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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.190Madhya 25.192

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.191

রাজা কহে, — আমার পোষ্টা রায় হয় ‘পিতা’ ।

তাহারে মারিমু আমি, — ভাল নহে কথা ॥ ১৯১ ॥

rājā kahe, — āmāra poṣṭā rāya haya ‘pitā’

tāhāre mārimu āmi, — bhāla nahe kathā

Translation

Hussain Khān replied, “Subuddhi Rāya has maintained me very carefully. He was just like a father to me,” he said. “Now you are asking me to kill him. This is not a very good proposal.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Remembering Care, Rejecting Harm

  1. 1

    Hussain Khān remembered that Subuddhi Rāya had maintained him very carefully.

  2. 2

    He described Subuddhi Rāya as being just like a father to him.

  3. 3

    He objected to his wife’s request to kill Subuddhi Rāya, saying that it was not a very good proposal.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rājā kahethe King said
  2. āmāramy
  3. poṣṭāmaintainer
  4. rāyaSubuddhi Rāya
  5. hayais
  6. pitājust like my father
  7. tāhāre mārimushall kill him
  8. āmiI
  9. bhāla nahe kathāthis is not a good proposal
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might remembering someone’s care help you resist a harmful proposal against them?

Practice

Recall one person who has cared for you and write down a specific kindness you received.

Live this todayRemembering Care, Rejecting HarmThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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