Verse 1.9.5

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.5:

হাডো-ওঝা নামে পিতা, মাতা পদ্মাবতী এক-চাকা-নামে গ্রাম গৌডেশ্বর যথি ॥ ৫ ॥

हाडो-ओझा नामे पिता, माता पद्मावती एक-चाका-नामे ग्राम गौडेश्वर यथि ॥ ५ ॥

hāḍo-ojhā nāme pitā, mātā padmāvatī eka-cākā-nāme grāma gauḍeśvara yathi || 5 ||

hado-ojha name pita, mata padmavati eka-caka-name grama gaudesvara yathi (5)

English translation:

(5) His father’s name was Hāḍāi Ojhā, and His mother was Padmāvatī. Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu appeared in the village of Ekacakrā as the Lord of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The surname Ojhā is a corruption of the name Upādhyāya, which is used by the Maithila brāhmaṇas. For descriptions of Hāḍāi Paṇḍita and Padmāvatī one may refer to Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter Two, verse 39.

For a description of Ekacākā, one may refer to Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter Two, verse 38.

The word gauḍeśvara refers to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, who is the Lord and master of the Gauḍīyas. Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu destroys the living entities’ anarthas, or unwanted things, and awards to the Gauḍīyas the supreme destination of service in the pure transcendental rasas of vātsalya, sakhya, and dāsya.

The word yathi refers to Maureśvara Yathi. The village Maureśvara, or Mayureśvara, was a famous trade center for silk cocoons and silk thread. In some persons’ opinion this place was famous for its Śiva-liṅga.

Another reading for the word yathi is tathi, which is derived from the word tatha or tathāya [meaning “there”] and is commonly used in ancient Bengali prose.