232 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 18
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then told all the Mohammedans there, ‘Chant the
holy name of Krsna! Chant the holy name of Krsna!” As they all began to
chant, they were overwhelmed by ecstatic love.
TEXT 207
‘array afer ety Sia cst ara |
BA AF Asta, Sra ai—fagen-cie’ 1 209 1
‘ramadasa’ bali’ prabhu tanra kaila nama
ara eka pathdna, tahra nama— ‘vijuli-khanna’
SYNONYMS
ramadasa bali’—of the name Ramadasa; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
tanra—his; kaila—made; ndma—name; dra eka pathdna—another Moham-
medan; tdfra nama—his name; vijuli-khanna—Vijuli Khan.
TRANSLATION
In this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu indirectly initiated the saintly Moham-
medan by advising him to chant the holy name of Krsna. The Mohammedan’s
name was changed to Ramadasa. There was also another Pathana Moslem
present whose name was Vijuli Khan.
PURPORT
After being initiated, the devotees in the Krsna consciousness movement
change their names. Whenever a person in the Western world becomes in-
terested in this Krsna consciousness movement, he is initiated by this process. In
India we are falsely accused of converting mlecchas and yavanas into the Hindu
religion. In India there are many Mayavadi sannyasis known as jagad-guru, al-
though they have hardly visited the whole world. Some are not even sufficiently
educated, yet they make accusations against our movement and accuse us of
destroying the principles of the Hindu religion by accepting Mohammedans and
yavanas as Vaisnavas. Such people are simply envious. We are not spoiling the
Hindu system of religion but are simply following in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu by traveling all over the world and accepting those who are in-
terested in understanding Krsna as Krsnadasa or Ramadasa. By the process of a
bona fide initiation, their names are changed.
