আচার্য বৈষ্ণবানন্দ ভক্তি-অধিকারী ।
পূর্বে নাম ছিল যাঁর 'রঘুনাথ পুরী' ॥ ৪২ ॥
acarya vaisnavananda bhakti-adhikari
purve nama chila yaṅra 'raghunatha puri'
acarya-teacher; vaisnavananda-of the name Vaisnavananda; bhakti-devotional service; adhikari-fit candidate; purve-previously; nama-name; chila-was; yaṅra-whose; raghunatha puri-of the name Raghunatha Puri.
The twenty-seventh prominent devotee of Nityananda Prabhu was Acarya Vaisnavananda, a great personality in devotional service. He was formerly known as Raghunatha Puri.
In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 97, it is said that Raghunatha Puri was previously very powerful in the eight mystic successes. He was an incarnation of one of the successes.