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CC Madhya 10.42

Bengali

কৃষ্ণদাস-নাম এই সুবর্ণ-বেত্রধারী ।
শিখি মাহাতি-নাম এই লিখনাধিকারী ॥ ৪২ ॥

Text

kṛṣṇadāsa-nāma ei suvarṇa-vetra-dhārī
śikhi māhāti-nāma ei likhanādhikārī

Synonyms

kṛṣṇadāsa — 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 deula-karaṇa-pada-prāpta karmacārī. He is employed especially to write a calendar called Mātalā-pāṅji.