Adi-iila, Chapter 9 225

TEXT 18

fat fast atte si” ae as qem |
FSET SSM Swale) HI Hv I

visa visa sakha kari’ eka eka mandala
maha-maha-sakha chaila brahmanda sakala

SYNONYMS

visa visa—twenty, twenty; sakha—branches; kari’-making a group; eka eka
mandala—form a society ; maha-maha-sakha— big branches; chaila—covered; brahman-
da—the whole universe; saka/a—all.

TRANSLATION

Thus the branches of the Caitanya tree formed a cluster or society, with great
branches covering all the universe.

PURPORT

Our International Society for Krishna Consciousness is one of the branches of
the Caitanya tree.

TEXT 19

GS MANS Borate aps ary |
RS Srifeny are cs sifsica SSE sa tt

ekaika sakhate upasakha sata sata
yata upajila sakha ke ganibe kata

SYNONYMS

ekaika—each branch; sakhate—in the branch; upasakha—sub-branches; sata sata—
hundreds and hundreds; yata—all; upajila—grew; sakha—branches; ke—who; ganibe—
can count; kata—how much.

TRANSLATION

From each branch grew many hundreds of sub-branches. No one can count how
many branches thus grew.

TEXT 20

RUS HST tNistCte aI AIST |
wet B Biza, Va Wwa aay Wo I
