Ādi-līlā

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

Verse 74 of 158
Cc Ādi 10.74

শ্রীচৈতন্যের অতি প্রিয বুদ্ধিমন্ত খানাজন্ম আজ্ঞাকারী তেঙ্হো সেবকপ্রধান

श्रीचैतन्येर अति प्रिय बुद्धिमन्त खानाजन्म आज्ञाकारी तेङ्हो सेवकप्रधान

śrī-caitanyera ati priya buddhimanta khān ājanma ājñākārī teṅho sevaka-pradhāna

Synonyms

śrī-caitanyeraof Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ati priyavery dear; buddhimanta khānof the name Buddhimanta Khān; ājanmafrom the very beginning of his life; ājñākārīfollower of the orders; teṅhohe; sevakaservant; pradhānachief..

Translation

The thirty-sixth branch, Buddhimanta Khān, was extremely dear to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He was always prepared to carry out the Lord's orders, and therefore he was considered to be a chief servant of the Lord.

Purport

Śrī Buddhimanta Khān was one of the inhabitants of Navadvīpa. He was very rich, and it is he who arranged for the marriage of Lord Caitanya with Viṣṇupriyā, the daughter of Sanātana Miśra, who was the priest of the local Zamindar. He personally defrayed all the expenditures for the marriage ceremony. When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was attacked by vāyu-vyādhi (derangement of the air within the body) Buddhimanta Khān paid for all requisite medicines and treatments to cure the Lord. He was the Lord's constant companion in the kīrtana movement. He collected ornaments for the Lord when He played the part of the goddess of fortune in the house of Candraśekhara Ācārya. He also went to see Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu when He was staying at Jagannātha Purī.

Verse 74 of 158
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