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
AS FCS, — HN AA CHB ata aa Pw |
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
Wl Sta, — Sis az’, al alice al atfaca
Alsi 4ca,—oife face Seal aria aca 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.
