46
Śrī  Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 15]]
TEXT 98
কুলীনগ্রামীরে  কর্তৃ  সন্মান  করিয়া ।।
প্ৰত্যক্ষ আলিবে যাত্ৰা    পট্টভোৱী লঞ্চা  ১১ ১১ ১১
kulina-grāmīre kahe sammāna kariyā pratyabda āsibe yātrāya patṭa-ḍorī lañā
SYNONYMS
kulīna-grāmīre —unto the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma;  kahe —says;  sammāna kariyā —with great respect;  prati-abda —each year;  āsibe —please come;  yātrāya —during the Ratha-yātrā festival;  paṭṭa-ḍorī —silken rope;  lañā —taking.
TRANSLATION
The Lord then with great respect extended an invitation to all the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, asking them to come every year and bring silken rope to carry Lord Jagannātha during the Ratha-yātrā festival.
TEXT 99
જીગંરાজ  -શીન   તેમને તેમને  પ્રિન્સિપિયા વિજય  ।।
তাঠাঁ একবাক্য তাঁর আছে প্রেমময় ॥ ৯৯ ॥
guṇarāja-khāṅna  kaila śrī-kṛṣṇa-vijaya tāhāṅ eka-vākya tāṅra āche premamaya
SYNONYMS
guṇarāja-khāṅna —Guṇarāja Khān;  kaila —compiled;  śrī-kṛṣṇa-vijaya —the book named  Śrī Kṛṣṇa-vijaya ;  tāhāṅ —there;  eka-vākya —one sentence;  tāṅra —of it;  āche —is;  prema-maya —full of love of Kṛṣṇa.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said, ‘‘Guṇarāja Khān of Kulīna-grāma compiled a book named Śrī Kṛṣṇa-vijaya in which there is a sentence revealing the author’s ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.’’
PURPORT
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-vijaya  is a book of poems considered to be the first poetry book written in Bengal. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura states that this book was compiled in the Bengali  śakābda  year 1395. After seven years, it was completed (1402  śakābda ). This book was written in plain language, and even half-educated