daśa-daṇḍa rātri gele 'puṣpāñjali' dekhiyā
siṁha-dvāre khāḍā haya āhāra lāgiyā

 daśa-daṇḍa - ten daṇḍas (240 minutes); rātri - night; gele - having gone; puṣpāñjali - the puṣpāñjali performance; dekhiyā - after seeing; siṁha-dvāre - at the Siṁha-dvāra gate; khāḍā haya - stands; āhāra lāgiyā - to get some alms for eating.


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“After ten daṇḍas [four hours] of the night have passed and Raghunātha dāsa has seen the performance of puṣpāñjali, he stands at the Siṁha-dvāra gate to beg some alms to eat.

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