Toyt A3
The lord's Return to Jagannātha Puri
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TEXT 42
কৃষ্ণদ্বাস-নাম এই সূত্র-নৈত্রণবী  ।।
শিখি মাত্রা ভিনাম এই লিখনাধিকারী ॥ ৪২ ॥
krṣṇadāsa-nāma ei suvarṇa-vetra-dhārī śikhi māhāti-nāma ei likhaṇādhikārī
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa-dāsa —Kṛṣṇadāsa;  nāma —named;  ei —this;  suvarṇa —golden;  vetra-dhārī —carrier of the cane;  śikhi māhāti —Śikhi Māhiti;  nāma —named;  ei —this;  likhana-adhikārī —entrusted with writing.
TRANSLATION
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya continued, “This is Kṛṣṇadāsa, who carries a golden cane, and here is Śikhi Māhiti, who is in charge of writing.
PURPORT
The person in charge of writing is also called  deulakaraṇa-padaprāpta karmacāri . He is employed especially to write a calendar called  Mātalā-pāṅji .
TEXT 43
প্রত্যুম্নমিশ্র ই ই  বৈষ্ণব প্রধান ।।
জগন্নাথের মহা-সোমার ইঁহু ‘দাস’ নাম ॥ ৪৩ ॥
pradyumna-miśra iṅha vaiṣṇava pradhāna jagannāthera mahā-soyāra iṅha ‘dāsa’ nāma
SYNONYMS
pradyumna-miśra —Pradyumna Miśra;  iṅha —this person;  vaiṣṇava pradhāna —chief of all the Vaiṣṇavas;  jagannāthera —of Lord Jagannātha;  mahā-soyāra —great servitor;  iṅha —this;  dāsa nāma —designated as  dāsa .
TRANSLATION
“This is Pradyumna Miśra, who is chief of all Vaiṣṇavas. He is a great servitor of Jagannātha, and his name is dāsa.
PURPORT
In Orissa most of the  brāhmaṇas  have the title  dāsa . Generally it is understood that the word  dāsa  refers to those other than the  brāhmaṇas , but in Orissa the