336 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta
SYNONYMS

ramananda radya—of the name Ramananda Raya; patfandyaka gopinatha—of the
name Pattanayaka Gopinatha; ka/dnidhi—of the name Kalanidhi; sudhanidhi—-of the
name Sudhanidhi; ndyaka vanindtha—of the name Nayaka Vaninatha.

TRANSLATION
The five sons of Bhavananda Raya were Ramananda Raya, Pattanayaka Gopinatha,
Kalanidhi, Sudhanidhi and Nayaka Vaninatha.
TEXT 134
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ei pafica putra tomara mora priyapatra
ramdananda saha mora deha-bheda matra
SYNONYMS

ei—these; pafica—five; putra—sons; tomara—your; mora—Mine; priyapatra—very
dear; ramananda saha—with Sri Ramananda Raya; mora—Mine; deha-bheda—bodily
difference; matra—only.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu told Bhavananda Raya, ‘Your five sons are all My

dear devotees. Ramananda Raya and I are one, although our bodies are different.”
PURPORT

The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (120-124) states that Ramananda Raya was formerly
Arjuna. He is also considered to have been an incarnation of the gopy Lalita,
although in the opinion of others he was an incarnation of Visakhadevi. He was a
most confidential devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
said, ‘‘Although | am a sannydsi, My mind is sometimes perturbed when | see a
woman. But Ramananda Raya is greater than Me, for he is always undisturbed, even
when he touches a woman.” Only Ramananda Raya 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 Ramananda Raya. We need not discuss
them further.

In Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s final pastimes, both Ramananda Raya and
Svaripa Damodara always engaged in reciting suitable verses from Srimad-Bhagavatam
to pacify the Lord’s ecstatic feelings of separation from Krsna. It is said that when
Lord Caitanya went to southern India, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya advised Him to
meet Ramananda Raya, for he declared that there was no devotee as advanced in
understanding the conjugal love of Krsna and the gopis. While touring South India,
