218 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta

SYNONYMS

$ri-caitanya—Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; malakara—gardener; prthivite—on
this planet; ani’—bringing; bhakti-ka/lpataru—the desire tree of devotional service;
ropila—sowed; sifci’—watering; iccha—will; pani—water.

TRANSLATION

Thus the Lord brought the desire tree of devotional service to this earth and be-
came 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-lata, 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 (malakara) can then enjoy without impediments.

TEXT 10

on Giaivaya Secelata |
SST GSP CSCS Sty VBA |) Se I

jaya sri madhavapuri krsna-prema-pura
bhakti-kalpatarura tenho prathama ahkura

SYNONYMS.

jaya—all glories; sri madhavapuri—unto Madhavendra Puri; krsna-prema-pura—
a storehouse of all love of Godhead; bhakti-kalpatarura—of the desire tree of de-
votional service; teAho—he is; prathama—first; ankura—fructification.

TRANSLATION

All glories to Sri Madhavendra Puri, the storehouse of all devotional service unto
Krsna! He is a desire tree of devotional service, and it is in him that the seed of
devotional service first fructified.

PURPORT

Sri Madhavendra Puri, also known as Sri Madhava Puri, belonged to the disciplic
succession from Madhvacarya and was a greatly celebrated sannyasi. Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu was the third disciplic descendant from Sri Madhavendra Puri. The
process of worship in the disciplic succession of Madhvacarya was full of ritualistic
ceremonies, with hardly a sign of love of Godhead; Sri Madhavendra Puri 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 dina-dayardra-natha, ‘‘O
