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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.188
দীঘি খোদাইতে তারে ‘মুন্সীফ’ কৈলা ।
ছিদ্র পাঞা রায় তারে চাবুক মারিলা ॥ ১৮৮ ॥
dīghi khodāite tāre ‘munsīpha’ kailā
chidra pāñā rāya tāre cābuka mārilā
Subuddhi Rāya put Hussain Khān in charge of digging a big lake, but once, finding fault with him, he struck him with a whip.
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Subuddhi Rāya put Hussain Khān in charge of digging a big lake.
Once, finding fault with him, Subuddhi Rāya struck him with a whip.
The neighbouring verses describe how the whip marks later became the occasion for a demand against Subuddhi Rāya’s life.
Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
The mood of Madhya 25 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this incident invite you to consider the lasting effects of harsh treatment?
If you need to correct someone today, pause before speaking and avoid harsh treatment.
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