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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 13]
PURPORT
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 .
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সর্বশাস্ত্রে প্রবীণ, কাব্যপ্রকাশ-অধ্যাপক ।
পরমবৈষ্ণব, রঘুনাথ-উপাসক ॥ ৯২ ॥
sarva-śāstre pravīṇa, kāvya-prakāśa-adhyāpaka parama-vaiṣṇava, raghunātha-upāsaka
SYNONYMS
sarva-śāstre —in all revealed scriptures;  pravīṇa —very learned scholar;  kāvya-prakāśa —of the famous book  Kāvya-prakāśa ;  adhyāpaka —a teacher;  parama-vaiṣṇava —highly advanced devotee;  raghunātha-upāsaka —worshiper of Lord Rāmacandra.
TRANSLATION
Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa was very learned in all the revealed scriptures. He was a teacher of the famous book  Kāvya-prakāśa  and was known as an advanced devotee and worshiper of Raghunātha [Lord Rāmacandra].
PURPORT
Commenting on the word  parama-vaiṣṇava , Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura says that anyone who desires to merge into the existence of the Lord cannot be a pure Vaiṣṇava, but because Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa was a great devotee of Lord Rāmacandra, he was almost a Vaiṣṇava. In those days, no one could distinguish between a pure Vaiṣṇava and a pseudo Vaiṣṇava. Therefore Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa was known as a Vaiṣṇava because he worshiped Lord Rāmacandra.
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অষ্টপ্রহর রামনাম জগেন রাত্রি-দিনে ।
সর্ব ত্যজি চলিলা জগন্নাথ-দরশনে ॥ ৯৩ ॥
aṣṭa-prahara rāma-nāma japena rātri-dine sarva tyaji' calilā jagannātha-daraśane