rish.na the Visible became incarnate in Nabadwip,
For forty-eight years visibly he sported;
The exact (date) of his birth (is) ? aka 1407,
In 1455 he returned to heaven.
And again--
On the full moon of Ph??lgun at even was the lord's birth
At that time by divine provision there was an eclipse of the moon.
--_Ch._ I. xiii. 38.
In accordance with the usual Bengali superstition that if a man's real
name be known he may be bewitched or subject to the influence of the
evil eye, the real name given at birth is not made known at the time,
but another name is given by which the individual is usually called.
No one but the father and mother and priest know the real name.
Bisambhar's usual name in childhood was Nim??i, and by this he was
generally known to his neighbours.
In person, if the description of him in the Chaitanyacharit??mrita (Bk.
I. iii.) is to be considered as historical, he was handsome, tall (six
feet), with long arms, in colour a light brown, with expressive eyes, a
sonorous voice, and very sweet and winning manners.
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