Ādi 17.28

TEXT 28

TEXT

কাটিলেহ তরু যেন কিছু না বোলয় ।
শুকাইয়া মরে, তবু জল না মাগয় ॥ ২৮ ॥

katileha taru yena kichu na bolaya

sukaiya mare, tabu jala na magaya

SYNONYMS

katileha-even being cut; taru-the tree; yena-as; kichu-something; na-not; bolaya-says; sukaiya-drying up; mare-dies; tabu-still; jala-water; na-does not; magaya-ask for.

TRANSLATION

For even if one cuts a tree, it never protests, nor even if it is drying up and dying does it ask anyone for water.

PURPORT

This practice of forbearance (trnad api sunicena) is very difficult, but when one actually engages in chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, the quality of forbearance automatically develops. A person advanced in spiritual consciousness through the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra need not practice to develop it separately, for a devotee develops all good qualities simply by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra regularly.

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