Ādi-līlā, Chapter 10
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was the fifth, Pradyumna Miśra the sixth and Bhavānanda Rāya the seventh. Lord Caitanya took great pleasure in meeting with them.
PURPORT
In Jagannātha Purī Lord Caitanya lived at the house of Kāśī Miśra, who was the priest of the king. Later this house was inherited by Vakreśvara Paṇḍita and then by his disciple Gopālaguru Gosvāmī, who established there a Deity of Rādhākānta. The  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā  (193) states that Kāśī Miśra was formerly the  gopī  in Vṛndāvana named Kṛṣṇavallabhā. Pradyumna Miśra, an inhabitant of Orissa, was a great devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Pradyumna Miśra was born of a  brāhmaṇa  family and Rāmānanda Rāya of a non- brāhmaṇa  family, yet Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Pradyumna Miśra to take instruction from Rāmānanda Rāya. This incident is described in the  Antya-līlā , Chapter Five.
Bhavānanda Rāya was the father of Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya. His residence was in Ālālanātha (Brahmagiri), which is about twelve miles west of Jagannātha Purī. By caste he belonged to the  karaṇa  community of Orissa, whose members were sometimes known as  kāyasthas  and sometimes as  śūdras , but he was the governor of Madras under the control of King Pratāparudra of Jagannātha Purī.
TEXT 132
আলিঙ্গন করি’ তাঁরে বলিল বচন ।
তুমি পাণ্ডু, পঞ্চপাণ্ডব –তোমার নন্দন ॥ ১৩২ ॥
āliṅgana kari’ tāṅre balila vacana tumi pāṇḍu, pañca-pāṇḍava—tomāra nandana
SYNONYMS
āliṅgana kari’ —embracing;  tāṅre —unto him;  balila —said;  vacana —those words;  tumi —you;  pāṇḍu —were Pāṇḍu;  pañca —five;  pāṇḍava —the Pāṇḍavas;  tomāra —your;  nandana —sons.
TRANSLATION
Embracing Rāya Bhavānanda, the Lord declared to him: “You formerly appeared as Pāṇḍu, and your five sons appeared as the five Pāṇḍavas.”
TEXT 133
রামানন্দ রায়, পট্টনায়ক গোপীনাথ ।
কলানিধি, স্ত্রধানিধি, নায়ক বাণীনাথ ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
rāmānanda rāya, paṭṭanāyaka gopīnātha kalānidhi, sudhānidhi, nāyaka vāṇīnātha