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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.61
‘আমি — বড় ওঝা জানি ভূত ছাড়াইতে’ ।
মন্ত্র পড়ি’ শ্রীহস্ত দিলা তাহার মাথাতে ॥ ৬১ ॥
‘āmi — baḍa ojhā jāni bhūta chāḍāite’
mantra paḍi’ śrī-hasta dilā tāhāra māthāte
“I am a famous exorcist,” he said, “and I know how to rid you of this ghost.” He then chanted some mantras and placed his hand on top of the fisherman’s head.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara tells the fisherman that he is a famous exorcist and can rid him of the ghost.
He chants some mantras and places his hand on the fisherman’s head.
In context, these actions reassure the frightened fisherman; Svarūpa Dāmodara later explains that there was no ghost.
Desperate longing and relief. Mistaking the sea for Yamunā, the Lord enters it; devotees find and revive Him.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
His own madness frightened him, however, because he thought that he was being haunted by a ghost. As he was about to seek a ghost charmer, he met Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and the other devotees on the beach, who had been looking everywhere for the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanted”, “chants”
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