# Cc. Ādi 13.117 > দুর্বা, ধান্য, দিল শীর্ষে, কৈল বহু আশীষে, > চিরজীবী হও দুই ভাই । > ডাকিনী-শাঁখিনী হৈতে, শঙ্কা উপজিল চিতে, > ডরে নাম থুইল ‘নিমাই’ ॥১১৭॥ ## Text > durvā, dhānya, dila śīrṣe, kaila bahu āśīṣe, > cirajīvī hao dui bhāi > ḍākinī-śāṅkhinī haite, śaṅkā upajila cite, > ḍare nāma thuila 'nimāi' ## Synonyms *durvā*—fresh grass; *dhānya*—paddy; *dila*—gave; *śīrṣe*—on the head; *kaila*—did; *bahu*—with much; *āśīṣe*—blessing; *cira-jīvī*—live long; *hao*—become; *dui bhāi*—two brothers; *ḍākinī-śāṅkhinī*—ghosts and witches; *haite*—from; *śaṅkā*—doubt; *upajila*—grew; *cite*—in the heart; *ḍare*—out of fear; *nāma*—name; *thuila*—kept; *nimāi*—Lord Caitanya's childhood name, derived from the *nima* (*nimba*) tree. ## Translation **She blessed the newly born child by placing fresh grass and paddy on His head and saying, "May You be blessed with a long duration of life." But being afraid of ghosts and witches, she gave the child the name Nimāi.** ## Purport Ḍākinī and Śāṅkhinī are two companions of Lord Śiva and his wife who are supposed to be extremely inauspicious, having been born of ghostly life. It is believed that such inauspicious living creatures cannot go near a *nima* tree. At least medically it is accepted that *nima* wood is extremely antiseptic, and formerly it was customary to have a *nima* tree in front of one's house. On very large roads in India, especially in Uttar Pradesh, there are hundreds and thousands of *nima* trees. *Nima* wood is so antiseptic that the Āyurvedic science uses it to cure leprosy. Medical scientists have extracted the active principle of the *nima* tree, which is called margosic acid. *Nima* is used for many purposes, especially to brush the teeth. In Indian villages ninety percent of the people use *nima* twigs for this purpose. Because of all the antiseptic effects of the *nima* tree and because Lord Caitanya was born beneath a *nima* tree, Sītā Ṭhākurāṇī gave the Lord the name Nimāi. Later in His youth He was celebrated as Nimāi Paṇḍita, and in the neighborhood villages He was called by that name, although His real name was Viśvambhara.