Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.325, 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 325 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.325
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.325:
যে নাম-প্রভাবে তোর ধর্মরাজ যম যে নামে তরিল অজামিল বিপ্রাধম ॥ ৩২৫ ॥
ये नाम-प्रभावे तोर धर्मराज यम ये नामे तरिल अजामिल विप्राधम ॥ ३२५ ॥
ye nāma-prabhāve tora dharmarāja yama ye nāme tarila ajāmila viprādhama || 325 ||
ye nama-prabhave tora dharmaraja yama ye name tarila ajamila vipradhama (325)
English translation:
(325) “By the influence of the holy names, Yama became renowned as Dharmarāja, the authority on religious principles. By the influence of the holy names, the fallen brāhmaṇa Ajāmila was delivered.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Simply by the influence of the name of Hari, Yamarāja was designated “Dharmarāja.” Simply by the influence of nāmābhāsa, the fallen brāhmaṇa Ajāmila was delivered from the hands of Yamarāja. In other words, Yamarāja released Ajāmila because he engaged in nāmābhāsa.