Ādi-līlā, Chapter 10
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Herself. Caitanya Mahāprabhu is sometimes explained to be  rādhābhāva-dyuti-savalita , or characterized by the emotions and bodily luster of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Gadādhara dāsa is this  dyuti , or luster. In the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā  he is described to be the expansion potency of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. He counts among the associates of both Śrīla Gaurahari and Nityānanda Prabhu; as a devotee of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu he was one of the associates of Lord Kṛṣṇa in conjugal love, and as a devotee of Lord Nityānanda he is considered to have been one of the friends of Kṛṣṇa in pure devotional service. Even though he was an associate of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, he was not among the cowherd boys but was situated in the transcendental mellow of conjugal love. He established a temple of Śrī Gaurasundara in Katwa.
In 1434 śakābda (1534 A.D.) when Lord Nityānanda Prabhu was empowered by Lord Caitanya to preach the  saṅkīrtana  movement in Bengal, Śrī Gadādhara dāsa was one of Lord Nityānanda's chief assistants. He preached the  saṅkīrtana  movement by requesting everyone to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra . This simple preaching method of Śrīla Gadādhara dāsa can be followed by anyone and everyone in any position of society. One must simply be a sincere and serious servant of Nityānanda Prabhu and preach this cult door to door.
When Śrīla Gadādhara dāsa Prabhu was preaching the cult of  hari-kīrtana , there was a magistrate who was very much against his  saṅkīrtana  movement. Following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Gadādhara dāsa one night went to the house of the Kāzī and requested him to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra . The Kāzī replied, "All right, I shall chant Hare Kṛṣṇa tomorrow." On hearing this, Śrīla Gadādhara dāsa Prabhu began to dance, and he said, "Why tomorrow? You have already chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra , so simply continue."
In the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā  it is said:
rādhā-vibhūti-rūpā yā candrakāntiḥ purā vraje sa śrī-gaurāṅga-nikaṭe dāsa-vaṁśyo gadādharaḥ pūrṇānandā vraje yāsīd baladeva-priyāgraṇī sāpi kārya-vaśād eva prāviśat taṁ gadādharam
Śrīla Gadādhara dāsa is considered to be a united form of Candrakānti, who is the effulgence of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and Pūrṇānandā, who is an expansion of Lord Balarāma's very dear girl friend. Thus Śrīla Gadādhara dāsa Prabhu was one of the associates of both Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu. Once while Śrīla Gadādhara dāsa Prabhu was returning to Bengal from Jagannātha Purī with Nityānanda Prabhu, he forgot himself and began talking very loudly as if he were a girl of Vrajabhūmi selling yogurt, and Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu noted this. Another time, while absorbed in the ecstasy of the  gopīs , he carried a jug filled with Ganges water on his head as if he were selling milk. When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared in the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita while going to Vṛndāvana, Gadādhara dāsa went to see Him, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was so glad that He put His foot on his head. When Gadādhara dāsa Prabhu was present in Eṅḍiyādaha he established a Bālagopāla  mūrti  for worship there. Śrī Mādhava Ghosh performed a drama known as " Dāna-khaṇḍa " with the help of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrī Gadādhara dāsa.