10.65
sri-vijaya-dasa-nama prabhura akhariya
prabhure aneka punthi diyache likhiya
SYNONYMS
sri-vijaya-dasa—of the name Sri Vijaya dasa; nama—name; prabhura—of the Lord; akhariya—chief singer; prabhure—unto the Lord; aneka—many; punthi—literatures; diyache—has given; likhiya—by writing.
Sri Vijaya dasa, 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 important places, and anyone who was interested in a book had to copy it by hand.
Vijaya dasa was a professional writer who copied many manuscripts and gave them to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.