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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 12]
sṛjāila, jīyāila, tāṅre nā mānila kṛtaghna ha-ilā, tāṅre skandha kruddha ha-ila
SYNONYMS
sṛjāila —fructified;  jīyāila —maintained;  tāṅre —Him;  nā —not;  mānila —accepted;  kṛtaghna —ungrateful;  ha-ilā —thus became;  tāṅre —to them;  skandha —trunk;  kruddha —angry;  ha-ila —became.
TRANSLATION
Some branches did not accept the original trunk that vitalized and maintained the entire tree. When they thus became ungrateful, the original trunk was angry at them.
TEXT 69
ক্রুদ্ধ হঞা স্বদ্ধ তারে জল না সঞ্চারে । জলাভাবে কুশ শাখা শুকাইয়া মরে ॥ ৬৯ ॥
kruddha hañā skandha tāre jala nā sañcāre jalābhāve kṛśa śākhā śukāiyā mare
SYNONYMS
kruddha hañā —being angry;  skandha —the trunk;  tāre —onto them;  jala —water;  nā —did not;  sañcāre —sprinkle;  jala-abhāve —for want of water;  kṛśa —thinner;  śākhā —branch;  śukāiyā —dried up;  mare —died.
TRANSLATION
Thus Lord Caitanya did not sprinkle upon them the water of His mercy, and they gradually withered and died.
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চৈতন্য-রহিত দেহ—শুক্কাষ্ঠ-সম । জীবিতেই মৃত সেই, মৈলে দণ্ডে যম ॥ ৭০ ॥
caitanya-rahita deha—śuṣkakāṣṭha-sama jīvitei mṛta sei, maile daṇḍe yama
SYNONYMS
caitanya-rahita —without consciousness;  deha —body;  śuṣka-kāṣṭha-sama —exactly like dry wood;  jīvitei —while living;  mṛta —dead;  sei —that;  maile —after death;  daṇḍe —punishes;  yama —Yamarāja.