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CC Madhya 25.204

Bengali

শুষ্ককাষ্ঠ আনি’ রায় বেচে মথুরাতে ।
পাঁচ ছয় পৈসা হয় এক এক বোঝাতে ॥ ২০৪ ॥

Text

śuṣka-kāṣṭha āni’ rāya vece mathurāte
pāṅca chaya paisā haya eka eka bojhāte

Synonyms

śuṣka-kāṣṭha āni’ — collecting dry wood from the forest; rāya — Subuddhi Rāya; vece — sells; mathurāte — at Mathurā; pāṅca chaya — five or six; paisā — paise; haya — are; eka eka bojhāte — in exchange for each load of dry wood.

Translation

Subuddhi Rāya would collect dry wood in the forest and take it to the city of Mathurā to sell. For each load he would receive five or six paise.