Äpane mahÄprabhu tÄá¹…ra mana phirÄila
darÅ›ana-smaraṇe yÄá¹…ra jagat tÄrila'

 Äpane - personally; mahÄprabhu - ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; tÄá¹…ra - his; mana - mind; phirÄila - changed; darÅ›ana - by a personal visit; smaraṇe - by remembrance; yÄá¹…ra - of whom; jagat - the whole world; tÄrila - He has delivered.


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“It must be ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu Himself who has changed the Muslim’s mind. Due to His presence and even due to His remembrance, the whole world is liberated.â€

Purport

From this we can understand that since the Muslim governor was a drunkard (madyapa), ordinarily there would have been no chance that he would change. But Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu could turn anyone’s mind to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One can be delivered from material existence simply by remembering ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu’s holy name or by visiting Him. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is being spread throughout the world, but not even one yavana or mleccha addicted to drinking could have changed and accepted Kṛṣṇa consciousness without ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu’s grace. People are often astonished to see many thousands of Westerners converted to Vaiṣṇavism. Generally Westerners are addicted to meat-eating, drinking, gambling and illicit sex; therefore their taking up Kṛṣṇa consciousness is astonishing. In India, especially, there is much astonishment at this. The answer, however, is given here: darÅ›ana-smaraṇe yÄá¹…ra jagat tÄrila. This change is made possible simply by the remembrance of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu. The Western devotees are very sincerely chanting the holy names of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu and His associates: Å›rÄ«-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityÄnanda Å›rÄ«-advaita gadÄdhara Å›rÄ«vÄsÄdi-gaura-bhakta-vá¹›nda. By the mercy of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu and His associates, people are being purified and their consciousness directed from mÄyÄ to Kṛṣṇa.

The word viÅ›vÄsa refers to a secretary. This title is generally found among the kÄyastha caste in the Hindu community. In Bengal, the title viÅ›vÄsa is still used by the kÄyasthas. The word viÅ›vÄsa means “faithful,†and a viÅ›vÄsÄ« is a person in whom one can place faith. ÅšrÄ« Bhaktivinoda ṬhÄkura states that during the Muslim reign in Bengal, there was a secretariat entitled viÅ›vÄsa-khÄnÄ. The office of viÅ›vÄsa-khÄnÄ was a secretariat office in which only the most reliable people were employed. They were elected from the kÄyastha community, a community that is still very expert in managing business and government affairs. The secretariat, or viÅ›vÄsa-khÄnÄ, is generally a very reliable and faithful servant. Whenever some confidential service was needed, these officers were employed.