Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
Śrī Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī is the author of Rādhā-rasa- sudhā-nidhi, Vṛndāvana-mahimāmṛta, Śrī Caitanya-candrāmṛta, Saṅgīta-mādhava and other books on bhakti. In his early life, Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī was a resident of Śrī Raṅgam and a devotee of Śrī Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa. He is the paternal uncle and spiritual master of the famous Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī. However, by the mercy of Śrīman Mahāprabhu, he became intoxicated with the rasa of the Divine Couple Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Shortly after Śrīman Mahāprabhu left Śrī Raṅgam, he went to Vṛndāvana to perform bhajana. He also lived in Kāmyavana for some time. At the end of his life he entered samādhi here in Vṛndāvana while performing bhajana. In Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes he is Tuṅgavidyā Sakhī.
Nowadays, some people say that Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī and the advaitavādī Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī of Kāśī are one and the same person. This is completely incorrect in every respect. How is it possible for the same person to first be the devotee Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī, then the impersonalist Prakāśānanda and then the same Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī once again? This modern doctrine is an ignorant, mind-boggling speculation, that has been completely refuted by the Śrī Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava ācāryas.
Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
This is the place where the great Vaishnava saint Prabhodananda Saraswati Goswami performed his bhajana and where his samadhi is located. Prabhodananda was the uncle and initiating guru of Gopala Bhatta Goswami. After meeting Lord Chaitanya at Shrirangam in South India, he surrendered to the Lord. He then came to Vrindavana and spent the rest of his life performing bhajana, and writing books about Krishna’s pastimes and the glories of the holy Dhama. He also spent some time at Surabhi-kunda at Kamyavana, but towards the end of his life he came to this place to perform bhajana. He was an intimate associate of the Six Goswamis and amongst his works Shri Vrindavana Mahimamrita, Shri Vrindavana Sataka, and Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi, are the most celebrated and well known.
