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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 25]
TRANSLATION
Later, when the wife of Nawab Saiyada Hussain Khān saw the whip marks on his body, she requested him to kill Subuddhi Rāya.
TEXT 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
SYNONYMS
rājā kahe —the King said;  āmāra —my;  poṣṭā —maintainer;  rāya —Subuddhi Rāya;  haya —is;  pitā —just like my father;  tāhāre mārimu —shall kill him;  āmi —I;  bhāla nahe kathā —this is not a good proposal.
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.”
TEXT 192
জী কহে,—জাতি লহ’, যদি প্রাণে না মারিবে। রাজা কহে,—জাতি নিলে ইঁহো নাহি জীবে ॥ ১৯২
strī kahe,—jāti laha’, yadi prāṇe nā māribe rājā kahe,—jāti nile iṅho nāhi jībe
SYNONYMS
strī kahe —the wife replied;  jāti laha’ —then take his caste;  yadi —if;  prāṇe nā māribe —you will not kill him;  rājā kahe —the King replied;  jāti nile —if I take his caste;  iṅho nāhi jībe —he will not live (he will commit suicide).
TRANSLATION
As a last alternative, the wife suggested that the Nawab take away Subuddhi Rāya’s caste and turn him into a Mohammedan, but Hussain Khān replied that if he did this, Subuddhi Rāya would not live.