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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.193
স্ত্রী মরিতে চাহে, রাজা সঙ্কটে পড়িল ।
করোঁয়ার পানি তার মুখে দেওয়াইল ॥ ১৯৩ ॥
strī marite cāhe, rājā saṅkaṭe paḍila
karoṅyāra pāni tāra mukhe deoyāila
This became a perplexing problem for him because his wife kept requesting him to kill Subuddhi Rāya. Finally the Nawab sprinkled a little water on Subuddhi Rāya’s head from a pitcher that had been used by a Muslim.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Under his wife’s repeated demands, the Nawab faced a perplexing problem. Finally, he sprinkled Subuddhi Rāya’s head with water from a pitcher used by a Muslim.
The purport explains that rigid Hindu customs then made such contact grounds for immediate ostracism. Under these customs, Subuddhi Rāya was condemned to have become a Muslim.
The purport describes how caste oppression and a special tax led many low-caste Hindus to prefer becoming Muslims. It also explains that British policies of division maintained ill feelings between the communities and contributed to partition.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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 rigid judgments based on social contact or association deepen division between people?
Today, avoid judging someone merely by the community they associate with.
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