CC Madhya 18.166

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 18, Text 166

তবে সেই পাঠান চারি-জনেরে বাঁধিল ।
কাটিতে চাহে, গৌড়িয়া সব কাঁপিতে লাগিল ॥ ১৬৬ ॥

tabe sei pāṭhāna cāri-janere bāṅdhila
kāṭite cāhe, gauḍiyā saba kāṅpite lāgila

Word by word

tabe — then; sei pāṭhāna — the Pāṭhāna soldiers; cāri-janere — the four persons; bāṅdhila — arrested; kāṭite cāhe — wanted to kill them; gauḍiyā — the Bengalis; saba — all; kāṅpite lāgila — began to tremble.

Translation

Thinking this, the Pāṭhāna 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 Bhaṭṭācārya, his assistant brāhmaṇa, Rājaputa Kṛṣṇadāsa and the Sanoḍiyā brāhmaṇa devotee of Mādhavendra Purī.