Ādi-līlāChapter 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 10.73

vanamālī paṇḍita śākhā vikhyāta jagate

soṇāra muṣala hala dekhila prabhura hāte

SYNONYMS

vanamālī paṇḍitaVanamālī Paṇḍita; śākhā — the next branch; vikhyāta — celebrated; jagatein the world; soṇāramade of gold; muṣala — club; hala — plow; dekhila — saw; prabhura — of the Lord; hātein the hand.

TRANSLATION

Vanamālī Paṇḍita, the thirty-fifth branch of the tree, was very much celebrated in this world. He saw a golden club and plow in the hands of the Lord.

PURPORT

Vanamālī Paṇḍita saw Lord Caitanya in the ecstasy of Balarāma. This is described vividly in the Caitanya-bhāgavata, Antya-khaṇḍa, Chapter Nine.

<<< >>>

Buy Online Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness