CC Ādi 9.16
Adi-līlā, Chapter 9, Text 16
মধ্যমূল পরমানন্দ পুরী মহাধীর ।
অষ্ট দিকে অষ্ট মূল বৃক্ষ কৈল স্থির ॥ ১৬ ॥
অষ্ট দিকে অষ্ট মূল বৃক্ষ কৈল স্থির ॥ ১৬ ॥
madhya-mūla paramānanda purī mahā-dhīra
aṣṭa dike aṣṭa mūla vṛkṣa kaila sthira
aṣṭa dike aṣṭa mūla vṛkṣa kaila sthira
Word by word
madhya-mūla — the middle root; paramānanda purī — Paramānanda Purī; mahā-dhīra — most sober; aṣṭa dike — in the eight directions; aṣṭa mūla — eight roots; vṛkṣa — the tree; kaila sthira — fixed.
Translation
With the sober and grave Paramānanda Purī as the central root and the other eight roots in the eight directions, the tree of Caitanya Mahāprabhu stood firmly.