhakativinoda prabhu-carane padiya
sei harinama-mantra la-ila magiya
The sankirtana movement has been introduced by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
just to dispel the illusion of maya, by which everyone in this material
world thinks himself to be a product of matter and therefore to have
many duties pertaining to the body. Actually, the living entity is not
his material body: he is a spirit soul. He has a spiritual need to be
eternally blissful and full of knowledge, but unfortunately he
identifies himself with the body, sometimes as a human being, sometimes
as an animal, sometimes a tree, sometimes an aquatic, sometimes a
demigod, and so on. Thus with each change of body he develops a
different type of consciousness with different types of activities and
thus becomes increasingly entangled in material existence,
transmigrating perpetually from one body to another. Under the spell of
maya, or illusion, he does not consider the past or future but is simply
satisfied with the short life span that he has gotten for the present.
To eradicate this illusion, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has brought the
sankirtana movement, and He requests everyone to accept and distribute
it. A person who is actually a follower of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
must immediately accept the request of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu by
offering respectful obeisances unto His lotus feet and thus beg from Him
the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. If one is fortunate enough to beg from the
Lord this Hare Krsna maha-mantra, his life is successful.
Adi 9.37
TEXT 37
TEXT
ekala malakara ami kata phala khaba
na diya va ei phala ara ki kariba
SYNONYMS
ekala -- alone; mala-kara -- gardener; ami -- I; kata -- how many; phala
-- fruits; khaba -- eat; na -- without; diya -- giving; va -- or; ei --
this; phala -- fruits; ara -- else; ki -- what; kariba -- shall I do.
TRANSLATION
"I am the only gardener. If I do not distribute these fruits, what shall
I do with them? How many fruits can I alone eat?
PURPORT
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu produced so many fruits of devotional service
that they must be distributed all over the world; otherwise, how could
He alone relish and taste each and every fruit? The original reason that
Lord Sri Krsna descended as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was to understand
Srimati Radharani's love for Krsna and to taste that love. The fruits of
the tree of devotional service were innumerable, and therefore He wanted
to distribute them unrestrictedly to everyone. Srila Rupa Gosvami
therefore writes:
anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam
harih purata-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandipitah
sada hrdaya-kandare sphuratu vah saci-nandanah
There were many previous incarnations of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, but none were so generous, kind and magnanimous as Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, for He distributed the most confidential aspect of
devotional service, namely, the conjugal love of Radha and Krsna.
Therefore Sri Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada desires that Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu live perpetually in the hearts of all devotees, for thus they
can understand and relish the loving affairs of Srimati Radharani and
Krsna.
Adi 9.38
TEXT 38
TEXT
atma-icchamrte vrksa sinci nirantara
tahate asankhya phala vrksera upara
SYNONYMS
atma -- self; iccha-amrte -- by the nectar of the will; vrksa -- the
tree; sinci -- sprinkle; nirantara -- constantly; tahate -- there;
asankhya -- unlimited; phala -- fruits; vrksera -- on the tree; upara --
upper.
TRANSLATION
"By the transcendental desire of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
water has been sprinkled all over the tree, and thus there are
innumerable fruits of love of Godhead.
PURPORT
God is unlimited, and His desires are also unlimited. This example of
unlimited fruits is factually appropriate even within the material
context, for with the good will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
there can be enough fruits, grain and other foodstuffs produced so that
all the people in the world could not finish them, even if they ate ten
times their capacity. In this material world there is actually no
scarcity of anything but Krsna consciousness. If people become Krsna
conscious, by the transcendental will of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead there will be enough foodstuffs produced so that people will
have no economic problems at all. One can very easily understand this
fact. The production of fruits and flowers depends not upon our will but
upon the supreme will of the Personality of Godhead. If He is pleased,
He can supply enough fruits, flowers, etc., but if people are atheistic
and godless, then nature, by His will, restricts the supply of food. For
example, in several provinces in India, especially Maharashtra, Uttar
Pradesh and other adjoining states, there is sometimes a great scarcity
of foodstuffs due to lack of rainfall. So-called scientists and
economists cannot do anything about this. Therefore, to solve all
problems, one must seek the good will of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead by becoming Krsna conscious and worshiping Him regularly in
devotional service.
Adi 9.39
TEXT 39
TEXT
ataeva saba phala deha' yare tare
khaiya ha-uk loka ajara amare
SYNONYMS
ataeva -- therefore; saba -- all; phala -- fruits; deha' -- distribute;
yare tare -- to everyone and anyone; khaiya -- eating; ha-uk -- let them
become; loka -- all people; ajara -- without old age; amare -- without
death.
TRANSLATION
"Distribute this Krsna consciousness movement all over the world. Let
people eat these fruits and ultimately become free from old age and
death.
PURPORT
The Krsna consciousness movement introduced by Lord Caitanya is
extremely important because one who takes to it becomes eternal, being
freed from birth, death and old age. People do not recognize that the
real distresses in life are the four principles of birth, death, old age
and disease. They are so foolish that they resign themselves to these
four miseries, not knowing the transcendental remedy of the Hare Krsna
maha-mantra. Simply by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, one can
become free from all misery, but because they are enchanted by the
illusory energy, people do not take this movement seriously. Therefore
those who are actually servants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu must
seriously distribute this movement all over the world to render the
greatest benefit to human society. Of course, animals and other lower
species are not capable of understanding this movement, but if even a
small number of human beings take it seriously, then by their chanting
loudly, all living entities, including even trees, animals and other
lower species, will be benefited. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu inquired
from Haridasa Thakura how He was to benefit living entities other than
humans, Srila Haridasa Thakura replied that the Hare Krsna maha-mantra
is so potent that if it is chanted loudly, everyone will benefit,
including the lower species of life.
Adi 9.40
TEXT 40
TEXT
jagat vyapiya mora habe punya khyati
sukhi ha-iya loka mora gahibeka kirti
SYNONYMS
jagat vyapiya -- spreading all over the world; mora -- My; habe -- there
will be; punya -- pious; khyati -- reputation; sukhi -- happy; ha-iya --
becoming; loka -- all the people; mora -- My; gahibeka -- glorify; kirti
-- reputation.
TRANSLATION
"If the fruits are distributed all over the world, My reputation as a
pious man will be known everywhere, and thus all people will glorify My
name with great pleasure.
PURPORT
This prediction of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's is now actually coming to
pass. The Krsna consciousness movement is being distributed all over the
world through the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Krsna
maha-mantra, and people who were leading confused, chaotic lives are now
feeling transcendental happiness. They are finding peace in sankirtana,
and therefore they are acknowledging the supreme benefit of this
movement. This is the blessing of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. His
prediction is now factually being fulfilled, and those who are sober and
conscientious are appreciating the value of this great movement.
Adi 9.41
TEXT 41
TEXT
bharata-bhumite haila manusya janma yara
janma sarthaka kari' kara para-upakara
SYNONYMS
bharata -- of India; bhumite -- in the land; haila -- has become;
manusya -- human being; janma -- birth; yara -- anyone; janma -- such a
birth; sarthaka -- fulfillment; kari' -- doing so; kara -- do; para --
others; upakara -- benefit.
TRANSLATION
"One who has taken his birth as a human being in the land of India [
Bharata-varsa] should make his life successful and work for the benefit
of all other people.
PURPORT
The magnanimity of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is expressed in this very
important verse. Although He was born in Bengal and Bengalis therefore
have a special duty toward Him, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is addressing
not only Bengalis but all the inhabitants of India. It is in the land of
India that actual human civilization can be developed.
Human life is especially meant for God realization, as stated in the
Vedanta-sutra: athato brahma jijnasa. Anyone who takes birth in the land
of India (Bharata-varsa) has the special privilege of being able to take
advantage of the instruction and guidance of the Vedic civilization. He
automatically receives the basic principles of spiritual life, for 99.9%
of the Indian people, even simple village farmers and others who are
neither educated nor sophisticated, believe in the transmigration of the
soul, believe in past and future lives, believe in God, and naturally
want to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His representative.
These ideas are the natural inheritance of a person born in India.
India has many holy places of pilgrimage, such as Gaya, Benares, Mathura,
Prayaga, Vrndavana, Haridvara, Ramesvaram and Jagannatha Puri, and
still people go there by the hundreds and thousands. Although the
present leaders of India are influencing the people not to believe in
God, not to believe in a next life and not to believe in a distinction
between pious and impious life, and although they are teaching them how
to drink wine, eat meat and become supposedly civilized, people are
nevertheless afraid of the four activities of sinful life -- namely
illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling -- and whenever
there is a religious festival, they gather together by the thousands. We
have actual experience of this. Whenever the Krsna consciousness
movement holds a sankirtana festival in a big city like Calcutta, Bombay,
Madras, Ahmedabad or Hyderabad, thousands of people come to hear.
Sometimes we speak in English, but even though most people do not
understand English, they nevertheless come to hear us. Even when
imitation incarnations of Godhead speak, people gather in the thousands,
for everyone who is born in the land of India has a natural spiritual
inclination and is taught the basic principles of spiritual life; they
merely need to be a little more educated in the Vedic principles.
Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu says here, janma sarthaka kari' kara
para-upakara: if an Indian is educated in the Vedic principles, he is
able to perform the most beneficial welfare activity for the entire
world.
At present, for want of Krsna consciousness, or God consciousness, the
entire world is in darkness, having been covered by the four principles
of sinful life -- meat-eating, illicit sex, gambling and intoxication.
Therefore there is a need for vigorous propaganda to educate people to
refrain from sinful activities. This will bring peace and prosperity;
the rogues, thieves and debauchees will naturally decrease in number,
and all of human society will be God conscious.
The practical effect of our spreading the Krsna consciousness movement
all over the world is that now the most degraded debauchees are becoming
the most elevated saints. This is only one Indian's humble service to
the world. If all Indians had taken to this path, as advised by Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, India would have given a unique gift to the world,
and thus India would have been glorified. Now, however, India is known
as a poverty-stricken country, and whenever anyone from America or
another opulent country goes to India, he sees many people lying by the
footpaths for whom there are not even provisions for two meals a day.
There are also institutions collecting money from all parts of the world
in the name of welfare activities for poverty-stricken people, but they
are spending it for their own sense gratification. Now, on the order of
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Krsna consciousness movement has been
started, and people are benefiting from this movement. Therefore it is
now the duty of the leading men of India to consider the importance of
this movement and train many Indians to go outside of India to preach
this cult. People will accept it, there will be cooperation among the
Indian people and among the other people of the world, and the mission
of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu will then be fulfilled. Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu will then be glorified all over the world, and people will
naturally be happy, peaceful and prosperous, not only in this life but
also in the next, for as stated in the Bhagavad-gita, anyone who
understands Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will very easily
get salvation, or freedom from the repetition of birth and death, and go
back home, back to Godhead. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore requests
every Indian to become a preacher of His cult to save the world from
disastrous confusion.
This is not only the duty of Indians but the duty of everyone, and we
are very happy that American and European boys and girls are seriously
cooperating with this movement. One should know definitely that the best
welfare activity for all of human society is to awaken man's God
consciousness, or Krsna consciousness. Therefore everyone should help
this great movement. This is confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto,
Twenty-second Chapter, verse 35, which is next quoted in the Caitanya-
caritamrta.
Adi 9.42
TEXT 42
TEXT
etavaj janma-saphalyam
dehinam iha dehisu
pranair arthair dhiya vaca
sreya-acaranam sada
SYNONYMS
etavat -- up to this; janma -- of birth; saphalyam -- perfection;
dehinam -- of every living being; iha -- in this world; dehisu -- toward
those who are embodied; pranaih -- by life; arthaih -- by wealth; dhiya -
- by intelligence; vaca -- by words; sreyah -- eternal good fortune;
acaranam -- acting practically; sada -- always.
TRANSLATION
"‘It is the duty of every living being to perform welfare activities for
the benefit of others with his life, wealth, intelligence and words.'
PURPORT
There are two kinds of general activities -- sreyas, or activities which
are ultimately beneficial and auspicious, and preyas, or those which are
immediately beneficial and auspicious. For example, children are fond of
playing. They do not want to go to school to receive an education, and
they think that to play all day and night and enjoy with their friends
is the aim of life. Even in the transcendental life of Lord Krsna, we
find that when He was a child He was very fond of playing with His
friends of the same age, the cowherd boys. He would not even go home to
take His dinner. Mother Yasoda would have to come out to induce Him to
come home. Thus it is a child's nature to engage all day and night in
playing, not caring even for his health and other important concerns.
This is an example of preyas, or immediately beneficial activities. But
there are also sreyas, or activities which are ultimately auspicious.
According to Vedic civilization, a human being must be God conscious. He
should understand what God is, what this material world is, who he is,
and what their interrelationships are. This is called sreyas, or
ultimately auspicious activity.
In this verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that one should be
interested in sreyas. To achieve the ultimate goal of sreyas, or good
fortune, one should engage everything, including his life, wealth and
words, not only for himself but for others also. However, unless one is
interested in sreyas in his own life, he cannot preach of sreyas for the
benefit of others.
This verse cited by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu applies to human beings, not
to animals. As indicated in the previous verse by the words manusya-
janma, these injunctions are for human beings. Unfortunately, human
beings, although they have the bodies of men, are becoming less than
animals in their behavior. This is the fault of modern education. Modern
educators do not know the aim of human life; they are simply concerned
with how to develop the economic condition of their countries or of
human society. This is also necessary; the Vedic civilization considers
all aspects of human life, including dharma (religion), artha (economic
development), kama (sense gratification) and moksa (liberation). But
humanity's first concern should be religion. To be religious, one must
abide by the orders of God, but unfortunately people in this age have
rejected religion, and they are busy in economic development. Therefore
they will adopt any means to get money. For economic development one
does not need to get money by hook or by crook; one needs only
sufficient money to maintain his body and soul. However, because modern
economic development is going on with no religious background, people
have become lusty, greedy and mad after money. They are simply
developing the qualities of rajas (passion) and tamas (ignorance),
neglecting the other quality of nature, sattva (goodness), and the
brahminical qualifications. Therefore the entire society is in chaos.
The Bhagavatam says that it is the duty of an advanced human being to
act in such a way as to facilitate human society's attainment of the
ultimate goal of life. There is a similar verse in the Visnu Purana, (
3.12.45), which is next quoted in the
Caitanya-caritamrta.
Adi 9.43
TEXT 43
TEXT
praninam upakaraya
yad eveha paratra ca
karmana manasa vaca
tad eva mati-man bhajet
SYNONYMS
praninam -- of all living entities; upakaraya -- for the benefit; yat --
whichever; eva -- certainly; iha -- in this world or in this life;
paratra -- in the next life; ca -- and; karmana -- by work; manasa -- by
the mind; vaca -- by words; tat -- that; eva -- certainly; mati-man --
an intelligent man; bhajet -- must act.
TRANSLATION
"‘By his work, thoughts and words, an intelligent man must perform
actions which will be beneficial for all living entities in this life
and the next.'
PURPORT
Unfortunately, people in general do not know what is to take place in
the next life. To prepare oneself for his next life is common sense, and
it is a principle of the Vedic civilization, but presently people
throughout the world do not believe in a next life. Even influential
professors and other educators say that as soon as the body is finished,
everything is finished. This atheistic philosophy is killing human
civilization. People are irresponsibly performing all sorts of sinful
activities, and thus the privilege of the human life is being taken away
by the educational propaganda of the so-called leaders. Actually it is a
fact that this life is meant for preparation for the next life; by
evolution one has come through many species, or forms, and this human
form of life is an opportunity to promote oneself to a better life. This
is explained in the Bhagavad-gita (9.25):
yanti deva-vrata devan pitrn yanti pitr-vratah
bhutani yanti bhutejya yanti mad-yajino 'pi mam
"Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods;
those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings;
those who worship ancestors go to the ancestors; and those who worship
Me will live with Me." Therefore, one may promote himself to the higher
planetary systems, which are the residence of the demigods, one can
promote himself to Pitrloka, one can remain on earth, or one can also go
back home, back to Godhead. This is further confirmed elsewhere in the
Bhagavad-gita (4.9): tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti so 'rjuna.
After giving up the body, one who knows Krsna in truth does not come
back again to this world to accept a material body, but he goes back
home, back to Godhead. This knowledge is in the sastras, and people
should be given the opportunity to understand it. Even if one is not
able to go back to Godhead in one life, the Vedic civilization at least
gives one the opportunity to be promoted to the higher planetary systems,
where the demigods live, and not glide down again to animal life. At
present, people do not understand this knowledge, although it
constitutes a great science, for they are uneducated and trained not to
accept it. This is the horrible condition of modern human society. As
such, the Krsna consciousness movement is the only hope to direct the
attention of intelligent men to a greater benefit in life.
Adi 9.44
TEXT 44
TEXT
mali manusya amara nahi rajya-dhana
phala-phula diya kari' punya uparjana
SYNONYMS
mali -- gardener; manusya -- man; amara -- My; nahi -- there is none;
rajya -- kingdom; dhana -- wealth; phala -- fruit; phula -- flowers;
diya -- giving; kari' -- do; punya -- piety; uparjana -- achievement.
TRANSLATION
"I am merely a gardener. I have neither a kingdom nor very great riches.
I simply have some fruits and flowers that I wish to utilize to achieve
piety in My life.
PURPORT
In performing welfare activities for human society, Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu presents Himself as being not very rich, thus indicating that
a man need not be rich or opulent to act for the welfare of humanity.
Sometimes rich men are very proud that they can perform beneficial
activities for human society whereas others cannot. A practical example
is that when there is a scarcity of food in India on account of meager
rainfall, some members of the richer class very proudly distribute
foodstuffs, making huge arrangements with the help of the government, as
if merely by such activities people will be benefited. Suppose there
were no food grain. How would the rich men distribute food? Production
of grain is completely in the hands of God. If there were no rain, there
would be no grain, and these so-called rich men would be unable to
distribute grain to the people.
The real purpose of life, therefore, is to satisfy the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Srila Rupa Gosvami describes in his Bhakti-
rasamrta-sindhu that devotional service is so exalted that it is
beneficial and auspicious for every man. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu also
declared that to propagate the bhakti cult of devotional service in
human society, one does not need to be very rich. Anyone who knows the
art can do it and thus render the highest benefit to humanity. Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu takes the part of a gardener because although a
gardener is naturally not a very rich man, he has some fruits and
flowers. Any man can collect some fruits and flowers and satisfy the
Supreme Personality of Godhead in devotional service, as the Lord
recommends in the Bhagavad-gita (9.26):
patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati
tad aham bhakty-upahrtam asnami prayatatmanah
One cannot satisfy the Supreme Lord by his riches, wealth or opulent
position, but anyone can collect a little fruit or a flower and offer it
to the Lord. The Lord says that if one brings such an offering in
devotion, He will accept it and eat it. When Krsna eats, the entire
world becomes satisfied. There is a story in the Mahabharata
illustrating how by Krsna's eating, the sixty thousand disciples of
Durvasa Muni were all satisfied. Therefore it is a fact that if by our
life (pranaih), by our wealth (arthaih), by our intelligence (dhiya) or
by our words (vaca) we can satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
naturally the entire world will become happy. Therefore our main duty is
to satisfy the Supreme Godhead by our actions, our money and our words.
This is very simple. Even if one does not have money, he can preach the
Hare Krsna mantra to everyone. One can go everywhere, to every home, and
request everyone to chant the Hare Krsna mantra. Thus the entire world
situation will become very happy and peaceful.
Adi 9.45
TEXT 45
TEXT
mali hana vrksa ha-ilan ei ta' icchate
sarva-pranira upakara haya vrksa haite
SYNONYMS
mali hana -- although I am the gardener; vrksa ha-ilan -- I am also the
tree; ei ta' -- this is; icchate -- by My will; sarva-pranira -- of all
living entities; upakara -- welfare; haya -- there is; vrksa -- the tree;
haite -- from.
TRANSLATION
"Although I am acting as a gardener, I also want to be the tree, for
thus I can bestow benefit upon all.
PURPORT
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the most benevolent personality in human
society because His only desire is to make people happy. His sankirtana
movement is especially meant for the purpose of making people happy. He
wanted to become the tree Himself because a tree is said to be the most
benevolent living entity. In the following verse, which is from Srimad-
Bhagavatam (10.22.33), Krsna Himself highly praises the existence of a
tree.
Adi 9.46
TEXT 46
TEXT
aho esam varam janma
sarva-prany-upajivinam
su-janasyeva yesam vai
vimukha yanti narthinah
SYNONYMS
aho -- oh, just see; esam -- of these trees; varam -- superior; janma --
birth; sarva -- all; prani -- living entities; upajivinam -- one who
provides maintenance; su-janasya iva -- like the great personalities;
yesam -- from whose; vai -- certainly; vimukhah -- disappointed; yanti --
goes away; na -- never; arthinah -- one who is asking for something.
TRANSLATION
"‘Just see how these trees are maintaining every living entity! Their
birth is successful. Their behavior is just like that of great
personalities, for anyone who asks anything from a tree never goes away
disappointed.'"
PURPORT
According to Vedic civilization, ksatriyas are considered to be great
personalities because if anyone goes to a ksatriya king to ask for
charity, the king will never refuse. The trees are compared to those
noble ksatriyas because everyone derives all kinds of benefits from them
-- some people take fruit, others take flowers, others take leaves,
others take twigs, and others even cut the tree, and yet the tree gives
to everyone without hesitation.
Unnecessarily cutting trees without consideration is another example of
human debauchery. The paper industry cuts many hundreds and thousands of
trees for its mills, and with the paper so much rubbish literature is
published for the whimsical satisfaction of human society. Unfortunately,
although these industrialists are now happy in this life by dint of
their industrial development, they do not know that they will incur the
responsibility for killing these living entities who are in the form of
trees.
This verse, quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam, was spoken by Lord Krsna to
His friends when He was taking rest underneath a tree after His pastime
of stealing the clothes of the gopis (vastra-harana-lila). By quoting
this verse, Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us that we should be tolerant
like trees and also beneficial like trees, which give everything to the
needy persons who come underneath them. A needy person may derive many
advantages from trees and also from many animals, but in modern
civilization people have become so ungrateful that they exploit the
trees and animals and kill them. These are some of the sinful activities
of modern civilization.
Adi 9.47
TEXT 47
TEXT
ei ajna kaila yadi caitanya-malakara
parama ananda paila vrksa-parivara
SYNONYMS
ei -- this; ajna -- order; kaila -- gave; yadi -- when; caitanya -- Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mala-kara -- as a gardener; parama -- the greatest;
ananda -- pleasure; paila -- got; vrksa -- of the tree; parivara --
descendants.
TRANSLATION
The descendants of the tree [the devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu]
were very glad to receive this order directly from the Lord.
PURPORT
It is the desire of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu that the benevolent
activities of the sankirtana movement, which was inaugurated five
hundred years ago in Navadvipa, be spread all over the world for the
benefit of all human beings. Unfortunately, there are many so-called
followers of Caitanya Mahaprabhu who are satisfied simply to construct a
temple, make a show of the Deities, collect some funds and utilize them
for eating and sleeping. There is no question of their preaching the
cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu all over the world. But even though they
are unable to do so, if anyone else does it they become envious. This is
the condition of the modern followers of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The Age of
Kali is so strong that it affects even the so-called followers of Lord
Caitanya. At least the followers of Caitanya Mahaprabhu must come out of
India to preach His cult all over the world, for this is the mission of
Lord Caitanya. The followers of Lord Caitanya must execute His will with
heart and soul, being more tolerant than the trees and humbler than the
straw in the street.
Adi 9.48
TEXT 48
TEXT
yei yahan tahan dana kare prema-phala
phalasvade matta loka ha-ila sakala
SYNONYMS
yei -- anyone; yahan -- wherever; tahan -- anywhere; dana -- charity;
kare -- gives in; prema-phala -- the fruit of love of Godhead; phala --
fruit; asvade -- by tasting; matta -- intoxicated; loka -- people; ha-
ila -- become; sakala -- all.
TRANSLATION
The fruit of love of God is so delicious that wherever a devotee
distributes it, those who relish the fruit, anywhere in the world,
immediately become intoxicated.
PURPORT
Here the wonderful fruit of love of Godhead distributed by Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu is described. We have practical experience that anyone who
accepts this fruit and sincerely tastes it immediately becomes mad after
it and gives up all his bad habits, being intoxicated by Caitanya
Mahaprabhu's gift, the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. The statements of Sri
Caitanya-caritamrta are so practical that anyone can test them. As far
as we are concerned, we are most confident of the success of the
distribution of the great fruit of love of Godhead through the medium of
chanting the maha-mantra -- Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare
Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
Adi 9.49
TEXT 49
TEXT
maha-madaka prema-phala peta bhari' khaya
matila sakala loka -- hase, nace, gaya
SYNONYMS
maha-madaka -- great intoxicant; prema-phala -- this fruit of love of
God; peta -- belly; bhari' -- filling; khaya -- let them eat; matila --
became mad; sakala loka -- all the people in general; hase -- laugh;
nace -- dance; gaya -- chant.
TRANSLATION
The fruit of love of Godhead distributed by Caitanya Mahaprabhu is such
a great intoxicant that anyone who eats it, filling his belly,
immediately becomes maddened by it, and automatically he chants, dances,
laughs and enjoys.
Adi 9.50
TEXT 50
TEXT
keha gadagadi yaya, keha ta' hunkara
dekhi' anandita hana hase malakara
SYNONYMS
keha -- some of them; gadagadi yaya -- roll on the floor; keha -- some
of them; ta' -- certainly; hunkara -- hum very loudly; dekhi' -- seeing
this; anandita -- gladdened; hana -- becoming so; hase -- smiles; mala-
kara -- the great gardener.
TRANSLATION
When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the great gardener, sees that people are
chanting, dancing and laughing and that some of them are rolling on the
floor and some are making loud humming sounds, He smiles with great
pleasure.
PURPORT
This attitude of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is very important for persons
engaged in the Hare Krsna movement of Krsna consciousness. In every
center of our institution, ISKCON, we have arranged for a love feast
every Sunday, and when we actually see people come to our center, chant,
dance, take prasadam, become jubilant and purchase books, we know that
certainly Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always present in such
transcendental activities, and He is very pleased and satisfied.
Therefore the members of ISKCON must increase this movement more and
more, according to the principles that we are presently trying to
execute. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, thus being pleased, will smilingly
glance upon them, bestowing His favor, and the movement will be
successful.
Adi 9.51
TEXT 51
TEXT
ei malakara khaya ei prema-phala
niravadhi matta rahe, vivasa-vihvala
SYNONYMS
ei -- this; mala-kara -- great gardener; khaya -- eats; ei -- this;
prema-phala -- fruit of love of Godhead; niravadhi -- always; matta --
maddened; rahe -- remains; vivasa -- as if helpless; vihvala -- as if
bewildered.
TRANSLATION
The great gardener, Lord Caitanya, personally eats this fruit, and as a
result He constantly remains mad, as if helpless and bewildered.
PURPORT
It is the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to act Himself and teach
the people. He says, apani acari' bhakti karila pracara (Cc. Adi 4.41).
One must first act himself and then teach. This is the function of a
real teacher. Unless one is able to understand the philosophy that he
speaks, it will not be effective. Therefore one should not only
understand the philosophy of the Caitanya cult but also implement it
practically in one's life.
While chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
sometimes fainted and remained unconscious for many hours. He prays in
His Siksastaka (7):
yugayitam nimesena caksusa pravrsayitam
sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda-virahena me
"O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be
like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from My eyes like torrents
of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence." This
is the perfectional stage of chanting the Hare Krsna mantra and eating
the fruit of love of Godhead, as exhibited by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
One should not artificially imitate this stage, but if one is serious
and sincerely follows the regulative principles and chants the Hare
Krsna mantra, the time will come when these symptoms will appear. Tears
will fill his eyes, he will be unable to chant the maha-mantra
distinctly, and his heart will throb in ecstasy. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
says that one should not imitate this, but a devotee should long for the
day to come when such symptoms of trance will automatically appear in
his body.
Adi 9.52
TEXT 52
TEXT
sarva-loke matta kaila apana-samana
preme matta loka vina nahi dekhi ana
SYNONYMS
sarva-loke -- all people; matta -- maddened; kaila -- He made; apana --
Himself; samana -- like; preme -- in love of God; matta -- maddened;
loka -- people in general; vina -- without; nahi -- do not; dekhi -- we
see; ana -- anything else.
TRANSLATION
With His sankirtana movement the Lord made everyone mad like Himself. We
do not find anyone who was not intoxicated by His sankirtana movement.
Adi 9.53
TEXT 53
TEXT
ye ye purve ninda kaila, bali' matoyala
seho phala khaya, nace, bale -- bhala bhala
SYNONYMS
ye ye -- persons who; purve -- before; ninda -- blasphemy; kaila -- made;
bali' -- saying; matoyala -- drunkard; seho -- such persons; phala --
fruit; khaya -- takes; nace -- dance; bale -- say; bhala bhala -- very
good, very good.
TRANSLATION
Persons who had formerly criticized Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, calling
Him a drunkard, also ate the fruit and began to dance, saying, "Very
good! Very good!"
PURPORT
When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu started the sankirtana movement, even He
was unnecessarily criticized by Mayavadis, atheists and fools. Naturally
we are also criticized by such men. They will always remain and will
always criticize anything that is actually good for human society. But
the preachers of the sankirtana movement should not be deterred by such
criticism. Our method should be to convert such fools gradually by
asking them to come and take prasadam and chant and dance with us. This
should be our policy. Anyone who comes to join us, of course, must be
sincere and serious regarding spiritual advancement in life; then such a
person, simply by joining us, chanting with us, dancing with us and
taking prasadam with us, will gradually also come to say that this
movement is very good. But one who joins with an ulterior purpose, to
get material benefit or personal gratification, will never be able to
grasp the philosophy of this movement.
Adi 9.54
TEXT 54
TEXT
ei ta' kahilun prema-phala-vitarana
ebe suna, phala-data ye ye sakha-gana
SYNONYMS
ei -- this; ta' -- however; kahilun -- I have explained; prema-phala --
the fruit of love of Godhead; vitarana -- distribution; ebe -- now; suna
-- hear; phala-data -- the giver of the fruit; ye ye -- who and who;
sakha-gana -- branches.
TRANSLATION
After describing the Lord's distribution of the fruit of love of Godhead,
I now wish to describe the different branches of the tree of Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Adi 9.55
TEXT 55
TEXT
sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa
caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa
SYNONYMS
sri-rupa -- Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha -- Srila Raghunatha dasa
Gosvami; pade -- at the lotus feet; yara -- whose; asa -- expectation;
Caitanya-caritamrta -- the book named Caitanya-caritamrta; kahe --
describes; krsna-dasa -- Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.
TRANSLATION
Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha, always
desiring their mercy, I, Krsnadasa, narrate Sri Caitanya-caritamrta,
following in their footsteps.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila,
Ninth Chapter, describing the desire tree of devotional service.
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