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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.74
শ্রীচৈতন্যের অতি প্রিয় বুদ্ধিমন্ত খান্ ।
আজন্ম আজ্ঞাকারী তেঁহো সেবক–প্রধান ॥ ৭৪ ॥
śrī-caitanyera ati priya buddhimanta khān
ājanma ājñākārī teṅho sevaka-pradhāna
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.
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Buddhimanta Khān was extremely dear to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Always ready to carry out the Lord’s orders, he was considered a chief servant.
He personally paid all the expenses for the Lord’s marriage with Viṣṇupriyā. He also paid for medicines and treatments when the Lord was ill.
He was the Lord’s constant companion in the kīrtana movement. He also collected ornaments for the Lord’s performance at Candraśekhara Ācārya’s house.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.
The mood of Ādi 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Back to this verse in Ādi 10
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “branch”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servant”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “kīrtana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could you use something you have to support service to the Lord?
Offer a little time or material help today to support kīrtana.
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