Antya-līlāChapter 9: The Deliverance of Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 9.32

rāja-vilāt sādhi' khāya, nāhi rāja-bhaya

dārī-nāṭuyāre diyā kare nānā vyaya

SYNONYMS

rāja-vilāt — money due the King; sādhi' — collecting; khāyahe uses; nāhi rāja-bhaya — without fear of the King; dārī-nāṭuyāreto dancing girls; diyā — giving; kare — makes; nānā — various; vyaya — expenditures.

TRANSLATION

"Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka is in charge of collecting money on behalf of the government, but he misappropriates it. Not fearing the King, he squanders it to see dancing girls.

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