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visa visa sakha kari’ eka eka mandala

maha-maha-sakha chaila brahmanda sakala

SYNONYMS

visa visa—twenty, twenty; sakha—branches; kari’-making a group; eka eka mandala—form a society; maha-maha-sakha—big branches; chaila—covered; brahmanda—the whole universe; sakala—all.

Thus the branches of the Caitanya tree formed a cluster or society, with great branches covering all the universe.

PURPORT

Our International Society for Krishna Consciousness is one of the branches of the Caitanya tree.