1|Adi 9-1975: The Tree of Devotional Service
2|Chapter 9
3|The Tree of Devotional Service
4|A summary of Chapter Nine has been given as follows by
>|Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. In
>|the Ninth Chapter the author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
>|has devised a figurative example by describing the "
>|plant of bhakti." He considers Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, who is known as Visvambhara, to be the gardener
>|of this plant because He is the main personality who has
>|taken charge of it. As the supreme enjoyer, He enjoyed the
>|flowers Himself and distributed them as well. The seed of
>|the plant was first sown in Navadvipa, the birthsite
>|of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and then the plant was brought
>|to Purusottama-ksetra (Jagannatha Puri) and then to
>|Vrndavana. The seed fructified first in Srila Madhavendra
>|Puri and then his disciple Sri Isvara Puri. It is
>|figuratively described that both the tree itself and the
>|trunk of the tree are Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The devotees,
>| headed by 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 flowers 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.
5|Adi 9.1
6|TEXT 1
7|TEXT
8|tam srimat-krsna-caitanya-
9|devam vande jagad-gurum
10|yasyanukampaya svapi
11|mahabdhim santaret sukham
12|SYNONYMS
13|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.
14|TRANSLATION
15|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.
16|PURPORT
17|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 Madana-
>|mohana vigraha, it is possible for him to cross a
>|transcendental ocean to present Sri Caitanya-caritamrta.
18|Adi 9.2
19|TEXT 2
20|TEXT
21|jaya jaya sri-krsna-caitanya gauracandra
22|jaya jayadvaita jaya jaya nityananda
23|SYNONYMS
24|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.
25|TRANSLATION
26|All glories to Sri Krsna Caitanya, who is known as
>|Gaurahari! All glories to Advaita and Nityananda
>|Prabhu!
27|Adi 9.3
28|TEXT 3
29|TEXT
30|jaya jaya srivasadi gaura-bhakta-gana
31|sarvabhista-purti-hetu yanhara smarana
32|SYNONYMS
33|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.
34|TRANSLATION
35|All glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya, headed by
>|Srivasa Thakura! In order to fulfill all my desires, I
>|remember their lotus feet.
36|PURPORT
37|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.
38|Adi 9.4
39|TEXT 4
40|TEXT
41|sri-rupa, sanatana, bhatta raghunatha
42|sri-jiva, gopala-bhatta, dasa-raghunatha
43|SYNONYMS
44|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.
45|TRANSLATION
46|I also remember the six Gosvamis-Rupa, Sanatana, Bhatta
>|Raghunatha, Sri Jiva, Gopala Bhatta and Dasa Raghunatha.
47|PURPORT
48|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 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.
49|Adi 9.5
50|TEXT 5
51|TEXT
52|esaba -prasade likhi caitanya-lila-guna
53|jani va na jani, kari apana-sodhana
54|SYNONYMS
55|esaba -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.
56|TRANSLATION
57|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 or know not, it is
>|for self-purification that I write this book.
58|PURPORT
59|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.
60|Adi 9.6
61|TEXT 6
62|TEXT
63|mala-karah svayam krsna-
64|premamara-taruh svayam
65|data bhokta tat-phalanam
66|yas tam caitanyam asraye
67|SYNONYMS
68|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.
69|TRANSLATION
70|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.
71|Adi 9.7
72|TEXT 7
73|TEXT
74|prabhu kahe, ami 'visvambhara' nama dhari
75|nama sarthaka haya, yadi preme visva bhari
76|SYNONYMS
77|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.
78|TRANSLATION
79|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."
80|Adi 9.8
81|TEXT 8
82|TEXT
83|eta cinti' laila prabhu malakara-dharma
84|navadvipe arambhila phalodyana-karma
85|SYNONYMS
86|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.
87|TRANSLATION
88|Thinking in this way, He accepted the duty of a planter and
>|began to grow a garden in Navadvipa.
89|Adi 9.9
90|TEXT 9
91|TEXT
92|sri-caitanya malakara prthivite ani'
93|bhakti-kalpataru ropila sinci' iccha-pani
94|SYNONYMS
95|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.
96|TRANSLATION
97|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.
98|PURPORT
99|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.
100|Adi 9.10
101|TEXT 10
102|TEXT
103|jaya sri madhavapuri krsna-prema-pura
104|bhakti-kalpatarura tenho prathama ankura
105|SYNONYMS
106|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.
107|TRANSLATION
108|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.
109|PURPORT
110|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.
111|Adi 9.11
112|TEXT 11
113|TEXT
114|sri-isvarapuri-rupe ankura pusta haila
115|apane caitanya-mali skandha upajila
116|SYNONYMS
117|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.
118|TRANSLATION
119|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.
120|PURPORT
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>|Sri Isvara Puri was a resident of Kumara-hatta,
>|where there is now a railroad station known as Kamarhatta.
>|Nearby there is also another station named Halisahara,
>|which belongs to the Eastern Railway that runs
>|from the eastern section of Calcutta.
122|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:
123|isvara-puri gosani kare sri-pada sevana
124|sva-haste karena mala-mutradi marjana
125|nirantara krsna-nama karaya smarana
126|krsna-nama krsna-lila sunaya anuksana
127|tusta hana puri tanre kaila alingana
128|vara dila krsne tomara ha-uka prema-dhana
129|sei haite isvara-puri premera sagara
130|"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.
131|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-
>|lila, Chapter Eleven.
132|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 Kamarhatta and collected some earth
>|from his birthsite . This He kept very carefully, and
>|He used to eat a small portion of it daily. This is stated
>|in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi- lila, 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.
133|Adi 9.12
134|TEXT 12
135|TEXT
136|nijacintya-saktye mali hana skandha haya
137|sakala sakhara sei skandha mulasraya
138|SYNONYMS
139|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.
140|TRANSLATION
141|By His inconceivable powers, the Lord became the gardener,
>|the trunk and the branches simultaneously.
142|Adi 9.13-15
143|TEXTS 13-15
144|TEXT
145|paramananda puri, ara kesava bharati
146|brahmananda puri, ara brahmananda bharati
147|visnu-puri, kesava-puri, puri krsnananda
148|sri-nrsimhatirtha, ara puri sukhananda
149|ei nava mula nikasila vrksa-mule
150|ei nava mule vrksa karila niscale
151|SYNONYMS
152|paramananda puri-of the name Paramananda Puri; ara-and;
>|kesava bharati- of the name Kesava Bharati; brahmananda
>|puri- of the name Brahmananda Puri; ara-and; brahmananda
>|bharati- of the name Brahmananda Bharati; visnu-puri- of
>|the name Visnu Puri; kesava-puri- of the name Kesava Puri;
>|puri krsnananda- of the name Krsnananda Puri; sri-nrsimha-
>|tirtha- of the name Sri Nrsimha Tirtha; ara-and; puri
>|sukhananda- of the name 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.
153|TRANSLATION
154|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.
155|PURPORT
156|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-
>|lila, there is the following statement:
157|sannyasira madhye isvarera priya-patra
158|ara nahi eka puri gosani se matra
159|damodara-svarupa paramananda-puri
160|sannyasi-parsade ei dui adhikari
161|niravadhi nikate thakena dui jana
162|prabhura sannyase kare dandera grahana
163|puri dhyana-para damodarera kirtana
164|yata-priti isvarera puri-gosanire
165|damodara-svarupereo tata priti kare
166|"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-lila, Chapter Three, that
>|when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu first saw Paramananda Puri He
>|made the following statement:
167|aji dhanya locana, saphala aji janma
168|saphala amara aji haila sarva-dharma
169|prabhu bale aji mora saphala sannyasa
170|aji madhavendra more ha-ila prakasa
171|"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:
172|kathoksane anyo 'nye karena pranama
173|paramananda-puri caitanyera priya-dhama
174|"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 -
>|lila :
175|prabhu bale ami ye achiye prthivite
176|niscaya-i janiha puri-gosanira prite
177|"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 , verse
>|118 , states, puri sri-paramanando ya asid uddhavah pura. "
>|Paramananda Puri is none other than Uddhava." Uddhava was
>|Lord Krsna's friend and uncle, 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.
178|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.
179|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 52 , it is said:
180|mathurayam yajna-sutram
181|pura krsnaya yo munih
182|dadau sandipanih so
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184|"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 from the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse
>|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.
185|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. 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.
186|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.
187|Adi 9.16
188|TEXT 16
189|TEXT
190|madhya-mula paramananda puri maha-dhira
191|asta dike asta mula vrksa kaila sthira
192|SYNONYMS
193|madhya-mula-the middle root; paramananda puri-of the name
>|Paramananda Puri; maha-dhira-most sober; asta dike-in the
>|eight directions; asta mula-eight roots; vrksa-the tree;
>|kaila sthira-fixed.
194|TRANSLATION
195|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.
196|Adi 9.17
197|TEXT 17
198|TEXT
199|skandhera upare bahu sakha upajila
200|upari upari sakha asankhya ha-ila
201|SYNONYMS
202|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.
203|TRANSLATION
204|From the trunk grew many branches and above them
>|innumerable others.
205|Adi 9.18
206|TEXT 18
207|TEXT
208|visa visa sakha kari' eka eka mandala
209|maha-maha-sakha chaila brahmanda sakala
210|SYNONYMS
211|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.
212|TRANSLATION
213|Thus the branches of the Caitanya tree formed a cluster or
>|society, with great branches covering all the universe.
214|PURPORT
215|Our International Society for Krishna Consciousness is one
>|of the branches of the Caitanya tree.
216|Adi 9.19
217|TEXT 19
218|TEXT
219|ekaika sakhate upasakha sata sata
220|yata upajila sakha ke ganibe kata
221|SYNONYMS
222|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.
223|TRANSLATION
224|From each branch grew many hundreds of subbranches. No one
>|can count how many branches thus grew.
225|Adi 9.20
226|TEXT 20
227|TEXT
228|mukhya mukhya sakha-ganera nama aganana
229|age ta' kariba, suna vrksera varnana
230|SYNONYMS
231|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.
232|TRANSLATION
233|I shall try to name the foremost of the innumerable
>|branches. Please hear the description of the Caitanya tree.
234|Adi 9.21
235|TEXT 21
236|TEXT
237|vrksera upare sakha haila dui skandha
238|eka 'advaita' nama, ara 'nityananda'
239|SYNONYMS
240|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-of
>|the name Nityananda Prabhu.
241|TRANSLATION
242|At the top of the tree the trunk branched into two. One
>|trunk was named Sri Advaita Prabhu and the other Sri
>|Nityananda Prabhu.
243|Adi 9.22
244|TEXT 22
245|TEXT
246|sei dui-skandhe bahu sakha upajila
247|tara upasakha-gane jagat chaila
248|SYNONYMS
249|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.
250|TRANSLATION
251|From these two trunks grew many branches and subbranches
>|that covered the entire world.
252|Adi 9.23
253|TEXT 23
254|TEXT
255|bada sakha, upasakha, tara upasakha
256|yata upajila tara ke karibe lekha
257|SYNONYMS
258|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.
259|TRANSLATION
260|These branches and subbranches and their subbranches became
>|so numerous that no one can actually write about them.
261|Adi 9.24
262|TEXT 24
263|TEXT
264|sisya, prasisya, ara upasisya-gana
265|jagat vyapila tara nahika ganana
266|SYNONYMS
267|sisya-disciples; prasisya-granddisciples; ara-and; upasisya-
>|gana-admirers; jagat-the whole world; vyapila-spread; tara-
>|of that; nahika-there is none; ganana-enumeration.
268|TRANSLATION
269|Thus the disciples and the granddisciples and their
>|admirers spread throughout the entire world, and it is not
>|possible to enumerate them all.
270|Adi 9.25
271|TEXT 25
272|TEXT
273|udumbara-vrksa yena phale sarva ange
274|ei mata bhakti-vrkse sarvatra phala lage
275|SYNONYMS
276|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.
277|TRANSLATION
278|As a big fig tree bears fruits all over its body, each part
>|of the tree of devotional service bore fruit.
279|PURPORT
280|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
>|