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Chapter 10: The Trunk, Branches and Sub-branches of the Caitanya Tree

Verse 66 of 158
Cc Ādi 10.66

ঽরত্নবাহুঽ বলিঽ প্রভু থুইল তাঙ্র নাম অকিংচন প্রভুর প্রিয কৃষ্ণদাসনাম

ऽरत्नबाहुऽ बलिऽ प्रभु थुइल ताङ्र नाम अकिंचन प्रभुर प्रिय कृष्णदासनाम

'ratnabāhu' bali' prabhu thuila tāṅra nāma akiñcana prabhura priya kṛṣṇadāsa-nāma

Synonyms

ratnabāhu—the title Ratnabāhu; bali'—calling him; prabhu—the Lord; thuila—kept; tāṅra—his; nāma—name; akiñcana—unalloyed; prabhura—of the Lord; priya—dear; kṛṣṇadāsa—of the name Kṛṣṇadāsa; nāma—name..

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave Vijaya dāsa the name Ratnabāhu ["jewel-handed"] because he copied for Him many manuscripts. The twenty-eighth branch was Kṛṣṇadāsa, who was very dear to the Lord. He was known as Akiñcana Kṛṣṇadāsa.

Purport

Akiñcana means "one who possesses nothing in this world."

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