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was the fifth, Pradyumna Misra the sixth and Bhavananda Raya the seventh. Lord
Caitanya took great pleasure in meeting with them.

PURPORT
In Jagannatha Puri Lord Caitanya lived at the house of Kasi Misra, who was the
priest of the king. Later this house was inherited by Vakresvara Pandita and then
by his disciple Gopalaguru Gosvami, who established there a Deity of Radhakanta.
The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipikad (193) states that Kasi Misra was formerly the gop7 in
Vendavana named Krsnavallabha. Pradyumna Misra, an inhabitant of Orissa, was a
great devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Pradyumna Misra was born of a
brahmana family and Ramananda Raya of a non-brdhmana family, yet Lord
CaitanyaMahaprabhu advised Pradyumna Misra to take instruction from Ramananda
Raya. This incident is described in the Antya-/ila, Chapter Five.
_ Bhavananda Raya was the father of Sri Ramananda Raya. His residence was in
Alalanatha (Brahmagiri), which is about twelve miles west of Jagannatha Puri. By
caste he belonged to the karana community of Orissa, whose members were some-
times known as kdyasthas and sometimes as Siidras, but he was the governor of
Madras under the control of King Prataparudra of Jagannatha Puri.
TEXT 132
wtforra sia’ Sica aferer apa |
By Ate, AHA — COAT HAMA | 902 I
Glingana kari’ tanre balila vacana
tumi pandu, pafica-pandava—tomara nandana
SYNONYMS
dlihgana kari’—embracing; tahre—unto him; balila—said; vacana—those words;
tumi—you; pdndu—were Pandu; pafica—five; pdndava—the Pandavas; tomdra—your;
nandana—sons.
TRANSLATION
Embracing Raya Bhavananda, the Lord declared to him: ““You formerly appeared
as Pandu, and your five sons appeared as the five Pandavas.”
TEXT 133
aia Ata, BAAS cat Matel |
aonifate, qaifafe, arae atHete 1 soo 1
ramdananda raya, pattandyaka gopinatha
kalanidhi, sudhanidhi, ndyaka vaninatha
