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world could compete with him. He was known as the singer of Vṛndāvana and was very dear to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. It is said that when the three brothers performed  saṅkīrtana , immediately Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda would dance in ecstasy. According to the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā  (188), the three brothers were formerly Kalāvatī, Rasollāsā and Guṇatuṅgā, who recited the songs composed by Śrī Viśākhā-gopī. The three brothers were among one of the seven parties that performed  kīrtana  when Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu attended the Rathayātrā festival at Jagannātha Purī. Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was the chief dancer in their party. This is vividly described in the  Madhya-līlā , Chapter Thirteen, verses 42 and 43.
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রামদাস অভিরাম—সখ্য-প্রেমরাশি ।
বোলসাক্সের কাণ্ঠ তুলি’ যে করিল বাঁশী ॥ ১১৬ ॥
rāmadāsa abhirāma—sakhya-premarāśi ṣolasāṅgera kāṣṭha tuli’ ye karila vāṅśī
SYNONYMS
rāmadāsa abhirāma —of the name Rāmadāsa Abhirāma;  sakhya-prema —friendship;  rāśi —great volume;  ṣola-sāṅgera —of sixteen knots;  kāṣṭha —wood;  tuli’ —lifting;  ye —one who;  karila —made;  vāṅśī —flute.
TRANSLATION
Rāmadāsa Abhirāma was fully absorbed in the mellow of friendship. He made a flute of a bamboo stick with sixteen knots.
PURPORT
Abhirāma was an inhabitant of Khānākulakṛṣṇa-nagara.
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প্রভূর আজ্ঞায় নিত্যানন্দ গোঁড়ে চলিলা ।
তাঁর সঙ্গে তিনজন প্রভূ-আজ্ঞায় আইলা ॥ ১১৭ ॥
prabhura ājñāya nityānanda gauḍe calilā tāṅra saṅge tina-jana prabhu-ājñāya āilā
SYNONYMS
prabhura ājñāya —under the order of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  nityānanda —Lord Nityānanda;  gauḍe —to Bengal;  calilā —went back;  tāṅra saṅge —in His company;  tina-jana —three men;  prabhu-ājñāya —under the order of the Lord;  āilā —went.