Äji haite duá¹…hÄra nÄma 'rÅ«pa' 'sanÄtana'
dainya chÄá¸a, tomÄra dainye phÄá¹e mora mana
Äji haite - from this day; duá¹…hÄra - of both of you; nÄma - these names; rÅ«pa - ÅšrÄ« RÅ«pa; sanÄtana - ÅšrÄ« SanÄtana; dainya chÄá¸a - give up your humility; tomÄra - your; dainye - humility; phÄá¹e - breaks; mora - My; mana - heart.
“My dear SÄkara Mallika, from this day your names will be changed to ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa and ÅšrÄ«la SanÄtana. Now please abandon your humility, for My heart is breaking to see you so humble.
Actually this is ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu’s initiation of Dabira KhÄsa and SÄkara Mallika. They approached the Lord with all humility, and the Lord accepted them as old servants, as eternal servants, and He changed their names. It is to be understood from this that it is essential for a disciple to change his name after initiation.
Å›aá¹…kha-cakrÄdy-Å«rdhva-puṇá¸ra- dhÄraṇÄdy-Ätma-laká¹£aṇam
tan nÄma-karaṇaá¹ caiva vaiṣṇavatvam ihocyate
“After initiation, the disciple’s name must be changed to indicate that he is a servant of Lord Viṣṇu. The disciple should also immediately begin marking his body with tilaka (Å«rdhva-puṇá¸ra), especially his forehead. These are spiritual marks, symptoms of a perfect Vaiṣṇava.†This is a verse from the Padma PurÄṇa, Uttara-khaṇá¸a. A member of the sahajiyÄ-sampradÄya does not change his name; therefore he cannot be accepted as a Gauá¸Ä«ya Vaiṣṇava. If a person does not change his name after initiation, it is to be understood that he will continue in his bodily conception of life.
