'rÄmadÄsa' bali' prabhu tÄá¹…ra kaila nÄma
Ära eka pÄá¹hÄna, tÄá¹…ra nÄma — 'vijulÄ«-khÄá¹…na'
rÄmadÄsa bali' - of the name RÄmadÄsa; prabhu - ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; tÄá¹…ra - his; kaila - made; nÄma - name; Ära eka pÄá¹hÄna - another Muslim; tÄá¹…ra nÄma - his name; vijulÄ«-khÄá¹…na - VijulÄ« KhÄn.
In this way ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu directly initiated the saintly Muslim by advising him to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. The Muslim’s name was changed to RÄmadÄsa. Another PÄá¹hÄna Muslim present there was named VijulÄ« KhÄn.
After being initiated, the devotees in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement change their names. Whenever a person in the Western world becomes interested in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, he is initiated by this process. In India we are falsely accused of converting mlecchas and yavanas to the Hindu religion. In India there are many MÄyÄvÄdÄ« sannyÄsÄ«s known as jagad-guru, although 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 Muslims and yavanas as Vaiṣṇavas. Such people are simply envious. We are not spoiling the Hindu system of religion but are simply following in the footsteps of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu by traveling all over the world and accepting those who are interested in understanding Kṛṣṇa as KṛṣṇadÄsa or RÄmadÄsa. By the process of a bona fide initiation, their names are changed.
