From a philosophical standpoint, Nityānanda Prabhu is the root of our Bhajan and Family Tree (bhaje nityānandaṁ bhajana-taru-kandaṁ niravadhi),and the central trunk from which all branches of the parivar expand. However, for ease of understanding, we have here depicted our Nitai at the top of the tree of our Parampara, and later generations descending downwards. Please refer to the following text for a detailed description of our Parampara and the nature of Disciplic succession within
Lord Nityānanda’s bloodline and diksha lineage.

Śrī Krishna Caitanya / Gauranga Mahaprabhu

Śrī Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the combined form of Rādhā and Krishna. He is also known as Gauranga – the Golden Avatar of Prema (Ecstatic Love). Śrī Rādhā is the complexion of nava gorochana, She wears a nilambara (blue) outfit, and She is 14 years, 2 months, 15 days old. Her character is vamya madhya and Her bhava is ujjvala prem. Śrī Krishna is the complexion of indivara (Sapphire), He wears a pitambara (yellow) dress and is 15 years, 9 months and 7 days old. His character is dhira lalita (the care free, expert lover who is controlled by the love of His beloved) and His bhava is ujjvala prem.

1. Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrīmati Jahnava Thakurani

The Head of our Dīksā Line

Sri Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrīmati Jahnava Ma are both Ananga Mañjarī in Krishna līlā (Ananga Manjari is 12 years old). They are the origin of our dīksā line (aka Nityānanda Parivar). Jahnava Ma is the head of our whole Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya. Ananga Mañjarī is the head of our guru pranali (mañjarī) line. Nityānanda ’s other wife, Vasudha Devi, is the origin of the Nityānanda bloodline (aka Nityānanda Vamśa). Our line is therefore a matriarchal one and dīksā is usually given by the wife of the Guru (In exceptional cases, if the wife dies young when her son is too young to receive dīksā, he may receive it from his father or grandmother). Śrī Jahnava Thakurani (dīksā line) & Śrī Vasudha Devi (Vamśa line, mother of Birchandra Prabhu and Ganga Mata Goswamini) were the two consorts of Sri Nityananda. The dīksā line is (usually) through the mother, the bloodline is traced through the father.

Śrī Birchandra Prabhu

Bīrchandra Prabhu is the son of Nityānanda and Vasudha and the spiritual son (disciple) of Jahnava Ma. He is a second manifestation of Mahaprabhu as well as a manifestation of Ksīrodakśāyī Visnu (the Supersoul in the heart). He is inconceivably both Visnu tattva and bhakta tattva (and therefore not easy to comprehend). He appeared on the ninth day of the dark fortnight of the month of Kartik. He is the disciple as well as son of Jahnava Thakurani, who led the Gaudiya Vaishnav Sampradaya after the disappearance of Nitai-Gauranga. (Ganga Mata Thakurani, the daughter of Nityānanda and Vasudha, was Birchandra’s younger sister, Her husband name was Madhava Ācārya (aka Madhavananda) and from them comes the Ganga Mata branch of the Nityananda line).

2. Śrīmati Narayani Mata Goswamini (and Birchandra)

2nd Śrīmatī Narayani Mata was the wife of Birchandra Prabhu and dīksā disciple of Jahnava Ma. Birchandra had two wives, Narayani and Śrīmatī Viṣnupriya. Birchandra and Śrīmatī Visnupriya had three sons, Gopijanavallhava, Ramakrishna and Ramacandra, and one daughter Bhuvana Mohini (according to some sources they had three daughters).

3. Śrīmati Govinda Priya Goswamini

3rd Śrī Govinda Priya was the wife of Ramacandra Goswami, the third son of Birchandra & Śrīmatī Viṣnupriya (He is not the same as Ramacandra the adopted son of Jahnava Ma, better known as Ramai Thakur, the author of Ananga Mañjarī Samputika)

4. Śrīmati Kadamba-mala Goswamini

4th Śrī Kadamba-mala Mata was the wife of Radha Madhav, son of Govinda Priya Mata and Ramacandra Goswami.

5. Śrīmati Navakumari Mata

5th Śrīmatī Navakumari Mata was the wife of Rajendra Goswami the son of Kadamba-mala & Radha Madhav.

6. Śrī Kalindi Mata

6th Śrī Kalindi Mata was the wife of Hari Govinda Goswami the son of Navakumari Mata and Rajendra Goswami.

7. Śrī Annapurna Mata

7th Śrī Annapurna Mata was the wife of Sarveśvar Goswami the son of Kalindi Mata and Hari Govinda Goswami.

8. Śrī Taramani Mata

8th Śrī Taramani Mata was the wife of Laxmikanta Goswami the son of Annapurna Mata and Sarveśvar Goswami.

9. Śrī Krishna Kishor Goswami

9th Śrī Krishna Kishor Goswami was the son of Taramani Mata and Laxmikanta Goswami Prabhu.

Śrīmati Kishori Mata

Śrīmati Kishori Mata was the wife of Krishna Kishor Goswami the son of Taramani Mata and Laxmikanta Goswami.

10. Śrī Śarada Sundari Mata

10th Śrī Śarada Sundari Mata was the wife of Alakmohan Goswami son of Kishori Mata and Krishna Kishor Goswami.

11. Prabhupad Śrīla Prangopal Goswami

11th Śrī Prangopal Goswami was the son of Śarada Sundari & Alakmohan Goswami. Prangopal Goswami’s wife was Sarojini Mata (who left the world early when Yadugopal was too young for dīksā).

12. Prabhupad Śrīla Yadugopal Goswami

12th Śrī Yadugopal Goswami was the son of Prangopal Goswami & Sarojini, and Husband of Gita Mata Goswamini. He is the dīksā guru of Prankrishna Baba (He left the world soon after giving young Prankrishna Baba dīksā and Madangopal Goswami became Prankrishna Baba’s main śiksā and Siddha Pranali Guru).

Śrī Gita Mata Goswamini

Śrī Gita Mata Goswamini was the wife of Yadugopal Goswami. She is the grandmother and dīksā guru of Premgopal Goswami.

13. Prabhupad Śrīla Madangopal Goswami

13th Śrī Madangopal Goswami was the son of Yadugopal Goswami. He is the father, śiksā and siddha pranali Guru of Premgopal Goswami, and the śiksā and siddha pranali Guru of Prankrishna Baba.

14. Prabhupad Śrīla Nityagopal Goswami

14th Prabhupad Śrīla Nityagopal Goswami, elder son of Madangopal Goswami and older brother of Premgopal Goswami, married to Soma Devi. He is the father of Govindagopal Goswami (the next in line).

Prabhupada Śrīla Premgopal Goswami

Prabhupada Śrīla Premgopal Goswami, our dīksā Guru, is the dīksā disciple of Gita Mata Goswamini. He is married to Upasana Devi (Respectfully addressed as Guru Ma) and is the father of Alankrita Devi. His father Madangopal Goswami is his śiksā Guru. His śāstra (ācārya) Guru is Nishit Kumar Goswami, considered one of the greatest Vaisnava scholar of his time. (Premgopal Goswami is referred to informally as chota prabhu or chota bhai).

15. Śrī Govindagopal Goswami

15th Śrī Govindagopal Goswami, the 15th generation descendant of Nityananda Prabhu, son of Nityagopal Goswami & Soma Devi (dīksā initiation by his mother, śiksā by Nityagopal & Premgopal Goswamis).

(The mañjarī identities of the Gurus in the guru-pranālī line above are revealed by one’s Guru at the time of receiving one’s siddha-pranālī – mañjarī svarūpa identity, aka ekadasa bhāva).

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