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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
SYNONYMS
rāmānanda rāya —of the name Rāmānanda Rāya;  paṭṭanāyaka gopīnātha —of the name Paṭṭanāyaka Gopīnātha;  kalānidhi —of the name Kalānidhi;  sudhānidhi —of the name Sudhānidhi;  nāyaka vāṇīnātha —of the name Nāyaka Vāṇīnātha.
TRANSLATION
The five sons of Bhavānanda Rāya were Rāmānanda Rāya, Paṭṭanāyaka Gopīnātha, Kalānidhi, Sudhānidhi and Nāyaka Vāṇīnātha.
TEXT 134
এই পঞ্চ পুত্র তোমার মোর প্রিয়পাত্র ।
রামানন্দ সহ মোর দেহ-ভেদ মাত্র ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
ei pañca putra tomāra mora priyapātra rāmānanda saha mora deha-bheda mātra
SYNONYMS
ei —these;  pañca —five;  putra —sons;  tomāra —your;  mora —Mine;  priyapātra —very dear;  rāmānanda saha —with Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya;  mora —Mine;  deha-bheda —bodily difference;  mātra —only.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Bhavānanda Rāya, “Your five sons are all My dear devotees. Rāmānanda Rāya and I are one, although our bodies are different.”
PURPORT
The  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā  (120-124) states that Rāmānanda Rāya was formerly Arjuna. He is also considered to have been an incarnation of the  gopī  Lalitā, although in the opinion of others he was an incarnation of Viśākhādevī. He was a most confidential devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Although I am a  sannyāsī , My mind is sometimes perturbed when I see a woman. But Rāmānanda Rāya is greater than Me, for he is always undisturbed, even when he touches a woman.” Only Rāmānanda Rāya was endowed with the pre-rogrative to touch a woman in this way; no one should imitate him. Unfortunately, there are rascals who imitate the activities of Rāmānanda Rāya. We need not discuss them further.
In Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s final pastimes, both Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara always engaged in reciting suitable verses from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  to pacify the Lord’s ecstatic feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa. It is said that when Lord Caitanya went to southern India, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya advised Him to meet Rāmānanda Rāya, for he declared that there was no devotee as advanced in understanding the conjugal love of Kṛṣṇa and the  gopī s. While touring South India,