### CC Antya 13.91

> পথে তারে মিলিলা বিশ্বাস-রামদাস ।\
> বিশ্বাসখানার কায়স্থ তেঁহো রাজার বিশ্বাস ॥৯১॥

> pathe tāre mililā viśvāsa-rāmadāsa\
> viśvāsa-khānāra kāyastha teṅho rājāra viśvāsa

*pathe*—on the path; *tāre*—him; *mililā*—met; *viśvāsa-rāmadāsa*—Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa; *viśvāsa-khānāra*—of the governmental accounting department; *kāyastha*—belonging to the *kāyastha* class; *teṅho*—he; *rājāra*—to the king; *viśvāsa*—secretary.

**In Bengal he met Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa, who belonged to the kāyastha caste. He was one of the king's secretaries.**

The word *viśvāsa-khānāra kāyastha* indicates a secretary or clerk belonging to the *kāyastha* caste. *Kāyasthas* were usually secretaries to kings, governors or other important persons. It is said that anyone working in the government secretariat at this time was a *kāyastha.*