Verse 1.15.69

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.69:

প্রথমে বলিলা বুদ্ধিমন্ত-মহাশয “মোর ভার এ-বিবাহে যত লাগে ব্যয” ॥ ৬৯ ॥

प्रथमे बलिला बुद्धिमन्त-महाशय “मोर भार ए-विवाहे यत लागे व्यय” ॥ ६९ ॥

prathame balilā buddhimanta-mahāśaya “mora bhāra e-vivāhe yata lāge vyaya” || 69 ||

prathame balila buddhimanta-mahasaya “mora bhara e-vivahe yata lage vyaya” (69)

English translation:

(69) Buddhimanta Khān was the first to speak. “I will bear the entire expenditure of this marriage.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Buddhimanta Khān was the Lord’s neighbor and a staunch, rich, devoted brāhmaṇa follower of the Lord. A description of Buddhimanta Khān is found in Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 10.74) as follows: “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 a chief servant of the Lord.” One should also refer to Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter 12, verse 72. When the Lord married for the second time, with Viṣṇupriyā-devī, he stayed with the groom throughout the marriage ceremony and bore the entire expense of the marriage. This is explained in the Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter 15, verses 69, 71, 137, 145, and

220. His participation in the Lord’s saṅkīrtana at the houses of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita and Candraśekhara is described in the Madhya-khaṇḍa, Chapter 8, verses 111-113. His participation in water sports with the Lord and His associates after the deliverance of Jagāi and Mādhāi is described in the

Madhya-khaṇḍa, Chapter 13, verses 334-336. His receiving the responsibility for arranging clothing and ornaments for the Lord when He enacted the pastimes of Mahā-Lakṣmī at the house of Candraśekhara is described in the Madhya-khaṇḍa, Chapter 18, verses 7, 13, 14, and 16.

His meeting with the Lord at Śāntipura is described in the Caitanya- caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 3, verse 154. His traveling with the devotees of Bengal to meet the Lord in Purī is described in the Antya- khaṇḍa, Chapter 8, verse 30 (ājanma caitanya-ājñā yāṅhāra viṣaya—“Throughout His life His only asset was the Lord Caitanya’s instructions,”) and in Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter 10, verses 10 and 121.

The word bhāra means “responsibility” or “heaviness.” The word lāge

means “requirement” or “need.”