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Lord Caitanya met Rāmānanda Rāya by the bank of the Godāvarī, and in their long discourses the Lord took the position of a student, and Rāmānanda Rāya instructed Him. Caitanya Mahāprabhu concluded these discourses by saying, “My dear Rāmānanda Rāya, both you and I are madmen, and therefore we met intimately on an equal level.” Lord Caitanya advised Rāmānanda Rāya to resign from his government post and come back to Jagannātha Purī to live with Him. Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu refused to see Mahārāja Pratāparudra because he was a king, Rāmānanda Rāya, by a Vaiṣṇava scheme, arranged a meeting between the Lord and the King. This is described in the  Madhya-līlā , Chapter Twelve, verses 41-57. Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya was present during the water sports of the Lord after the Rathayātrā festival.
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu considered Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī to be equal in their renunciation, for although Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya was a  gṛhastha  engaged in government service and Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī was in the renounced order of complete detachment from material activities, they were both servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who kept Kṛṣṇa in the center of all their activities. Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya was one of the three and a half personalities with whom Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu discussed the most confidential topics of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Pradyumna Miśra to learn the science of Kṛṣṇa from Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya. As Subala always assisted Kṛṣṇa in His dealings with Rādhārāṇī in  kṛṣṇa-līlā , so Rāmānanda Rāya assisted Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya was the author of  Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka .
TEXTS 135-136
প্রতাপকৃত্র রাজা, আর ওদু কৃষ্ণানন্দ ।
পরমানন্দ মহাপাত্র, ওদু শিবানন্দ ॥ ১৩৫ ॥
ভগবান্ আচার্য, ত্রন্দানন্দাখ্য ভারতী ।
শ্রীশিখি মাহিতি, আর মৃরারি মাহিতি ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
pratāparudra rājā, āra oḍhra kṛṣṇānanda paramānanda mahāpātra, oḍhra śivānanda
bhagavān ācārya, brahmānandākhya bhāratī śrī-śikhi māhiti, āra murāri māhiti
SYNONYMS
pratāparudra rājā —King Pratāparudra of Orissa;  āra —and;  oḍhra kṛṣṇānanda —Kṛṣṇānanda, an Oriya devotee;  paramānanda mahāpātra —of the name Paramānanda Mahāpātra;  oḍhra śivānanda —the Oriya Śivānanda;  bhagavān ācārya —of the name Bhagavān Ācārya;  brahmānanda-ākhya bhāratī —of the name Brahmānanda Bhāratī;  śrī-śikhi māhiti —of the name Śrī Śikhi Māhiti;  āra —and;  murāri māhiti —of the name Murāri Māhiti.