Rupa and his brothers made their residence at the state capital of Ramakeli ( Rahanpur, Nababganj ) and it was here, in 1514 CE, that they met Chaitanya Mahaprabhu for the first time. The meeting changed their lives and they decided to leave the service of the Sultan and take up a life of renunciation in the association of Chaitanya and his followers. Rupa (Amara's initiated name) loaded all his wealth onto two boats and left with his brother Anupama (Srivallabha's initiated name) for their ancestral home at Fatiabad in Jessore, where they distributed it. They then sent two messengers to Jagannath Temple (Misra's house) at the then Gaur, Sylhet to get news of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's plans. The messengers returned with the news that Chaitanya had already left Sylhet for Barogharia, Nababganj. Rupa and Anupama immediately decided to go and they wrote a letter to Sanatana telling him of their plans and asking him to meet them in Nababgonj. They also told him that they had left 10,000 gold coins in case he was in need of financial help. Later, when Sanatana was thrown into prison by the Sultan for disobedience, he used this money to bribe the jailer and escaped to Varanasi to meet with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.