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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.190
তার স্ত্রী তার অঙ্গে দেখে মারণের চিহ্নে ।
সুবুদ্ধি-রায়েরে মারিতে কহে রাজা-স্থানে ॥ ১৯০ ॥
tāra strī tāra aṅge dekhe māraṇera cihne
subuddhi-rāyere mārite kahe rājā-sthāne
Later, when the wife of Nawab Saiyada Hussain Khān saw the whip marks on his body, she requested him to kill Subuddhi Rāya.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The wife of Nawab Saiyada Hussain Khān saw the whip marks on his body.
After seeing them, she requested that he kill Subuddhi Rāya.
Her request concerned the punishment described earlier. In the next verse, Hussain Khān rejects her proposal.
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 can you pause before responding to evidence that someone you care about has been hurt?
When an upsetting matter arises today, pause before making any demand against another person.
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