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  "name":"Cc. Antya 20.22",
  "h1":"Cc. Antya 20.22",
  "label":"Text 22",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 20.22",
  "description":"\"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."

} —

Cc. Antya 20.22

Text

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

Synonyms

uttama hañā—although being very 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.