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dighi khodaite tare ’munsipha’ kaila

chidra pana raya tare cabuka marila

SYNONYMS

dighi khodaite—to dig a big lake; tare—Hussain Khan; munsipha kaila—appointed as the supervisor; chidra pana—finding some fault; raya—Subuddhi Raya; tare—him; cabuka marila—whipped.

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