46 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 15

TEXT 98

SarAaiacea Sez waa Saal |
ASH SACs TAHA AHCIAY eT! tt dv 1

kulina-gramire kahe sammana kariyaé
pratyabda dasibe ydatraya patta-dori lafia

SYNONYMS

kulina-gramire—unto the inhabitants of Kulina-grama; kahe—says; sammdana
kariya—with great respect; prati-abda—each year; dsibe—please come;
yatraya—during the Ratha-yatra festival; patta-dori—silken rope; lafid—taking.

TRANSLATION

The Lord then with great respect extended an invitation to all the inhab-
itants of Kulina-grama, asking them to come every year and bring silken rope
to carry Lord Jagannatha during the Ratha-yatra festival.

TEXT 99

eQitie-dia cay Glawfars |
SiS] HFA SIA SS CeIAAH ti dd Il

gunardaja-khdarina kaila sri-krsna-vijaya
tahan eka-vakya tanra Ache premamaya

SYNONYMS
gunaraja-khanina—Gunaraja Khan; kaila—compiled; sri-krsna-vijaya—the book
named Sri Krsna-vijaya; tahani—there; eka-vakya—one sentence; tanra—of it;
ache—is; prema-maya—full of love of Krsna.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then said, ““Gunaraja Khan of Kulina-grama com-
piled a book named Sri Krsna-vijaya in which there is a sentence revealing the
author’s ecstatic love of Krsna.”

PURPORT

Sri Krsna-vijaya is a book of poems considered to be the first poetry book writ-
ten in Bengal. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura states that this book was
compiled in the Bengali sakabda year 1395. After seven years, it was completed
(1402 sakabda). This book was written in plain language, and even half-educated
