rāja-bandī - a prisoner of the government; āmi - I; gaḍa-dvāra yāite - to go openly on the road by the ramparts; nā pāri - I am not able; puṇya - pious activity; habe - there will be; parvata - the hilly tract of land; āmā - to me; deha' - give help; pāra kari - by crossing over.

“I am a prisoner of the government, and I cannot go along the way of the ramparts. It will be very pious of you to take this money and kindly get me across this hilly tract of land.”