Antya 6.159-160

TEXTS 159-160

TEXT

এইমত চিন্তিতে দৈবে একদিনে ।
বাহিরে দেবীমণ্ডপে করিয়াছেন শয়নে ॥ ১৫৯ ॥

ei-mata cintite daive eka-dine

bahire devi-mandape kariyachena sayane

danda-cari ratri yabe ache avasesa

yadunandana-acarya tabe karila pravesa

SYNONYMS

ei-mata-in this way; cintite-while he was thinking; daive-by chance; eka-dine-one day; bahire-outside the house; devi-mandape-on the Durga platform; kariyachena sayane-was sleeping; danda-cari-four dandas (ninety-six minutes); ratri-night; yabe-when; ache avasesa-there remained; yadunandana-acarya-the priest of the name Yadunandana Acarya; tabe-then; karila pravesa-entered.

TRANSLATION

Thus Raghunatha dasa thought deeply about how to escape, and one night while he was sleeping on the Durga-mandapa, the priest Yadunandana Acarya entered the house when only four dandas remained until the end of the night.

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