### CC Adi 11.42

> আচার্য বৈষ্ণবানন্দ ভক্তি-অধিকারী ।\
> পূর্বে নাম ছিল যাঁর ‘রঘুনাথ পুরী’ ॥৪২॥

> ācārya vaiṣṇavānanda bhakti-adhikārī\
> pūrve nāma chila yāṅra 'raghunātha purī'

*ācārya*—teacher; *vaiṣṇavānanda*—of the name Vaiṣṇavānanda; *bhakti*—devotional service; *adhikārī*—fit candidate; *pūrve*—previously; *nāma*—name; *chila*—was; *yāṅra*—whose; *raghunāthapurī*—of the name Raghunātha Purī.

**The twenty-seventh prominent devotee of Nityānanda Prabhu was Ācārya Vaiṣṇavānanda, a great personality in devotional service. He was formerly known as Raghunātha Purī.**

In the *Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā,* verse 97, it is said that Raghunātha Purī was previously very powerful in the eight mystic successes. He was an incarnation of one of the successes.