mālī hañā vṛkṣa ha-ilāṅ ei ta' icchāte sarva-prāṇīra upakāra haya vṛkṣa haite
mali hana vrksa ha-ilaṅ ei ta' icchate
sarva-pranira upakara haya vrksa haite
sarva-pranira upakara haya vrksa haite
Synonyms: mali hana-although I am the gardener; vrksa ha-ilaṅ-I am also the tree; ei ta'-this is; icchate-by My will; sarva-pranira-of all living entities; upakara-welfare; haya-there is; vrksa-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: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the most benevolent personality in human society because His only desire is to make people happy. His saṅkirtana movement is especially meant for the purpose of making people happy. He wanted to become the tree Himself because a tree is supposed to be the most benevolent living entity. In the following verse, which is from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.22.33), Krsna Himself highly praised the existence of a tree.
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Synonyms: aho-oh, just see; esam-of these trees; varam-superior; janma-birth; sarva-all; prani-living entities; upajivinam-one who provides maintenance; su-janasya iva-like the great personalities; yesam-from whose; vai-certainly; vimukhah-disappointed; yanti-goes away; na-never; arthinah-one who is asking for something.
Translation: "Just see how these trees are maintaining every living entity! Their birth is successful. Their behavior is just like that of great personalities, for anyone who asks anything from a tree never goes away disappointed."
Purport: According to Vedic civilization, ksatriyas are considered to be great personalities because if anyone goes to a ksatriya king to ask for charity, the king will never refuse. The trees are compared to those noble ksatriyas because everyone derives all kinds of benefits from them-some people take fruit, others take flowers, others take leaves, others take twigs, and others even cut the tree, and yet the tree gives to everyone without hesitation.
Unnecessarily cutting trees without consideration is another example of human debauchery. The paper industry cuts many hundreds and thousands of trees for its mills, and with the paper so much rubbish literature is published for the whimsical satisfaction of human society. Unfortunately, although these industrialists are now happy in this life by dint of their industrial development, they do not know that they will incur the responsibility for killing these living entities who are in the forms of trees. A needy person may derive many advantages from trees and also from many animals, but in modern civilization people have become so ungrateful that they exploit the trees and animals and kill them. These are some of the sinful activities of modern civilization.
This verse, quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam, was spoken by Lord Krsna to His friends when He was taking rest underneath a tree after His pastimes of stealing the clothes of the gopis (vastra-harana-lila). By quoting this verse, Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us that we should be tolerant and beneficial like trees, which give everything to the needy persons who come underneath them.
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