tabe bhaá¹á¹athÄri haite kṛṣṇa-dÄsera uddhÄra
rÄma-japÄ« vipra-mukhe kṛṣṇa-nÄma pracÄra
tabe - after this; bhaá¹á¹a-thÄri - a Bhaá¹á¹athÄri; haite - from; kṛṣṇa-dÄsera - of KṛṣṇadÄsa; uddhÄra - the deliverance; rÄma-japÄ« - chanters of the name of Lord RÄma; vipra-mukhe - unto brÄhmaṇas; kṛṣṇa-nÄma - the name of Lord Kṛṣṇa; pracÄra - preaching.
In the Malabar district, a section of the brÄhmaṇas are known as Nambudari brÄhmaṇas, and the Bhaá¹á¹athÄris are their priests. Bhaá¹á¹athÄris know many tantric black arts, such as the art of killing a person, of bringing him under submission, and of destroying or devastating him. They are very expert in these black arts, and one such Bhaá¹á¹athÄri bewildered the personal servant of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu while the servant accompanied the Lord in His travels through South India. Somehow or other ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu delivered this KṛṣṇadÄsa from the clutches of the Bhaá¹á¹athÄri. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu is well known as Patita-pÄvana, the savior of all fallen souls, and He proved this in His behavior toward His personal servant, KṛṣṇadÄsa, whom He saved. Sometimes the word Bhaá¹á¹athÄri is misspelled in Bengal as Bhaá¹á¹amÄri.