Antya 20.22

TEXT 22

TEXT

উত্তম হঞা আপনাকে মানে তৃণাধম ।
দুইপ্রকারে সহিষ্ণুতা করে বৃক্ষসম ॥ ২২ ॥

uttama hana apanake mane trnadhama

dui-prakare sahisnuta kare vrksa-sama

SYNONYMS

uttama hana-although being very exalted; apanake-himself; mane-thinks; trna-adhama-lower than a blade of the grass on the ground; dui-prakare-in two ways; sahisnuta-tolerance; kare-performs; vrksa-sama-like the tree.

TRANSLATION

"These are the symptoms of one who chants the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. Although he is very exalted, he thinks himself lower than the grass on the ground, and like a tree, he tolerates everything in two ways.