Ramananda Ray

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Ramananda Ray the intimate associate of Sriman Mahaprabhu whom the Lord regarded as His Guru in raga-marg service to Sri Krsna. Ramananda was the first to perceive the innermost identity of Sriman Mahaprabhu — that of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna combined — and the first to speak the essential teachings that the Lord descended to distribute to the world. He first met the Lord in South India while serving as the governor of the Godavari region, but at the Lord’s request he resigned and spent the rest of his life with the Lord in Jagannath Puri, serving Him intimately during His later Pastimes by reciting verses that suited His intense feelings of separation for Krsna. Sriman Mahaprabhu praised his scholarship, worldly detachment, and expertise in rasa as unparalleled. He is Sri Visakha Devi in the Pastimes of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna and is held in the highest regard by all Gaudiya–Vaisnavas.

— books Sri Sri Prema-vivarta / Glossary