Ādi-līlā, Chapter 10
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home of Nandana Ācārya, for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu could understand that He was hiding. Similarly, Lord Caitanya also sometimes hid in the home of Nandana Ācārya. In this connection one may refer to  Caitanya-bhāgavata ,  Madhya-līlā , Chapters Six and Seventeen.
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শ্রীমূলকান্ত শাখা - প্রভুর সমাব্যায়ী ।  
 বাঁহার কীর্তনে নাচে চৈত্য-গোসাঞ্জি ॥ ৪০ ॥
śrī-mukunda-datta śākhā—prabhura samādhyāyī 
  yāṅhāra kīrtane nāce caitanya-gosāñi
SYNONYMS
śrī-mukunda-datta —of the name Śrī Mukunda Datta;  śākhā —another branch;  prabhura —of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  samādhyāyī —class friend;  yāṅhāra —whose;  kīrtane —in  saṅkīrtana ;  nāce —dances;  caitanya-gosāñi —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
TRANSLATION
Mukunda Datta, a class friend of Lord Caitanya's, was another branch of the Caitanya tree. Lord Caitanya danced while he sang.
PURPORT
Śrī Mukunda Datta was born in the Caṭṭagrāma district in the village of Chanhorā, which is under the jurisdiction of the police station named Paṭiyā. This village is situated ten  krośas , or about twenty miles, from the home of Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi. In the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā  (140) it is said:
vraje sthitau gāyakau yau madhukaṇṭha-madhuvratau 
  mukunda-vāsudevau tau dattau gaurāṅga-gāyakau
"In Vraja there were two very nice singers named Madhukaṇṭha and Madhuvrata. They appeared in  caitanya-līlā  as Mukunda and Vāsudeva Datta, who were singers in the society of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu." When Lord Caitanya was a student, Mukunda Datta was His class friend, and they frequently engaged in logical arguments. Sometimes Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu would fight with Mukunda Datta; using tricks of logic. This is described in  Caitanya-bhāgavata ,  Ādi-līlā , Chapters Seven and Eight. When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned from Gayā, Mukunda Datta gave Him pleasure by reciting verses from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  about  kṛṣṇa-līlā . It was by his endeavor that Gadādhara Paṇḍita Gosvāmī became a disciple of Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi, as stated in  Madhya-līlā , Chapter Seven. When Mukunda Datta sang in the courtyard of Śrīvāsa Prabhu, Mahāprabhu danced with His singing, and when Lord Caitanya for twenty-one hours exhibited an ecstatic manifestation known as  sāta-prahariyā , Mukunda Datta inaugurated the function by singing.