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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
‘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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খোলা-বেচা শ্রীধর প্রভুর প্রিয়দাস। যাঁহা-সনে প্রভু করে নিত্য পরিহাস ॥ ৬৭ ॥
kholā-vecā śrīdhara prabhura priyadāsa yāṅhā-sane prabhu kare nitya parihāsa
SYNONYMS
kholā-vecā —a person who sells the bark of banana trees;  śrīdhara —Śrīdhara Prabhu;  prabhura —of the Lord;  priya-dāsa —very dear servant;  yāṅhā-sane —with whom;  prabhu —the Lord;  kare —does;  nitya —daily;  parihāsa —joking.
TRANSLATION
The twenty-ninth branch was Śrīdhara, a trader in banana tree bark. He was a very dear servant of the Lord. On many occasions, the Lord played jokes on him.
PURPORT
Śrīdhara was a poor  brāhmaṇa  who made a living by selling banana tree bark to be made into cups. Most probably he had a banana tree garden and collected the leaves, skin and pulp of the banana trees to sell daily in the market. He spent fifty percent of his income to worship the Ganges, and the balance he used for his subsistence. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started His civil disobedience movement in defiance of the Kāzī, Śrīdhara danced in jubilation. The Lord used to drink water from his water jug. Śrīdhara presented a squash to Śacīdevī to cook before Lord Caitanya took  sannyāsa . Every year he went to see Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu