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CC Antya 6.159-160 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXTS 159-160

ei-mata cintite daive eka-dine
bāhire devī-maṇḍape kariyāchena śayane
daṇḍa-cāri rātri yabe āche avaśeṣa
yadunandana-ācārya tabe karilā praveśa


SYNONYMS

ei-mata—in this way; cintite—while he was thinking; daive—by chance; eka dine—one day; bāhire—outside the house; devī-maṇḍape—on the Durgā platform; kariyāchena śayane—was sleeping; daṇḍa-cāri—four daṇḍas (ninety-six minutes); rātri—night; yabe—when; āche avaśeṣa—there remained; yadunandana-ācārya—the priest of the name Yadunandana Ācārya; tabe—then; karilā praveśa—entered.


TRANSLATION

Thus Raghunātha dāsa thought deeply about how to escape, and one night while he was sleeping on the Durgā-maṇḍapa, the priest Yadunandana Ācārya entered the house when only four daṇḍas remained until the end of the night.