CC Madhya 17.45 (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
- ‘hari-bola’ bali’ prabhu kare ucca-dhvani
- vṛkṣa-latā—praphullita, sei dhvani śuni,
SYNONYMS
hari-bola—the vibration of “Haribol”; bali’—chanting; prabhu—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kare—makes; ucca-dhvani—a loud sound; vṛkṣa-latā—the trees and creepers; praphullita—very jubilant; sei—that; dhvani—sound; śuni’—hearing.
TRANSLATION
When the Lord loudly chanted “Haribol!” the trees and creepers became jubilant to hear Him.
PURPORT
The loud chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is so powerful that it can even penetrate the ears of trees and creepers, what to speak of those of animals and human beings. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu once asked Haridāsa Ṭhākura how trees and plants could be delivered, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied that the loud chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra would benefit not only trees and plants but insects and all other living beings. One should therefore not be disturbed by the loud chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, for it is beneficial not only to the chanter but to everyone who gets an opportunity to hear.