rājā kahe - the King replied; tāre - to him; āmi - I; duḥkha - unhappiness; nāhi diye - have no desire to give; cāṅge caḍā - the raising on the cāṅga; khaḍge - on the swords; ḍārā - the throwing; āmi - I; nā jāniye - did not know.

The King replied, “I had no desire to give pain to Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka and his family, nor did I know about his being lifted onto the cāṅga to be thrown on the swords and killed.