CC Madhya 19.162 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

Madhya-līlā 19.161 - Madhya-līlā 19.163

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 162

‘prema-phala’ pāki’ paḍe, mālī āsvādaya

latā avalambi’ mālī ‘kalpa-vṛkṣa’ pāya

SYNONYMS

prema-phala—the fruit of love of God; pāki’—becoming mature; paḍe—falls down; mālī—the gardener; āsvādaya—tastes; latā avalambi’—taking advantage of the growing bhakti-latā; mālī—the gardener; kalpa-vṛkṣa pāya—reaches the desire tree in Goloka Vṛndāvana.

TRANSLATION

“When the fruit of devotional service becomes ripe and falls down, the gardener tastes the fruit and thus takes advantage of the creeper and reaches the desire tree of the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa in Goloka Vṛndāvana.

Madhya-līlā 19.161 - Madhya-līlā 19.163