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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.187
পূর্বে যবে সুবুদ্ধি-রায় ছিলা গৌড়ে ‘অধিকারী’ ।
হুসেন-খাঁ ‘সৈয়দ’ করে তাহার চাকরী ॥ ১৮৭ ॥
pūrve yabe subuddhi-rāya chilā gauḍe ‘adhikārī’
husena-khāṅ ‘saiyada’ kare tāhāra cākarī
Formerly Subuddhi Rāya had been a big landholder in Gauḍa-deśa [Bengal]. Saiyada Hussain Khān was then a servant of Subuddhi Rāya.
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Formerly, Subuddhi Rāya had been a big landholder.
He lived in Gauḍa-deśa, or Bengal.
Saiyada Hussain Khān was then his servant. This relationship provides the background for the events that follow.
Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Kavirāja Gosvāmī then describes something about Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī and Subuddhi Rāya. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servant”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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How does knowing their former relationship help you follow this account?
Write one sentence identifying Subuddhi Rāya’s position and Hussain Khān’s relationship to him.
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