Ādi-līlā

Chapter 9: The Tree of Devotional Service

Verse 32 of 53
Cc Ādi 9.32

অলৌকিক বৃক্ষ করে সর্বেন্দ্রিযকর্ম স্থাবর হৈযা ধরে জংগমের ধর্ম

अलौकिक वृक्ष करे सर्वेन्द्रियकर्म स्थावर हैया धरे जंगमेर धर्म

alaukika vṛkṣa kare sarvendriya-karma sthāvara ha-iyā dhare jaṅgamera dharma

Synonyms

alaukikatranscendental; vṛkṣatree; karedoes; sarva-indriyaall senses; karmaactivities; sthāvaraimmovable; ha-iyābecoming; dhareaccepts; jaṅgameraof the movable; dharmaactivities..

Translation

"Since the tree of devotional service is transcendental, every one of its parts can perform the action of all the others. Although a tree is supposed to be immovable, this tree nevertheless moves.

Purport

It is our experience in the material world that trees stand in one place, but in the spiritual world a tree can go from one place to another. Therefore everything in the spiritual world is called alaukika, uncommon or transcendental. Another feature of such a tree is that it can act universally. In the material world the roots of a tree go deep within the earth to gather food, but in the spiritual world the twigs, branches and leaves of the upper portion of the tree can act as well as the roots.

Verse 32 of 53
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