Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
This is the place on the banks of Radha-kunda where Gopala Bhatta Goswami performed his bhajana. He established the Radharamana Mandira in Vrindavana and in the later years of his life spent much of his time at Radha-kunda in the association of Raghunatha Dasa Goswami and Krishnadasa Kaviraja. This bhajana-kutira is located at Govinda-ghata where Radha and Krishna enjoyed jhulan-lila during spring. There was a large tamarind tree known as Jhulana-tala located here on which the swing (jhula) hung from one of its branches. The Bhakti-ratnakara says, “During the spring season the gopis push Shri Shri Gandharva-Giridhari on a swing. The faces of the divine couple blossom with happiness by tasting the nectar of these swing pastimes. I worship Govinda-sthala, the famous place where the divine couple enjoys these pastimes.” It is said that due to his great humility he requested Krishnadasa Kaviraja not to mention his name in the Chaitanya-charitamrita. Lokanatha Goswami also made a similar requested to Krishnadasa Kaviraja. The samadhi of Gopala Bhatta Goswami who disappeared in 1585 is situated at the Radharamana Mandira in Vrindavana. According to the Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika, Gopala Bhatta Goswami was Guna Manjari in Krishna’s Vrindavana pastimes.
