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The Lord Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī
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TEXT 9
তবে সেই যবন কছে,—“শুন, মহাশয় । তোমারে ছাড়িব, কিন্তু করি রাজভয় ॥ ৯ ॥
tabe sei yavana kahe,—“śuna, mahāśaya tomāre chāḍiba, kintu kari rāja-bhaya”
SYNONYMS
tabe—thereafter; sei—that; yavana—meat-eater; kahe—says; śuna—just hear; mahāśaya—my dear sir; tomāre—you; chāḍiba—I would release; kintu— but; kari rāja-bhaya—I am afraid of the government.
TRANSLATION
In this way Sanātana Gosvāmī convinced the jailkeeper, who replied, “Please hear me, my dear sir. I am willing to release you, but I am afraid of the government.”
TEXTS 10-11
সনাতন কছে,—“তুমি না কর রাজ-ভয় । দক্ষিণ গিয়াছে যদি লেউটি’ আওয়য় ॥ ১০ ॥ তাঁহারে কছিও - সেই বাহ্যকৃত্যে গেল । গঙ্গার নিকট গঙ্গা দেখি’ ঝাঁপ দিল ॥ ১১ ॥
sanātana kahe,—“tumi nā kara rāja-bhaya dakṣiṇa giyāche yadi leuṭi’ āoyaya
tāṅhāre kahio—sei bāhya-kṛtye gela gaṅgāra nikaṭa gaṅgā dekhi’ jhāṅpa dila
SYNONYMS
sanātana kahe—Sanātana replied; tumi—you; nā—not; kara—do; rāja- bhaya—fear of the government; dakṣiṇa—to the south; giyāche—has gone; yadi—if; leuṭi’—returning; āoyaya—comes; tāṅhāre—to him; kahio—you say; sei—he; bāhya-kṛtye—to evacuate; gela—went; gaṅgāra nikaṭa—near the bank of the Ganges; gaṅgā dekhi’—seeing the Ganges; jhāṅpa dila—jumped.
TRANSLATION
Sanātana replied, “There is no danger. The Nawab has gone to the south. If he returns, tell him that Sanātana went to pass stool near the bank of the Ganges and that as soon as he saw the Ganges, he jumped in.