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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 12]
śivānanda-sena kare ghāṭī-samādhāna sabāre pālana kari' sukhe lañā yāna
SYNONYMS
śivānanda-sena—Śivānanda Sena; kare—does; ghāṭī-samādhāna—management of payment of tolls; sabāre pālana kari'—maintaining everyone; sukhe—in happiness; lañā—taking; yāna—goes.
TRANSLATION
Śivānanda Sena managed the payment of tolls at different places. Maintaining everyone, he guided all the devotees in great happiness.
PURPORT
Ghāṭī  refers to the different toll booths used by the Zamindars to collect taxes in each state. Generally, this tax was collected to maintain the roads governed by the various Zamindars. Since the devotees from Bengal were going to Jagannātha Purī, they had to pass through many such toll booths. Śivānanda Sena was in charge of paying the tolls.
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সবার সব কার্য করেন, দেন বাসস্থান । শিবানন্দ জানে উড়িয়া-পথের সন্ধান ॥ ১৬ ॥
sabāra saba kārya karena, dena vāsa-sthāna śivānanda jāne uḍiyā-pathera sandhāna
SYNONYMS
sabāra—of everyone; saba—all; kārya—business; karena—performs; dena—gives; vāsa-sthāna—place of residence; śivānanda—Śivānanda Sena; jāne—knows; uḍiyā-pathera—of the path going to Orissa; sandhāna—junctions.
TRANSLATION
Śivānanda Sena took care of everyone and gave each devotee places to stay. He knew all the paths leading to Orissa.
TEXT 17
একদিন সব লোক ঘাটিয়ালে রাখিলা । সবা ছাড়াঞ্চা শিবানন্দ একেলা রহিলা ॥ ১৭ ॥