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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 18.52

‘govinda’ bhakta, āra vāṇī-kṛṣṇadāsa puṇḍarīkākṣa, īśāna, āra laghu-haridāsa
[‘govinda’ bhakta, aara vaanee-krishnadaasa pundareekaaksha, eeshaana, aara laghu-haridaasa]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
‘govinda’ bhakta, āra vāṇī-kṛṣṇadāsa puṇḍarīkākṣa, īśāna, āra laghu-haridāsa
The great devotee Govinda, Vāṇī Kṛṣṇadāsa, Puṇḍarīkākṣa, Īśāna and Laghu Haridāsa also accompanied him.

Laghu Haridāsa should not be confused with Junior Haridāsa, who committed suicide at Prayāga. Generally a devotee is called Haridāsa, and consequently there are many Haridāsas. The chief was Ṭhākura Haridāsa. There was also a Madhyama Haridāsa. In the Bhakti-ratnākara (Sixth Wave), there is a list of many of the chief devotees who accompanied Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. gosvāmī gopāla-bhaṭṭa ati dayāmayabhūgarbha, śrī-lokanātha — guṇera ālaya śrī-mādhava, śrī-paramānanda-bhaṭṭācāryaśrī-madhu-paṇḍita — yāṅra caritra āścarya premī kṛṣṇadāsa kṛṣṇadāsa brahmacārīyādava ācārya, nārāyaṇa kṛpāvān śrī-puṇḍarīkākṣa-gosāñi, govinda, īśānaśrī-govinda vāṇī-kṛṣṇadāsa aty-udāra śrī-uddhava — madhye-madhye gauḍe gati yāṅradvija-haridāsa kṛṣṇadāsa kavirāja śrī-gopāla-dāsa yāṅra alaukika kāyaśrī-gopāla, mādhavādi yateka vaiṣṇava “The following Vaiṣṇavas were present with Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī: the merciful Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī; Bhūgarbha Gosvāmī; Śrī Lokanātha dāsa Gosvāmī, a reservoir of good qualities; Śrī Mādhava; Śrī Paramānanda Bhaṭṭācārya; Śrī Madhu Paṇḍita, whose characteristics are all wonderful; Premī Kṛṣṇadāsa; Kṛṣṇadāsa Brahmacārī; Yādava Ācārya; the merciful Nārāyaṇa; Śrī Puṇḍarīkākṣa Gosvāmī; Govinda; Īśāna; Śrī Govinda; the magnanimous Vāṇī Kṛṣṇadāsa; Śrī Uddhava, who occasionally visited Bengal; Dvija Haridāsa; Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja; Śrī Gopāla dāsa, whose body is completely spiritual; Śrī Gopāla; Mādhava; and many others.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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