CC Adi 10.75
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 75
- garuḍa paṇḍita laya śrīnāma-maṅgala
- nāma-bale viṣa yāṅre nā karila bala
SYNONYMS
garuḍa paṇḍita — Garuḍa Paṇḍita; laya — takes; śrī-nāma-maṅgala — the auspicious Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra; nāma-bale — by the strength of this chanting; viṣa — poison; yāṅre — whom; nā — did not; karila — affect; bala — strength.
TRANSLATION
Garuḍa Paṇḍita, the thirty-seventh branch of the tree, always engaged in chanting the auspicious name of the Lord. Because of the strength of this chanting, even the effects of poison could not touch him.
PURPORT
Garuḍa Paṇḍita was once bitten by a poisonous snake, but the snake’s poison could not affect him because of his chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.