Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.22.33
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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su-janasya
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of a great personality
Compound: su (good) + jana (person), genitive. Su-jana = sādhu, the saintly soul. Kṛṣṇa's analogy works backward: the tree is like a sādhu because the sādhu has been the model all along — both are defined by inexhaustible giving.
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vimukhāḥ
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disappointed
Compound: vi (away) + mukha (face). 'Turned-away-faced.' The diagnostic of an inadequate giver: petitioners go away vimukha. A real Vaiṣṇava — and a real tree — never leaves anyone vimukha.
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arthinaḥ
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those who are asking for something
Nominative plural of arthin — one who has a purpose, a petitioner. Arthins approach trees and sādhus alike; both must respond. The bhakti tradition takes seriously the asker — the begging soul is honored.
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varam janma
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superior birth
Phrase: vara (superior) + janma (birth). The Vraja-poet inverts the varṇa-hierarchy: a tree's life of service ranks above a self-absorbed brāhmaṇa's life. Caitanya's social teaching is already implicit in Kṛṣṇa's voice.
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upajīvinam
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who provide maintenance
From upa-√jīv. Upajīvana = the giving of livelihood to those who depend on us. The trees feed every passing creature; the sādhu feeds every approaching soul. Same dharma, two forms.
This translation is quoted from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Caitanya-caritāmṛta ( Ādi 9.46) .
The trees were like persons who are intent on serving guests (sujana). Those who ask (arthinah) do not leave disappointed.
Not only to they give protection from the elements but they supply all things to all people. This is expressed in two verses. Aho indicates astonishment or jubilation. These trees are by far the best (varam). They are the cause of sustenance of live for all living beings. Another version has jīvinam (cause of life) with the same meaning. From the trees (yeṣām) those who are need do not go away disappointed. Vai indicates certainty.
The Vraja-poet sums up: a great-soul is one from whom no petitioner walks away empty-handed. Kṛṣṇa points to trees as the textbook case — and the Caitanya-caritāmṛta will quote this very śloka (Ādi 9.46) to define the sādhu.
This śloka is quoted in Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 9.46 — Mahāprabhu Himself cites it when defining the qualities of a true Vaiṣṇava. The line that no petitioner leaves disappointed (vimukhā na yānti) becomes the diagnostic of sādhutva for the entire Gauḍīya tradition.
Thus a verse spoken by Kṛṣṇa to His cowherd friends about trees becomes a foundational verse for understanding sat-saṅga — the saint and the tree are measured by the same instrument.
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Source: vedabase.io