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supremely merciful Personality of Godhead.” In that poetry is the seed of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s cultivation of love of Godhead.
TEXT 11
শ্রীঈশ্বরপুরী-রূপে অন্ধুর পুষ্ট হৈল । আপনে চৈতন্যমালী স্বন্ধ উপজিল ॥ ১১ ॥
śrī-īśvarapurī-rūpe aṅkura puṣṭa haila āpane caitanya-mālī skandha upajila
SYNONYMS
śrī-īśvara-purī —by the name Śrī Īśvara Purī;  rūpe —in the form of;  aṅkura —the seed;  puṣṭa —cultivated;  haila —became;  āpane —Himself;  caitanya-mālī —the gardener of the name Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  skandha —trunk;  upajila —expanded.
TRANSLATION
The seed of devotional service next fructified in the form of Śrī Īśvara Purī, and then the gardener Himself, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, became the main trunk of the tree of devotional service.
PURPORT
Śrī Īśvara Purī was a resident of Kumāra-haṭṭa, where there is now a railroad station known as Kāmarhaṭṭy. Nearby there is also another station named Hālisahara, which belongs to the eastern railway that runs from the eastern section of Calcutta. Īśvara Purī appeared in a  brāhmaṇa  family and was the most beloved disciple of Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī. In the last portion of  Caitanya-caritāmṛta , Chapter Eight, verses 26-29, it is stated:
īśvara-purī kare śrī-pada sevana sva-haste karena mala-mūtrādi mārjana nirantara kṛṣṇa-nāma karāya smaraṇa kṛṣṇa-nāma kṛṣṇa-līlā śunāya anukṣaṇa tuṣṭa hañā purī tāṅre kaila āliṅgana vara dila kṛṣṇe tomāra ha-uk prema-dhana sei haite īśvara-purī premera sāgara
“At the last stage of his life Śrī Mādhavendra Purī became an invalid and was completely unable to move, and Īśvara Purī so completely engaged himself in his service that he personally cleaned up his stool and urine. Always chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra  and reminding Śrī Mādhavendra Purī about the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa in the last stage of his life, Īśvara Purī gave the best service among his disciples. Thus Mādhavendra Purī, being very pleased with him, blessed him, saying, ‘My dear boy,