CC Adi 9.45 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 45
- mālī hañā vṛkṣa ha-ilāṅ ei ta’ icchāte
- sarva-prāṇīra upakāra haya vṛkṣa haite
SYNONYMS
mālī hañā—although I am the gardener; vṛkṣa ha-ilāṅ—I am also the tree; ei ta’—this is; icchāte—by My will; sarva-prāṇīra—of all living entities; upakāra—welfare; haya—there is; vṛkṣa—the tree; haite—from.
TRANSLATION
“Although I am acting as a gardener, I also want to be the tree, for thus I can bestow benefit upon all.
PURPORT
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the most benevolent personality in human society because His only desire is to make people happy. His saṅkīrtana movement is especially meant for the purpose of making people happy. He wanted to become the tree Himself because a tree is said to be the most benevolent living entity. In the following verse, which is from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 10.22.33), Kṛṣṇa Himself highly praises the existence of a tree.