CC Antya 18.61

Antya-līlā, Chapter 18, Text 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

Word by word

āmi — I; baḍa — big; ojhā — exorcist; jāni — I know; bhūta — ghost; chāḍāite — how to exorcise; mantra paḍi’ — chanting hymns; śrī-hasta — his hand; dilā — placed; tāhāra māthāte — on his head.

Translation

“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.”