Text 43] The Lord’s Return to Jagannatha Puri 129

TEXT 42

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krsnadasa-nama ei suvarna-vetra-dhari
sikhi mahati-nama ei likhanadhikari

SYNONYMS

krsna-dasa—Krsnadasa; naéma—named; ei—this; suvarna—golden; vetra-
dhari—carrier of the cane; sikhi mahati—Sikhi Mahiti; néma—named; ei —this;
likhana-adhikari—entrusted with writing.

TRANSLATION

Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya continued, ‘‘This is Krsnadasa, who carries a
golden cane, and here is Sikhi Mahiti, who is in charge of writing.

PURPORT

The person in charge of writing is also called deulakarana-padaprapta karmacari.
He is employed especially to write a calendar called Matala-panji.

TEXT 43
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pradyumna-misra inha vaisnava pradhana
jagannathera mahd-soydara inha ‘dasa’ nama

SYNONYMS
pradyumna-misra—Pradyumna Misra; inha—this person; vaisnava pradhana—

chief of all the Vaisnavas; jagannathera—of Lord Jagannatha; mahd-soyara—great
servitor; inha—this; dasa nama—designated as dasa.

TRANSLATION

“This is Pradyumna Misra, who is chief of all Vaisnavas. He is a great servi-
tor of Jagannatha, and his name is dasa.

PURPORT

In Orissa most of the brahmanas have the title dasa. Generally it is understood
that the word dasa refers to those other than the brahmanas, but in Orissa the
