Text 123] The Deliverance of Gopinatha Pattanayaka 187

TRANSLATION

“(Therefore | have appointed them collectors in various places, and al-
though they spend the government’s money, eat, drink, plunder and dis-
tribute it as they like, | do not take them very seriously.

TEXT 122

arora teens ‘ater’ Cay ata-arg |
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rajamahindara ‘raja’ kainu rama-raya
ye khaila, yeba dila, nahi lekha-daya

SYNONYMS

rajamahindara—of the place known as Rajamahendn; raja —governor; kainu—|
made; raéma-raya—Ramananda Raya; ye khdaila—whatever money he took;
yebd—whatever; dila—distributed; nahi lekha-daya—there is no account.

TRANSLATION

“1 made Ramananda Raya the governor of Rajamahendri. There is prac-
tically no account of whatever money he took and distributed in that position.

PURPORT

Near Rajamahendri is a famous railway station. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
notes that the present Rajamahendri City is located on the northern bank of the
Godavari. At the time when Ramananda Raya was governor, however, the state
capital, which was known as Vidyanagara or Vidyapura, was located on the
southern side of the Godavari, at the confluence of the Godavari and the sea.
That was the part of the country which at that time was known as Rajamahendri.
North of Kalinga-deSa is Utkalinga, or the state of Orissa. The capital of southern
Orissa was known as Rajamahendri, but now the location of Rajamahendri has
changed.

TEXT 123

carAate otas ‘faay sian
Qeoifa-aey SA ACK S’ AN 1 3204

gopinatha ei-mata ‘visaya’ kariya
dui-cari-laksa kahana rahe ta’ khafia
