Śrī Madhusūdana Dāsa Bābājī is a disciple of Uddhava Dāsa or Uddhara Dāsa who is a disciple of Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa Prabhu. Madhusūdana Dāsa Bābājī was famed throughout the Vaiṣṇava world as the Siddha Madhusūdana Dāsa Bābājī from Sūrya-kuṇḍa. Madhusūdana Dāsa Bābājī conferred paramahaṁsa-veṣa (bābājī initiation) to Jagannātha Dāsa Bābājī. Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura wrote: “All of these Vaiṣṇavas adopted the lifestyle of the paramahaṁsa, preaching the path of pure devotion by their example. They are thus the objects of the greatest faith and reverence in the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava lineage.”

From this statement of Śrīla Prabhupāda, we learn that all these bhajanānandīs not only practiced the anchorite life of solitary worship but engaged in preaching activities as well, serving as ācāryas.

It is written in Jagannātha Dāsa Bābājī astakam,

śrī-sūrya-kuṇḍāśrayiṇaḥ kṛpālor
vidvad-vara-śrī-madhusūdanasya
preṣṭha-svarūpeṇa virājamāṇaṁ
vande jagannātha-vibhuṁ vareṇyam

I venerate Jagannātha Prabhu, the best of the Vaiṣṇavas, who was the dearest associate of Śrī Madhusūdana Dāsa Bābājī, the most merciful resident of Sūrya Kund.