10.74
sri-caitanyera ati priya buddhimanta khan
ajanma ajnakari tenho sevaka-pradhana
SYNONYMS
sri-caitanyera—of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ati priya—very dear; buddhimanta khan—of the name Buddhimanta Khan; ajanma—from the very beginning of his life; ajna-kari—follower of the orders; tenho—he; sevaka—servant; pradhana—chief.
The thirty-sixth branch, Buddhimanta Khan, was extremely dear to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
He was always prepared to carry out the Lord’s orders, and therefore he was considered a chief servant of the Lord.
PURPORT
Sri Buddhimanta Khan was one of the inhabitants of Navadvipa.
He was very rich, and it is he who arranged for the marriage of Lord Caitanya with Visnupriya, the daughter of Sanatana Misra, who was the priest of the local Zamindar.
He personally defrayed all the expenditures for the marriage ceremony.
When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was attacked by vayu-vyadhi (derangement of the air within the body) Buddhimanta Khan paid for all requisite medicines and treatments to cure the Lord.
He was the Lord’s constant companion in the kirtana movement.
He collected ornaments for the Lord when He played the part of the goddess of fortune in the house of Candrasekhara Acarya.
He also went to see Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu when He was staying at Jagannatha Puri.