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ekala malakara ami kata phala khaba

na diya va ei phala ara ki kariba

SYNONYMS

ekala—alone; mala-kara—gardener; ami—I; kata—how many; phala—fruits; khaba—eat; na—without; diya—giving; va—or; ei—this; phala—fruits; ara—else; ki—what; kariba—shall I do "I am the only gardener.

If I do not distribute these fruits, what shall I do with them? How many fruits can I alone eat?

PURPORT

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu produced so many fruits of devotional service that they must be distributed all over the world; otherwise, how could He alone relish and taste each and every fruit? The original reason that Lord Sri Krsna descended as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was to understand Srimati Radharani’s love for Krsna and to taste that love.

The fruits of the tree of devotional service were innumerable, and therefore He wanted to distribute them unrestrictedly to everyone.

Srila Rupa Gosvami therefore writes:

anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau

samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam

harih purata-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandipitah

sada hrdaya-kandare sphuratu vah saci-nandanah There were many precious incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but none were so generous, kind and magnanimous as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, for He distributed the most confidential aspect of devotional service, namely, the conjugal love of Radha and Krsna.

Therefore Sri Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada desires that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu live perpetually in the hearts of all devotees, for thus they can understand and relish the loving affairs of Srimati Radharani and Krsna.