CC Adi 9.32 (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 32
- alaukika vṛkṣa kare sarvendriya-karma
- sthāvara ha-iyā dhare jaṅgamera dharma
SYNONYMS
alaukika—transcendental; vṛkṣa—tree; kare—does; sarva-indriya—all senses; karma—activities; sthāvara—immovable; ha-iyā—becoming; dhare—accepts; jaṅgamera—of the movable; dharma—activities.
TRANSLATION
“Since the tree of devotional service is transcendental, every one of its parts can perform the action of all the others. Although a tree is supposed to be immovable, this tree nevertheless moves.
PURPORT
It is our experience in the material world that trees stand in one place, but in the spiritual world a tree can go from one place to another. Therefore everything in the spiritual world is called alaukika, uncommon or transcendental. Another feature of such a tree is that it can act universally. In the material world the roots of a tree go deep within the earth to gather food, but in the spiritual world the twigs, branches and leaves of the upper portion of the tree can act like the roots.