HH Mahavishnu Swami Maharaj || CC Ādi 9.13 - 18

HH Mahavishnu Swami Maharaj || CC Ādi 9.13 - 18 Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta class by HH Mahavishnu Swami Maharaj on 13th July 2026 at ISKCON Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu Nepal. Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta CHAPTER NINE The Desire Tree of Devotional Service CC Ādi 9.13...... CC Ādi 9.16 মধ্যমূল পরমানন্দ পুরী মহাধীর । অষ্ট দিকে অষ্ট মূল বৃক্ষ কৈল স্থির ॥ ১৬ ॥ madhya-mūla paramānanda purī mahā-dhīra aṣṭa dike aṣṭa mūla vṛkṣa kaila sthira Synonyms madhya-mūla — the middle root; paramānanda purī — Paramānanda Purī; mahā-dhīra — most sober; aṣṭa dike — in the eight directions; aṣṭa mūla — eight roots; vṛkṣa — the tree; kaila sthira — fixed. Translation With the sober and grave Paramānanda Purī as the central root and the other eight roots in the eight directions, the tree of Caitanya Mahāprabhu stood firmly. CC Ādi 9.17 স্কন্ধের উপরে বহু শাখা উপজিল । উপরি উপরি শাখা অসংখ্য হইল ॥ ১৭ ॥ skandhera upare bahu śākhā upajila upari upari śākhā asaṅkhya ha-ila Synonyms skandhera upare — upon the trunk; bahu śākhā — many branches; upajila — grew; upari upari — over and above them; śākhā — other branches; asaṅkhya — innumerable; ha-ila — fructified. Translation From the trunk grew many branches, and above them innumerable others. CC Ādi 9.17 স্কন্ধের উপরে বহু শাখা উপজিল । উপরি উপরি শাখা অসংখ্য হইল ॥ ১৭ ॥ skandhera upare bahu śākhā upajila upari upari śākhā asaṅkhya ha-ila Synonyms skandhera upare — upon the trunk; bahu śākhā — many branches; upajila — grew; upari upari — over and above them; śākhā — other branches; asaṅkhya — innumerable; ha-ila — fructified. Translation From the trunk grew many branches, and above them innumerable others. CC Ādi 9.18 বিশ বিশ শাখা করি’ এক এক মণ্ডল । মহা–মহা–শাখা ছাইল ব্রহ্মাণ্ড সকল ॥ ১৮ ॥ viśa viśa śākhā kari’ eka eka maṇḍala mahā-mahā-śākhā chāila brahmāṇḍa sakala Synonyms viśa viśa — twenty, twenty; śākhā — branches; kari’ — making a group; eka eka maṇḍala — form a society; mahā-mahā-śākhā — big branches; chāila — covered; brahmāṇḍa — the whole universe; sakala — 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.