### CC Adi 17.322

> নবমেতে ‘ভক্তিকল্পবৃক্ষের বর্ণন’ ।\
> শ্রীচৈতন্য-মালী কৈলা বৃক্ষ আরোপণ ॥৩২২॥

> navamete 'bhakti-kalpa-vṛkṣera varṇana'\
> śrī-caitanya-mālī kailā vṛkṣa āropaṇa

*navamete*—in the Ninth Chapter; *bhakti-kalpa-vṛkṣera*—of the desire tree of devotional service; *varṇana*—the description; *śrī-caitanya-mālī*—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the gardener; *kailā*—did; *vṛkṣa*—the tree; *āropaṇa*—implantation.

**The Ninth Chapter describes the desire tree of devotional service. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself is the gardener who planted it.**