ei-mata - in this way; cintite - while he was thinking; daive - by chance; eka dine - one day; bāhire - outside the house; devī-maṇḍape - on the Durgā platform; kariyāchena śayane - was sleeping; daṇḍa-cāri - four daṇḍas (ninety-six minutes); rātri - night; yabe - when; āche avaśeṣa - there remained; yadunandana-ācārya - the priest of the name Yadunandana Ācārya; tabe - then; karilā praveśa - entered.

Thus Raghunātha dāsa thought deeply about how to escape, and one night while he was sleeping on the Durgā-maṇḍapa, the priest Yadunandana Ācārya entered the house when only four daṇḍas remained until the end of the night.