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CC Madhya 25.188

Bengali

দীঘি খোদাইতে তারে ‘মুন্‌সীফ’ কৈলা ।
ছিদ্র পাঞা রায় তারে চাবুক মারিলা ॥ ১৮৮ ॥

Text

dīghi khodāite tāre ‘munsīpha’ kailā
chidra pāñā rāya tāre cābuka mārilā

Synonyms

dīghi khodāite — to dig a big lake; tāre — Hussain Khān; munsīpha kailā — appointed as the supervisor; chidra pāñā — finding some fault; rāya — Subuddhi Rāya; tāre — him; cābuka mārilā — whipped.

Translation

Subuddhi Rāya put Hussain Khān in charge of digging a big lake, but once, finding fault with him, he struck him with a whip.