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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 6]
PURPORT
Formerly, when the Mohammedan government was in power, the person appointed tax collector would collect the taxes of the local Zamindars, or landholders. He would keep one-fourth of the collection for himself as a profit, and the balance he would deliver to the treasury of the government.
TEXT 18
হিরণ্যদাস মূলুক নিল ‘মক্ররি’ করিয়া। তার অধিকার গেল, মরে সে দেখিয়া ॥ ১৮ ॥
hiraṇya-dāsa muluka nila ‘makrari’ kariyā tāra adhikāra gela, mare se dekhiyā
SYNONYMS
hiraṇya-dāsa —the uncle of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī;  muluka nila —took charge of the country;  makrari kariyā —by some agreement;  tāra adhikāra gela —the Mohammedan  caudhurī  lost his position;  mare se dekhiyā —became extremely envious of Hiraṇya dāsa.
TRANSLATION
When Hiraṇya dāsa, Raghunātha dāsa’s uncle, made an agreement with the government to collect taxes, the Mohammedan caudhurī, or tax collector, having lost his position, became extremely envious of him.
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বার লক্ষ দেয় রাজায়, সাধে বিশ লক্ষ । সে ‘তুরুক্’ কিছু না পাঞ্জা হৈল প্রতিপক্ষ ॥ ১৯ ॥
bāra lakṣa deya rājāya, sādhe biśa lakṣa se ‘turuk’ kichu nā pāñā haila pratipakṣa
SYNONYMS
bāra lakṣa —1,200,000 coins;  deya —delivers;  rājāya —unto the Mohammedan government;  sādhe —collects;  biśa lakṣa —2,000,000 coins;  se turuk —that Turk;  kichu —anything;  nā pāñā —not getting;  haila pratipakṣa —became his rival.
TRANSLATION
Hiraṇya dāsa was collecting 2,000,000 coins and therefore should have delivered 1,500,000 to the government. Instead, he was giving only 1,200,-