CC Antya 13.91
Antya-līlā, Chapter 13, Text 91
পথে তারে মিলিলা বিশ্বাস-রামদাস ।
বিশ্বাসখানার কায়স্থ তেঁহো রাজার বিশ্বাস ॥ ৯১ ॥
বিশ্বাসখানার কায়স্থ তেঁহো রাজার বিশ্বাস ॥ ৯১ ॥
pathe tāre mililā viśvāsa-rāmadāsa
viśvāsa-khānāra kāyastha teṅho rājāra viśvāsa
viśvāsa-khānāra kāyastha teṅho rājāra viśvāsa
Word by word
pathe — on the path; tāre — him; mililā — met; viśvāsa-rāmadāsa — Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa; viśvāsa-khānāra — of the governmental accounting department; kāyastha — belonging to the kāyastha class; teṅho — he; rājāra — to the king; viśvāsa — secretary.
Translation
In Bengal he met Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa, who belonged to the kāyastha caste. He was one of the king’s secretaries.
Purport
The words viśvāsa-khānāra kāyastha indicate a secretary or clerk belonging to the kāyastha caste. Kāyasthas were usually secretaries to kings, governors or other important persons. It is said that anyone working in the government secretariat at this time was a kāyastha.