### CC Antya 9.46

> “গোপীনাথ-পট্টনায়ক — সেবক তোমার  ।\
> সেবকের প্রাণদণ্ড নহে ব্যবহার ॥৪৬॥

> "gopīnātha-paṭṭanāyaka—sevaka tomāra\
> sevakera prāṇa-daṇḍa nahe vyavahāra

*gopīnātha-paṭṭanāyaka*—Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka; *sevaka tomāra*—your servant; *sevakera prāṇa-daṇḍa*—to condemn a servant to death; *nahe*—is not; *vyavahāra*—good behavior.

**"After all," he said, "Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka is your faithful servant. To condemn a servant to death is not good behavior.**
