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ekaika-sakhate lage koti koti dala
tara sisya-upasisya, tara upadala
SYNONYMS
eka-eka—in each; sakhate—branch; lage—grow; koti koti—hundreds and thousands; dala—twigs; tara—His; sisya—disciples; upasisya—subdisciples; tara—His; upadala—subbranches.
From each branch of the tree have grown hundreds and thouands of subbranches of disciples and granddisciples.
PURPORT
It was the desire of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu that His cult be spread all over the world.
Therefore there is a great necessity for many, many disciples of the branches of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s disciplic succession.
His cult should be spread not only in a few villages, or in Bengal, or in India, but all over the world.
It is very much regrettable that complacent so-called devotees criticize the members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness for accepting sannyasa and spreading the cult of Lord Caitanya all over the world.
It is not our business to criticize anyone, but because they try to find fault with this movement, the real truth must be stated.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted devotees all over the world, and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura and Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura also confirmed this.
It is in pursuit of their will that the ISKCON movement is spreading all over the world.
Genuine devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu must take pride in the spread of the Krsna consciousness movement instead of viciously criticizing its propaganda work.