46 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 15
TEXT 98
SaaaANea sez wala Siaa |
STH BtfAcs Wa AGG ere] | dv
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
eine-da co Asefans |
SiR GFA SIF SLE CAAA tl 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
