# Cc. Antya 6.17 ## Text > hena-kāle mulukera eka mleccha adhikārī > saptagrāma-mulukera se haya 'caudhurī' ## Synonyms *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. ## Translation **At that time there was a Mohammedan official collecting the taxes of Saptagrāma.** ## Purport 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.