396 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 22

TEXT 117

uraraacatifaal-caaea-Asral |
cratarrrtatatie gca faas’a 554 i

dhatry-asvattha-go-vipra-vaisnava-pUjana
seva-namaparadhdadi dure visarjana

SYNONYMS
dhatri—a type of tree; asvattha—the banyan trees; go—the cows; vipra—the
brahmanas; vaisnava—the devotees of Lord Visnu; pdjana—worshiping; seva—in
devotional service; néma—in chanting of the holy name; aparadha-adi—the
offenses; dtire—far away; visarjana—giving up.

TRANSLATION

“One should worship dhatri trees, banyan trees, cows, brahmanas and
devotees of Lord Visnu. One should avoid offenses against devotional service
and the holy name.

PURPORT

There are ten items in the beginning of devotional service, up to the point of
worshiping the dhdtri tree, banyan tree, cow, brahmana and devotee of Lord
Visnu. The eleventh item is to avoid offenses when rendering devotional service
and chanting the holy names.

TEXT 118

BlAHA-Ha-Siiat, aafry ai sha
SONE-SASHNA-AlaAs tat APs n ssw

avaisnava-sariga-tyaga, bahu-sisya na kariba
bahu-grantha-kalabhyasa-vyakhydana varjiba

SYNONYMS

avaisnava—of one who is not a devotee of the Lord; sariga—the association;
tyaga—giving up; bahu-sisya—an unlimited number of disciples; na kariba—
should not accept; bahu-grantha—of many different types of scriptures; kala-
abhyasa—studying a portion; vyakhyana—and explanation; varjiba—we should
give up.
