9.32

raja-bilat sadhi’ khaya, nahi raja-bhaya

dari-natuyare diya kare nana vyaya

SYNONYMS

raja-bilat—money due the King; sadhi’-collecting; khaya—he uses; nahi raja-bhaya—without fear of the King; dari-natuyare—to dancing girls; diya—giving; kare—makes; nana—various; vyaya—expenditures "Gopinatha Pattanayaka is in charge of collecting money on behalf of the government, but he misappropriates it.

Not fearing the King, he squanders it to see dancing girls.