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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 22

uttama hañā āpanāke māne tṛṇādhama
dui-prakāre sahiṣṇutā kare vṛkṣa-sama

SYNONYMS

uttama hañā—although being very much exalted; āpanāke—himself; māne—thinks; tṛṇa-adhama—lower than a blade of the grass on the ground; dui-prakāre—in two ways; sahiṣṇutā—tolerance; kare—performs; vṛkṣa-sama—like the tree.

TRANSLATION

“These are the symptoms of one who chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Although he is very exalted, he thinks himself lower than the grass on the ground, and like a tree, he tolerates everything in two ways.