Volume 7 - Prabhupada

232 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 18TRANSLATIONSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then told all the Mohammedans there, "Chant theholy name of Krr;a! Chant the holy name of Krr;a!" As they all began tochant, they were overwhelmed by ecstatic love.TEXT 207'ft1l'l't1t' "'' ttl ,"1 ift1l I \!! tifi', itf i{t'lf-'f··' II O'\ II'ramadasa' bali' prabhu tatira kai/a namaara eka pathana, tatira nama-'vijuli-khatina'SYNONYMSramadasa ba/i'-of the name Ramadasa; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;tatira-his; kaila-made; nama-name; ara eka pathana-another Mohammedan;tatira nama-his name; vijuli-khatina-Vijuli Khan.TRANSLATIONIn this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu indirectly initiated the saintly Mohammedanby advising him to chant the holy name of Krr;a. The Mohammedan'sname was changed to Ramadasa. There was also another Pathana Moslempresent whose name was Vijuli Khan.PURPORTAfter being initiated, the devotees in the Krr:'la consciousness movementchange their names. Whenever a person in the Western world becomes interestedin this Krr:'la consciousness movement, he is initiated by this process. InIndia we are falsely accused of converting mlecchas and yavanas into the Hindureligion. In India there are many Mayavadi sannyasis known as jagad-guru, althoughthey have hardly visited the whole world. Some are not even sufficientlyeducated, yet they make accusations against our movement and accuse us ofdestroying the principles of the Hindu religion by accepting Mohammedans andyavanas as Vair:"avas. Such people are simply envious. We are not spoiling theHindu system of religion but are simply following in the footsteps of Sri CaitanyaMahaprabhu by traveling all over the world and accepting those who are interestedin understanding Krr:'la as Krr:'ladasa or Ramadasa. By the process of abona fide initiation, their names are changed.