Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, the forty- sixth branch of the tree, was one of the most dear servants of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He left all his material possessions to surrender completely unto the Lord and live at His lotus feet. (91) When Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī approached Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī, the Lord entrusted him to the care of Svarūpa Dāmodara, His secretary. Thus they both engaged in the confidential service of the Lord. (92) He rendered confidential service to the Lord for sixteen years at Jagannātha Purī, and after the disappearance of both the Lord and Svarūpa Dāmodara, he left Jagannātha Purī and went to Vṛndāvana. (93)
Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī intended to go to Vṛndāvana to see the lotus feet of Rūpa and Sanātana and then give up his life by jumping from Govardhana Hill. (94) Thus Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī came to Vṛndāvana, visited Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī and offered them his obeisances. (95) These two brothers, however, did not allow him to die. They accepted him as their third brother and kept him in their company. (96) Because Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was an assistant to Svarūpa Dāmodara, he knew much about the external and internal features of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya. Thus the two brothers Rūpa and Sanātana always used to hear of this from him. (97)
Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī gradually gave up all food and drink but a few drops of buttermilk. (98) As a daily duty, he regularly offered one thousand obeisances to the Lord, chanted at least one hundred thousand holy names and offered obeisances to two thousand Vaiṣṇavas. (99) Day and night he rendered service within his mind to Rādhā- Kṛṣṇa, and for three hours a day he discoursed about the character of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. (100) Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī took three baths daily in the Rādhā- kuṇḍa lake. As soon as he found a Vaiṣṇava residing in Vṛndāvana, he would embrace him and give him all respect. (101)
He engaged himself in devotional service for more than twenty- two and a half hours a day, and for less than two hours he slept, although on some days that also was not possible. (102) I am struck with wonder when I hear about the devotional service he executed. I accept Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī as my guides. (103) I shall later explain very elaborately how all these devotees met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. (104) Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, the forty- seventh branch, was one of the great and exalted branches of the tree. He always engaged in discourses about love of Godhead in the company of Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī. (105)
The ācārya Śaṅkarāraṇya was considered the forty- eighth branch of the original tree. From him proceeded the subbranches known as Mukunda, Kāśīnātha and Rudra. (106) Śrīnātha Paṇḍita, the forty- ninth branch, was the beloved recipient of all the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Everyone in the three worlds was astonished to see how he worshiped Lord Kṛṣṇa. (107) Jagannātha Ācārya, the fiftieth branch of the Caitanya tree, was an extremely dear servant of the Lord, by whose order he decided to live on the bank of the Ganges. (108) The fifty- first branch of the Caitanya tree was Kṛṣṇadāsa Vaidya, the fifty- second was Paṇḍita Śekhara, the fifty- third was Kavicandra, and the fifty- fourth was Ṣaṣṭhīvara, who was a great saṅkīrtana performer. (109)
The fifty- fifth branch was Śrīnātha Miśra, the fifty- sixth was Śubhānanda, the fifty- seventh was Śrīrāma, the fifty- eighth was Īśāna, the fifty- ninth was Śrīnidhi, the sixtieth was Śrī Gopīkānta, and the sixty- first was Miśra Bhagavān. (110)The sixty- second branch of the tree was Subuddhi Miśra, the sixty- third was Hṛdayānanda, the sixty- fourth was Kamala- nayana, the sixty- fifth was Maheśa Paṇḍita, the sixty- sixth was Śrīkara, and the sixty- seventh was Śrī Madhusūdana. (111)
The sixty- eighth branch of the original tree was Puruṣottama, the sixty- ninth was Śrī Gālīma, the seventieth was Jagannātha dāsa, the seventy- first was Śrī Candraśekhara Vaidya, and the seventy- second was Dvija Haridāsa. (112) The seventy- third branch of the original tree was Rāmadāsa, the seventy- fourth was Kavicandra, the seventy- fifth was Śrī Gopāla dāsa, the seventy- sixth was Bhāgavata Ācārya, and the seventy- seventh was Ṭhākura Sāraṅga dāsa. (113) The seventy- eighth branch of the original tree was Jagannātha Tīrtha, the seventy- ninth was the brāhmaṇa Śrī Jānakīnātha, the eightieth was Gopāla Ācārya, and the eighty- first was the brāhmaṇa Vāṇīnātha. (114)
The three brothers Govinda, Mādhava and Vāsudeva were the eighty- second, eighty- third and eighty- fourth branches of the tree. Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda used to dance in their kīrtana performances. (115) Rāmadāsa Abhirāma was fully absorbed in the mellow of friendship. He made a flute of a bamboo stick with sixteen knots. (116) By the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, three devotees accompanied Lord Nityānanda Prabhu when He returned to Bengal to preach. (117)
These three were Rāmadāsa, Mādhava Ghoṣa and Vāsudeva Ghoṣa. Govinda Ghoṣa, however, remained with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī and thus felt great satisfaction. (118) Bhāgavata Ācārya, Cirañjīva, Śrī Raghunandana, Mādhavācārya, Kamalākānta and Śrī Yadunandana were all among the branches of the Caitanya tree. (119) Jagāi and Mādhāi, the eighty- ninth and ninetieth branches of the tree, were the greatest recipients of Lord Caitanya’s mercy. These two brothers were the witnesses who proved that Lord Caitanya was rightly named Patita- pāvana, “the deliverer of the fallen souls.” (120)
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