Antya-lilaChapter 20: The Sikshashtaka Prayers

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Antya 20.22

uttama hana apanake mane trinadhama

dui-prakare sahishnuta kare vriksha-sama

SYNONYMS

uttama hana -- although being very much exalted; apanake -- himself; mane -- thinks; trina-adhama -- lower than a blade of the grass on the ground; dui-prakare -- in two ways; sahishnuta -- tolerance; kare -- performs; vriksha-sama -- like the tree.

TRANSLATION

"These are the symptoms of one who chants the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Although he is very exalted, he thinks himself lower than the grass on the ground, and like a tree, he tolerates everything in two ways.

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