Adi-tila, Chapter 10 337

Lord Caitanya met Ramananda Raya by the bank of the Godavari, and in their
long discourses the Lord took the position of a student, and Ramananda Raya
instructed Him. Caitanya Mahaprabhu concluded these discourses by saying, ‘‘My
dear Ramananda Raya, both you and | are madmen, and therefore we met intimate-
ly on an equal level.’ Lord Caitanya advised Ramananda Raya to resign from his
government post and come back to Jagannatha Puri to live with Him. Although Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu refused to see Maharaja Prataparudra because he was a king,
Ramananda Raya, by a Vaisnava scheme, arranged a meeting between the Lord and
the King. This is described in the Madhya-lila, Chapter Twelve, verses 41-57. Sri
Ramananda Raya was present during the water sports of the Lord after the Ratha-
yatra festival.

Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu considered Sri Ramananda Raya and Sri Sanatana
Gosvami to be equal in their renunciation, for although Sri Ramananda Raya was a
grhastha engaged in government service and Sri Sanatana Gosvami was in the
renounced order of complete detachment from material activities, they were both
servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who kept Krsna in the center of all
their activities. Sri Ramananda Raya was one of the three and a half personalities
with whom Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu discussed the most confidential topics of
Krsna consciousness. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised Pradyumna Misra to learn
the science of Krsna from Sri Ramananda Raya. As Subala always assisted Krsna in
His dealings with Radharani in kesna-lild, so Ramananda Raya assisted Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu in His feelings of separation from Krsna. Sri Ramananda Raya was the
author of /aganndatha-vallabha-ndataka.

TEXTS 135-136

ASAPH AH, BT eo SBA |
aaa TVG, es fetatera i soc ii
SAaa Bors, Smtaatas Stast |

Ste atfats, ara gare atfafs uv sown

prataparudra raja, dra odhra krsnananda
paramGnanda mahapatra, odhra sivananda

bhagavan acarya, brahmanandakhya bharatt
$r¥-Sikhi mahiti, dra murari mGahiti

SYNONYMS

prataparudra raja—King Prataparudra of Orissa; dra—and; oghra kysndnanda—
Krsnananda, an Oriya devotee; paramdnanda mahdpatra—of the name Paramananda
Mahapatra; oghra sivananda—the Oriya Sivananda; bhagavan acarya—of the name
Bhagavan Acarya; brahmananda-akhya bharati—of the name Brahmananda Bharati;
$r7-Sikhi mahiti—of the name Sri Sikhi Mahiti; dra—and; murari mahiti—of the name
Murari Mahiti.
