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CC Madhya 10.43

Bengali

প্রদ্যুম্নমিশ্র ইঁহ বৈষ্ণব প্রধান ।
জগন্নাথের মহা-সোয়ার ইঁহ ‘দাস’ নাম ॥ ৪৩ ॥

Text

pradyumna-miśra iṅha vaiṣṇava pradhāna
jagannāthera mahā-soyāra iṅha ‘dāsa’ nāma

Synonyms

pradyumna-miśra — Pradyumna Miśra; iṅha — this person; vaiṣṇava pradhāna — chief of all the Vaiṣṇavas; jagannāthera — of Lord Jagannātha; mahā-soyāra — great servitor; iṅha — this; dāsa nāma — designated as Dāsa.

Translation

“This is Pradyumna Miśra, who is chief of all Vaiṣṇavas. He is a great servitor of Jagannātha, and his name is Dāsa.

Purport

In Orissa most of the brāhmaṇas have the title Dāsa. Generally it is understood that the word dāsa refers to those other than the brāhmaṇas, but in Orissa the brāhmaṇas use the Dāsa title. This is confirmed by Culli Bhaṭṭa. Actually, everyone is dāsa because everyone is a servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In that sense, the bona fide brāhmaṇa has first claim to the appellation dāsa. Therefore in this case the designation dāsa is not incompatible.