Ādi-līlā, Chapter 10
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Rāghava Paṇḍita was formerly a confidential  gopī  in Vraja during the time of Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes, and his former name was Dhaniṣṭhā. This  gopī , Dhaniṣṭhā, always engaged in preparing foodstuffs for Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 25
তাঁহার ভগিনী দমরতী প্রভুর প্রিয় দাসী । প্রভুর ভোগসামগ্রী বে করে বারমাসি ॥ ২৫ ॥
tāṅhāra bhaginī damayantī prabhura priya dāsī prabhura bhoga-sāmagrī ye kare vāra-māsi
SYNONYMS
tāṅhāra —his;  bhaginī —sister;  damayantī —of the name Damayantī;  prabhura —of the Lord;  priya —dear;  dāsī —maidservant;  prabhura —of the Lord;  bhoga-sāmagrī —cooking materials;  ye —who;  kare —does;  vāra-māsi —throughout the whole year.
TRANSLATION
Rāghava Paṇḍita's sister Damayantī was the dear maidservant of the Lord. She always collected various ingredients with which to cook for Lord Caitanya.
PURPORT
In the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā , verse 167, it is mentioned,  guṇamālā vraje yāsīd damayantī tu tat-svasā : "The  gopī  named Guṇamālā has now appeared as his sister Damayantī." On the East Bengal railway line beginning from the Sealdah station in Calcutta, there is a station named Sodapura which is not very far from Calcutta. Within one mile of this station, toward the western side of the Ganges, is a village known as Pāṇihāṭī in which the residential quarters of Rāghava Paṇḍita still exist. On Rāghava Paṇḍita's tomb is a creeper on a concrete platform. There is also a Madana-mohana Deity in a broken-down temple nearby. This temple is managed by a local Zamindar of the name Śrī Śivacandra Rāya Caudhurī. Makaradhvaja Kara was also an inhabitant of Pāṇihāṭī.
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সে সব সামগ্রী যত কালিতে ভরিয়া । রাষ্বব লইয়া যা'ন গুপত করিয়া ॥ ২৬ ॥
se saba sāmagrī yata jhālite bhariyā rāghava la-iyā yā'na gupata kariyā