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| Ādi-līlā | Chapter 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 10.75
garuḍa paṇḍita laya śrīnāma-mańgala
nāma-bale viṣa yāńre nā karila bala
SYNONYMS
garuḍa paṇḍita — Garuḍa Paṇḍita; laya — takes; śrī-nāma-mańgala — the auspicious Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra; nāma-bale — by the strength of this chanting; viṣa — poison; yāńre — whom; nā — did not; karila — affect; bala — strength.
TRANSLATION
Garuḍa Paṇḍita, the thirty-seventh branch of the tree, always engaged in chanting the auspicious name of the Lord. Because of the strength of this chanting, even the effects of poison could not touch him.
PURPORT
Garuḍa Paṇḍita was once bitten by a poisonous snake, but the snake's poison could not affect him because of his chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness