Antya 6.19

TEXT 19

TEXT

বার লক্ষ দেয় রাজায়, সাধে বিশ লক্ষ ।
সে 'তুরুক্' কিছু না পাঞা হৈল প্রতিপক্ষ ॥ ১৯ ॥

bara laksa deya rajaya, sadhe bisa laksa

se 'turuk' kichu na pana haila pratipaksa

SYNONYMS

bara laksa-1,200,000 coins; deya-delivers; rajaya-unto the Mohammedan government; sadhe-collects; bisa laksa-2,000,000 coins; se turuk-that Turk; kichu-anything; na pana-not getting; haila pratipaksa-became his rival.

TRANSLATION

Hiranya dasa was collecting 2,000,000 coins and therefore should have delivered 1,500,000 to the government. Instead, he was giving only 1,200,000, thus making an extra profit of 300,000 coins. Seeing this, the Mohammedan caudhuri, who was a Turk, became his rival.