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It is our great pleasure and privilege to present this unprecedented harikatha about Radha-dasyam by Prabhupada Srila Premgopal Goswami. We hope that by making such nectar available to a wider readership among devotees we may invoke the blessings of Sri Guru. We apologize for any mistakes and shortcomings in this presentation. Our humble prayer is that it may invoke transcendental greed in the hearts of our readers to delve into the nectar ocean of Radha-dasyam and cultivate the precious mood of Srimati Radhika’s maidservants.

Nityananda Vamsa Vistar is about the expansion of Nityananda’s family lineage and about the propagation of Mahaprabhu’s Sanskirtan mission in the world. It is partially about Sri Nityananda and His consorts, Sri Vasudha Devi and Sri Jahnava Ma, but mainly about Sri Birancandra Prabhu (aka Virabhadra). Below is Krishna das Kaviraja’s description of Sri Biracandra Prabhu in Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Adi lila, 11th Capter, ‘The Expansions of Lord Nityananda’ with the commentary of Prangopal Goswami, the great Vaisnava Acarya (as well as the great grandfather and paramesthi Guru of premgopal Goswami under whose guidance this edition was compiled.

Prangopal Goswami is the 11th direct descendant of Nityananda Prabhu. He is the great grandfather of Premgopal Goswami. He was a prominent leader of the Vaisnava community at the turn of the 20th century. His contributions to the Vaisnava tradition includes publishing many books, reviving the lila kirtan tradition, organising the first cleansing of Radha Kund in modern times, and much more. His legacy continues today through the books and the preaching efforts of Premgopal Goswami.

Prabhupada Premgopal Goswami of the Nityananda vamsha was born in 1972 in Nabadwip, a great Vaisnava in a family of great Vaisnavas, and the 14th generation direct descendent of Lord Nityananda. A highly talented and lovely person, he is supremely skilled in the Vedic and Vaishnava scriptures. He is a beautifully compelling speaker, and his realizations empower him to give those in his presence a real taste of the bliss of Bhakti. He spends his life traveling and generously sharing this with his many fortunate devotees. He sings and plays like an angel. All who come into his presence are divinely blessed.