Srila Prabhupada chanting - Śrī Advaita Acārya Branches & Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita Branches
Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita Branches
(Numbered as per text)
- Śrī Dhruvānanda Brahmacārī (Gopi – Lalitā)
- Śrīdhara Brahmacārī (Gopi – Candralatikā)
- Haridāsa Brahmacārī
- Raghunātha Bhāgavatācārya.
- Ananta Ācārya
- Kavi Datta (Gopi – Kalakaṇṭhī)
- Nayana Miśra (Gopi – Nitya-mañjarī)
- Gaṅgāmantrī (Gopi – Candrikā)
- Māmu Ṭhākura / Jagannātha Cakravartī / Śrī Rūpa-mañjarī (nephew of Śrī Nīlāmbara Cakravartī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s grandfather)
- Raghunātha Gosvāmī, Rāmacandra, Rādhāvallabha, Kṛṣṇajīvana, Śyāmasundara, Śāntāmaṇi, Harinātha, Navīnacandra, Matilāla, Dayāmayī and Kuñjavihārī.
- Kaṇṭhābharaṇa / Śrī Ananta Caṭṭarāja (Gopi – Gopālī)
- Bhūgarbha Gosāñi / Prema-mañjarī
- Bhāgavata dāsa
- Vāṇīnātha Brahmacārī (Caitanya tree – 81 branch)
- Vallabha-caitanya dāsa (Disciple – Nalinī-mohana Gosvāmī)
- Śrīnātha Cakravartī
- Uddhava
- Jitāmitra (Gopi – Śyāma-mañjarī)
- Jagannātha dāsa (Gopi – assistant of Citrādevī-gopī named Tilakinī)
- Śrī Hari Ācārya (Gopi – Kālākṣī)
- Sādipuriyā Gopāla
- Kṛṣṇadāsa Brahmacārī (Aṣṭa-sakhīs Gopi – Indulekhā)
- Puṣpagopāla (Svarṇagrāmaka)
- Śrīharṣa
- Raghu Miśra (Karpūra-mañjarī)
- Lakṣmīnātha Paṇḍita (Rasonmādā)
- Baṅgavāṭī Caitanya dāsa (Kālī)
- Raghunātha (Varāṅgadā)
- Amogha Paṇḍita
- Hastigopāla
- Caitanya-vallabha
- Yadu Gāṅguli
- Maṅgala Ṭhākura Vaiṣṇava
- Śivānanda Cakravartī (Lavaṅga-mañjarī)
The Śākhā-nirṇaya, written by Yadunandana dāsa, also names other branches of Gadādhara Paṇḍita, as follows: (1) Mādhava Ācārya, (2) Gopāla dāsa, (3) Hṛdayānanda, (4) Vallabha Bhaṭṭa (the Vallabha-sampradāya, or Puṣṭimārga-sampradāya, is very famous), (5) Madhu Paṇḍita (this famous devotee lived near Khaḍadaha in the village known as Sāṅibonā-grāma, about two miles east of the Khaḍadaha station, and constructed the temple of Gopīnāthajī in Vṛndāvana), (6) Acyutānanda, (7) Candraśekhara, (8) Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, (9) Dāmodara, (10) Bhagavān Ācārya, (11) Ananta Ācāryavarya, (12) Kṛṣṇadāsa, (13) Paramānanda Bhaṭṭācārya, (14) Bhavānanda Gosvāmī, (15) Caitanya dāsa, (16) Lokanātha Bhaṭṭa (this devotee, who lived in the village of Tālakhaḍi in the district of Yaśohara and constructed the temple of Rādhāvinoda, was the spiritual master of Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura and a great friend of Bhūgarbha Gosvāmī), (17) Govinda Ācārya, (18) Akrūra Ṭhākura, (19) Saṅketa Ācārya, (20) Pratāpāditya, (21) Kamalākānta Ācārya, (22) Yādava Ācārya and (23) Nārāyaṇa Paḍihārī (a resident of Jagannātha Purī).
(CC Adi 12.88 purport)
Ādi 12.80: The chief branches of Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita were (1) Śrī Dhruvānanda, (2) Śrīdhara Brahmacārī, (3) Haridāsa Brahmacārī and (4) Raghunātha Bhāgavatācārya.
Ādi 12.81: The fifth branch was Ananta Ācārya; the sixth, Kavi Datta; the seventh, Nayana Miśra; the eighth, Gaṅgāmantrī; the ninth, Māmu Ṭhākura; and the tenth, Kaṇṭhābharaṇa.
Ādi 12.82: The eleventh branch of Gadādhara Gosvāmī was Bhūgarbha Gosāñi, and the twelfth was Bhāgavata dāsa. Both of them went to Vṛndāvana and resided there for life.
Ādi 12.83: The thirteenth branch was Vāṇīnātha Brahmacārī, and the fourteenth was Vallabha-caitanya dāsa. Both of these great personalities were always filled with love of Kṛṣṇa.
Ādi 12.84: The fifteenth branch was Śrīnātha Cakravartī; the sixteenth, Uddhava; the seventeenth, Jitāmitra; and the eighteenth, Jagannātha dāsa.
Ādi 12.85: The nineteenth branch was Śrī Hari Ācārya; the twentieth, Sādipuriyā Gopāla; the twenty-first, Kṛṣṇadāsa Brahmacārī; and the twenty-second, Puṣpagopāla.
Ādi 12.86: The twenty-third branch was Śrīharṣa; the twenty-fourth, Raghu Miśra; the twenty-fifth, Lakṣmīnātha Paṇḍita; the twenty-sixth, Baṅgavāṭī Caitanya dāsa; and the twenty-seventh, Raghunātha.
Ādi 12.87: The twenty-eighth branch was Amogha Paṇḍita; the twenty-ninth, Hastigopāla; the thirtieth, Caitanya-vallabha; the thirty-first, Yadu Gāṅguli; and the thirty-second, Maṅgala Vaiṣṇava.
Ādi 12.88: Śivānanda Cakravartī, the thirty-third branch, who always lived in Vṛndāvana with firm conviction, is considered an important branch of Gadādhara Paṇḍita.
Ādi 12.89: Thus I have briefly described the branches and subbranches of Gadādhara Paṇḍita. There are still many more that I have not mentioned here.
Ādi 12.90: All the followers of Gadādhara Paṇḍita are considered great devotees because they have Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as their life and soul.
Ādi 12.91: Simply by remembering the names of all these branches and subbranches of the three trunks I have described [Nityānanda, Advaita and Gadādhara], one attains freedom from the entanglement of material existence.
Ādi 12.92: Simply by remembering the names of all these Vaiṣṇavas, one can attain the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Indeed, simply by remembering their holy names, one achieves the fulfillment of all desires.
Ādi 12.93: Therefore, offering my obeisances at the lotus feet of them all, I shall describe the pastimes of the gardener Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in chronological order.