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tabe sei pathana cari-janere bandhila

katite cahe, gaudiya saba kanpite lagila

SYNONYMS

tabe—then; sei pathana—the Pathana soldiers; cari-janere—the four persons; bandhila—arrested; katite cahe—wanted to kill them; gaudiya—the Bengalis; saba—all; kanpite lagila—began to tremble.

Thinking this, the Pathana soldiers arrested the four persons and decided to kill them.

Because of this, the two Bengalis began to tremble.

PURPORT

The four persons were Balabhadra Bhattacarya, his assistant brahmana, Rajaputa Krsnadasa and the Sanodiya brahmana devotee of Madhavendra Puri.