ekalÄ mÄlÄkÄra Ämi kata phala khÄba
nÄ diyÄ vÄ ei phala Ära ki kariba
ekalÄ - alone; mÄlÄ-kÄra - gardener; Ämi - I; kata - how many; phala - fruits; khÄba - eat; nÄ - without; diyÄ - giving; vÄ - or; ei - this; phala - fruits; Ära - 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?
Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu 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 ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa descended as ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu was to understand ÅšrÄ«matÄ« RÄdhÄrÄṇī’s love for Kṛṣṇa 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. ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« therefore writes:
anarpita-carÄ«á¹ cirÄt karuṇayÄvatÄ«rṇaḥ kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasÄá¹ sva-bhakti-Å›riyam
hariḥ puraá¹a-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandÄ«pitaḥ
sadÄ há¹›daya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ Å›acÄ«-nandanaḥ
There were many previous incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but none were so generous, kind and magnanimous as ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, for He distributed the most confidential aspect of devotional service, namely, the conjugal love of RÄdhÄ and Kṛṣṇa. Therefore ÅšrÄ« RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« PrabhupÄda desires that ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu live perpetually in the hearts of all devotees, for thus they can understand and relish the loving affairs of ÅšrÄ«matÄ« RÄdhÄrÄṇī and Kṛṣṇa.
