Ādi-līlā, Chapter 10
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Gosvāmī, after meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, resigned from government service, and when he went to Vṛndāvana to meet Lord Caitanya, Vallabha accompanied him. The meeting of Rūpa Gosvāmī and Vallabha with Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Allahabad is described in the  Madhya-līlā , Chapter Nineteen.
Actually, it is to be understood from the statement of Sanātana Gosvāmī that Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Vallabha went to Vṛndāvana under the instructions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. First they went to Mathurā, where they met a gentleman named Subuddhi Rāya who maintained himself by selling dry fuel wood. He was very pleased to meet Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Anupama, and he showed them the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana. Thus they lived in Vṛndāvana for one month and then again went to search for Sanātana Gosvāmī. Following the course of the Ganges, they reached Allahabad, or Prayāga-tīrtha, but because Sanātana Gosvāmī had come there by a different road, they did not meet him there, and when Sanātana Gosvāmī came to Mathurā he was informed of the visit of Rūpa Gosvāmī and Anupama by Subuddhi Rāya. When Rūpa Gosvāmī and Anupama met Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Benares, they heard about Sanātana Gosvāmī's travels from Him, and thus they returned to Bengal, adjusted their affairs with the state and, on the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, went to see the Lord at Jagannātha Purī.
In the year 1436  śakābda , the youngest brother, Anupama, died and went back home, back to Godhead. He went to the abode in the spiritual sky where Śrī Rāmacandra is situated. At Jagannātha Purī, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī informed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu of this incident. Vallabha was a great devotee of Śrī Rāmacandra; therefore he could not seriously consider the worship of Rādhā-Govinda according to the instructions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Yet he directly accepted Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Rāmacandra. In the  Bhakti-ratnākara  there is the following statement: "Vallabha was given the name Anupama by Śrī Gaurasundara, but he was always absorbed in the devotional service of Lord Rāmacandra. He did not know anyone but Śrī Rāmacandra, but he knew that Caitanya Gosāñi was the same Lord Rāmacandra."
In the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā  (180) Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī is described to be the  gopī  named Śrī Rūpa-mañjarī. In the  Bhakti-ratnākara  there is a list of the books Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī compiled. Of all his books, the following sixteen are very popular among Vaiṣṇavas: (1)  Haṁsadūta , (2)  Uddhava-sandeśa , (3)  Kṛṣṇa-janma-tithi-vidhi , (4 and 5)  Gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā ,  Bṛhat  (major) and  Laghu  (minor), (6)  Stavamālā , (7)  Vidagdha-mādhava , (8)  Lalita-mādhava , (9)  Dāna-keli-kaumudī , (10)  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  (this is the most celebrated book by Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī), (11)  Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi , (12)  Ākhyāta-candrikā , (13)  Mathurā-mahimā , (14)  Padyāvalī , (15)  Nāṭaka-candrikā  and (16)  Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta . Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī gave up all family connections, joined the renounced order of life and divided his money, giving fifty percent to the  brāhmaṇas  and Vaiṣṇavas and twenty-five percent to his  kuṭumbas  (family members) and keeping twenty-five percent for personal emergencies. He met Haridāsa Thākura in Jagannātha Purī, where he also met Lord Caitanya and His other associates. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to praise the handwriting of Rūpa Gosvāmī. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī could compose verses according to the de-