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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
SYNONYMS
śrī-caitanya—Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; mālākāra—gardener; pṛthivīte—on this planet; āni'—bringing; bhakti-kalpataru—the desire tree of devotional service; ropilā—sowed; siñci'—watering; icchā—will; pāni—water.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
In many places devotional service has been compared to a creeper. One has to sow the seed of the devotional creeper, bhakti-latā, 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 (mālākāra) can then enjoy without impediments.
TEXT 10
জয় শ্রীমাধবপুরী কৃষ্ণপ্রেমপুর ।
ভক্তিকল্পতরুর তেঁহো প্রথম অঙ্কুর ॥ ১০ ॥
jaya śrī mādhavapurī kṛṣṇa-prema-pūra bhakti-kalpatarura teṅho prathama aṅkura
SYNONYMS.
jaya—all glories; śrī mādhavapurī—unto Mādhavendra Purī; kṛṣṇa-prema-pūra—a storehouse of all love of Godhead; bhakti-kalpatarura—of the desire tree of devotional service; teṅho—he is; prathama—first; aṅkura—fructification.
TRANSLATION
All glories to Śrī Mādhavendra Purī, the storehouse of all devotional service unto Kṛṣṇa! He is a desire tree of devotional service, and it is in him that the seed of devotional service first fructified.
PURPORT
Śrī Mādhavendra Purī, also known as Śrī Mādhava Purī, belonged to the disciplic succession from Madhvācārya and was a greatly celebrated  sannyāsī . Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was the third disciplic descendant from Śrī Mādhavendra Purī. The process of worship in the disciplic succession of Madhvācārya was full of ritualistic ceremonies, with hardly a sign of love of Godhead; Śrī Mādhavendra Purī 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 dīna-dayārdra-nātha , “O