▁ 1 1 th ▁cant os ▁of ▁the ▁S ansk rit ▁S rim ad ▁Bh ag av at am ▁( com posed ▁c . ▁ 9 th ▁century ), ▁into ▁the ▁Beng ali ▁poem ▁Sri K rs na V ij ay . ▁ ▁Mal ad har ▁focused ▁on ▁Kr ish na ' s ▁divine ▁life , ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁cant o ▁rel ating ▁the ▁leg ends ▁of ▁Kr ish na ▁as ▁a ▁child , ▁and ▁his ▁Le ela ▁with ▁the ▁G op is ▁in ▁V r ind av ana . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁hon oured ▁by ▁R uk un ud din ▁Barb ak ▁Shah ▁with ▁the ▁title ▁Gun ar aj ▁Khan . ▁ ▁Although ▁neither ▁Ch andid as ▁nor ▁Mal ad har ▁Bas u ▁were ▁Va ish n avas , ▁they ▁were ▁to ▁lay ▁the ▁foundation ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁following ▁Va ish n ava ▁poetry ▁in ▁Beng al . ▁ ▁Va ish nav ism ▁in ▁Beng al ▁ ▁Va ish nav ism ▁in ▁Beng al ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁trem end ous ▁boost ▁by ▁Sri ▁Ch ait anya ▁( 1 4 8 6 – 1 5 3 3 ), ▁whose ▁inten se ▁spiritual ism ▁inf ected ▁many ▁and ▁started ▁a ▁movement ▁across ▁many ▁regions ▁of ▁India . ▁ ▁Ch ait anya ▁emphas ized ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁merely ▁utter ing ▁God ' s ▁name ▁in ▁obtain ing ▁em an cip ation , ▁and ▁songs , ▁s ung ▁passion ately ▁and ▁leading ▁to ▁a ▁tr ance - like ▁state , ▁were ▁central