CC Antya 9.90

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Antya-līlā - Chapter 9: The Deliverance of Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 90

rājāra vartana khāya, āra curi kare

rāja-daṇḍya haya sei śāstrera vicāre

SYNONYMS

rājāra vartana—the salary of the King; khāya—he takes; āra—and; curi kare—steals; rāja-daṇḍya—liable to be punished by the King; haya—is; sei—he; śāstrera vicāre—the verdict of the revealed scripture.

TRANSLATION

"'One who serves the government but misappropriates the government's revenue is liable to be punished by the king. That is the verdict of all revealed scriptures.

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