292 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta
‘ratnabahu'’ bali’ prabhu thuila tanra nama
akificana prabhura priya krsnadasa-nama
SYNONYMS
ratnabaGhu—the title Ratnabahu; ba/i’—calling him; prabhu—the Lord; thuila—
kept; tanra—his; naéma—name; akifcana—unalloyed; prabhura—of the Lord; priya—
dear; krsnada@sa—of the name Krsnadasa; nGma—name.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave Vijaya dasa the name Ratnabahu [‘‘jewel-handed”’]
because he copied for Him many manuscripts. The twenty-eighth branch was
Krsnadasa, who was very dear to the Lord. He was known as Akifcana Krsnadasa.
PURPORT
Akificana means ‘‘one who possesses nothing in this world.”
TEXT 67
cateni-capl Qua aga feiswia |
Fieraca vy 40a fw ifsaty vst
khola-veca Sridhara prabhura priyadasa
yanha-sane prabhu kare nitya parihasa
SYNONYMS
khola-veca—a person who sells the bark of banana trees; Sridhara—Sridhara Prabhu;
prabhura—of the Lord; priya-dasa—very dear servant; yanhd-sane—with whom;
prabhu—the Lord; kare—does; nitya—daily ; parihdsa—joking.
TRANSLATION
The twenty-ninth branch was Sridhara, 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
Sridhara was a poor brahmana 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 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu started His civil disobedience move-
ment in defiance of the Kazi, Sridhara danced in jublilation. The Lord used to drink
water from his water jug. Sridhara presented a squash to Sacidevi to cook before
Lord Caitanya took sannydsa. Every year he went to see Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
