272 Si Caitanya-caritameta [Adi-lila, Ch. 17
TRANSLATION
To chant the holy name always, one should be humbler than the grass in the
street and devoid of all desire for personal honor, but one should offer others all
respectful obeisances.
TEXT 27
Sam Aes Cae Siac |
Se Ha-Siged sics fag al aferca u 29 0
taru-sama sahisnutd vaisnava karibe
bhartsana-tadane kake kichu na balibe
SYNONYMS
taru-sama—tike a tree; sahisnuta—forbearance; vaisnava—devotee ; karibe—shoutd
practice; bhartsana—rebuking; tégane—chastising; k@ke—unto anyone; kichu—some-
thing; n@—not; baf/fbe—will utter.
TRANSLATION
A devotee engaged in chanting the holy name of the Lord should practice for-
bearance like that of a tree. Even if rebuked or chastised,he should not say anything
to others to retaliate.
TEXT 28
Biers Se cas fay ai cata
SHV AA, SFM A WAT Hw I
RG@tileha taru yena kichu na bolaya
SukdiyG mare, tabu jalana magaya
SYNONYMS
Ratileha—even being cut, taru—the tree; yena—as; kichu—something; na@—not;
bolaya—says; Sukdiyd—drying up; mare—dies; tabu—still; jafa—water; nd—does not;
mdgoyo—ask for.
TRANSLATION
For even if one cuts a tree, it never protests, nor even if it is drying up and dying
does it ask anyone for water.
PURPORT
This practice of forbearance (trndd api sunicena) is very difficult, but when one
actually engages in chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, the quality of forbearance auto-
matically develops. A person advanced in spiritual consciousness through the chant-
