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TEXTS 78-79
khandavasi mukunda-dasa, sri-raghunandana
narahari-dasa, ciranjiva, sulocana
ei saba mahasakha--caitanya-krpadhama
prema-phala-phula kare yahan tahan dana
SYNONYMS
khanda-vasi mukunda-dasaof the name Mukunda dasa; sri-raghunandanaof the name Raghunandana; narahari-dasaof the name Narahari dasa; ciranjivaof the name Ciranjiva; sulocanaof the name Sulocana; ei sabaall of them; maha-sakhagreat branches; caitanya-krpa-dhamaof Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the reservoir of mercy; premalove of God; phalafruit; phulaflower; karedoes; yahananywhere; tahaneverywhere; danadistribution.
TRANSLATION
Sri Khandavasi Mukunda and his son Raghunandana were the thirty-ninth branch of the tree, Narahari was the fortieth, Ciranjiva the forty-first and Sulocana the forty-second. They were all big branches of the all-merciful tree of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. They distributed the fruits and flowers of love of Godhead anywhere and everywhere.
PURPORT
Sri Mukunda dasa was the son of Narayana dasa and eldest brother of Narahari Sarakara. His second brother's name was Madhava dasa, and his son was named Raghunandana dasa. Descendants of Raghunandana dasa still live four miles west of Katwa in the village named Srikhanda, where Raghunandana dasa used to live. Raghunandana had one son named Kanai, who had two sons-Madana Raya, who was a disciple of Narahari Thakura, and Vamsivadana. It is estimated that at least four hundred men descended in this dynasty. All their names are recorded in the village known as Srikhanda. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 175, it is stated that the gopi whose name was Vrndadevi became Mukunda dasa, lived in Srikhanda village and was very dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. His wonderful devotion and love for Krsna are described in the Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, Chapter Fifteen. It is stated in the Bhakti-ratnakara (Eighth Wave), that Raghunandana used to serve a Deity of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Narahari dasa Sarakara was a very famous devotee. Locana dasa Thakura, the celebrated author of Sri Caitanya-mangala, was his disciple. In the Caitanya-mangala it is stated that Sri Gadadhara dasa and Narahari Sarakara were extremely dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, but there is no specific statement regarding the inhabitants of the village of Srikhanda.
Ciranjiva and Sulocana were both residents of Srikhanda, where their descendants are still living. Of Ciranjiva's two sons, the elder, Ramacandra Kaviraja, was a disciple of Srinivasacarya and an intimate associate of Narottama dasa Thakura. The younger son was Govinda dasa Kaviraja, the famous Vaisnava poet. Ciranjiva's wife was Sunanda, and his father-in-law was Damodara Sena Kaviraja. Ciranjiva previously lived on the bank of the Ganges River in the village of Kumaranagara. The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 207, states that he was formerly Candrika in Vrndavana.
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