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malakara kahe,--suna, vrksa-parivara

mulasakha-upasakha yateka prakara

SYNONYMS

mala-kara—the gardener; kahe—said; suna—hear; vrksa-parivara—the family of this transcendental tree of devotional service; mula-sakha—chief branches; upasakha—subbranches; yateka—as many; prakara—varieties.

Lord Caitanya thus addressed the multifarious varieties of branches and subbranches of the tree of devotional service: