402 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 25

TRANSLATION

Later, when the wife of Nawab Saiyada Hussain Khan saw the whip marks on
his body, she requested him to kill Subuddhi Raya.

TEXT 191
Ml SCR — MAA Cons ala a PASy |
Slraica atfay otfa,—Siay AZ FA i 399 i

raja kahe, ——dmara posta raya haya ‘pita’
tahare marimu ami, —bhdla nahe kathd

SYNONYMS
raja kahe—the King said; amara—my; posta—maintainer; raya—Subuddhi
Raya; haya—is; pita—just like my father; tahare marimu—shall kill him; ami—t;
bhala nahe katha—this is not a good proposal.

TRANSLATION

Hussain Khan replied, ‘‘Subuddhi Raya 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

Sl 4ca,— ais a’, ale etic oi atface
ail 6ca,—oife face Bcal als aT W Say

stri kahe, —jati laha’, yadi prane na maribe
raja kahe, —jati nile inho nahi jibe

SYNONYMS
stri kahe —the wife replied; jati laha’—then take his caste; yadi—if; prane na
maribe—you will not kill him; raja kahe—the King replied; jati nile—if | take his
caste; inho nahi jibe —he will not live (he will commit suicide).

TRANSLATION

As a last alternative, the wife suggested that the Nawab take away Subuddhi
Raya’s caste and turn him into a Mohammedan, but Hussain Khan replied that
if he did this, Subuddhi Raya would not live.
