রাঘব-পণ্ডিত-প্রভুর আদ্য-অনুচর ।
তাঁর এক শাখা মুখ্য,-মকরধ্বজ কর ॥ ২৪ ॥
raghava-pandita-prabhura adya-anucara
taṅra eka sakha mukhya-makaradhvaja kara
raghava pandita-of the name Raghava Pandita; prabhura-of the Lord; adya-original; anucara-follower; taṅra-his; eka-one; sakha-branch; mukhya-chief; makaradhvaja-of the name Makaradhvaja; kara-surname.
Raghava Pandita, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's original follower, is understood to have been the seventh branch. From him proceeded another sub-branch, headed by Makaradhvaja Kara.
Kara was the surname of Makaradhvaja. At present this surname is generally found in the Kayastha community. The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 44, states:
dhanistha bhaksya-samagrim krsnayadad vraje 'mitam
saiva sampratam gauraṅga-priyo raghava-panditah
Raghava Pandita was formerly a confidential gopi in Vraja during the time of Lord Krsna's pastimes, and his former name was Dhanistha. This gopi, Dhanistha, always engaged in preparing foodstuffs for Krsna.