Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.16, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 16 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.
Verse 1.4.16
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.16:
কোন ওঝা বোলে,—’আজি এডাইলি ভাল না জানিস্ নৃসিংহের প্রতাপ বিশাল’ ॥ ১৬ ॥
कोन ओझा बोले,—’आजि एडाइलि भाल ना जानिस् नृसिंहेर प्रताप विशाल’ ॥ १६ ॥
kona ojhā bole,—’āji eḍāili bhāla nā jānis nṛsiṃhera pratāpa viśāla’ || 16 ||
kona ojha bole,—’aji edaili bhala na janis nrsimhera pratapa visala’ (16)
English translation:
(16) One exorcist said, “You are lucky you escaped today. You don’t know the great power of Lord Nṛsiṃha-deva!”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word ojhā is a corruption of the name Upādhyāya. People with such a name are generally physicians expert in chanting mantras to treat those suffering from ghosts, evil spirits, and snake bites. The great potency of the Nṛsiṃha-mantra is fierce and unbearable for ghosts, evil spirits, and apparitions.