CC Adi 10.65 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 65
- śrī-vijaya-dāsa-nāma prabhura ākhariyā
- prabhure aneka puṅthi diyāche likhiyā
SYNONYMS
śrī-vijaya-dāsa—Śrī Vijaya dāsa; nāma—name; prabhura—of the Lord; ākhariyā—chief singer; prabhure—unto the Lord; aneka—many; puṅthi—literatures; diyāche—has given; likhiyā—by writing.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Vijaya dāsa, the twenty-seventh branch, another of the Lord’s chief singers, gave the Lord many books written by hand.
PURPORT
Formerly there were no printing presses or printed books. All books were handwritten. Precious books were kept in manuscript form in temples or other important places, and anyone who was interested in a book had to copy it by hand. Vijaya dāsa was a professional writer who copied many manuscripts and gave them to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.