Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
This is the place near the banks of Shyama-kunda where Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami performed his bhajana and where he wrote his famous book about the life and times of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, known as the Chaitanya-charitamrita. Krishnadasa Kaviraja was the disciple of Raghunatha Dasa Goswami and moved to Radha-kunda in order to be close to his spiritual master and built his bhajana-kutira next to that of Raghunatha Dasa. Every afternoon Raghunatha Dasa Goswami spoke about the pastimes of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu that he had personally witnessed while living under the care of Swarupa Damodara at Jagannatha Puri. From the discourses of Raghunatha Dasa Goswami, and records from the personal diaries kept by both Swarupa Damodara and Murari Gupta, Krishnadasa Kaviraja was able to present an authentic account about the earthly pastimes of the ‘Golden Avatara’ Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This great classic amongst Vaishnava literatures was completed in the year 1581. Just one year later, Krishnadasa Kaviraja entered samadhi and his body was subsequently cremated and his ashes were entombed at the Teen Goswami Samadhi Pitha. Other books written by Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami include the highly acclaimed Govinda-lilamrita and Saranga-rangada.
Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika mentions that Krishnadasa Kaviraja is Kasturi Manjari in Krishna’s Vrindavana pastimes.
