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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.
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.