—json {
"name":"Cc. Antya 6.17", "h1":"Cc. Antya 6.17", "label":"Text 17", "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 6.17", "description":"At that time there was a Mohammedan official collecting the taxes of Saptagrāma."
} —
hena-kāle mulukera eka mleccha adhikārī
saptagrāma-mulukera se haya 'caudhurī'
hena-kāle—at this time; mulukera—of the country; eka—one; mleccha—Mohammedan; adhikārī—official; saptagrāma-mulukera—of the place known as Saptagrāma; se—that person; haya—is; caudhurī—tax collector.
At that time there was a Mohammedan official collecting the taxes of Saptagrāma.
Formerly, when the Mohammedan government was in power, the person appointed tax collector would collect the taxes of the local Zamindars, or landholders. He would keep one-fourth of the collection for himself as a profit, and the balance he would deliver to the treasury of the government.