THE DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION
Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ (Bhagavad-gītā 4.2). This Bhagavad-gītā As It Is is received through this disciplic succession:
- 1. Kṛṣṇa
- 2. Brahmā
- 3. Nārada
- 4. Vyāsa
- 5. Madhva
- 6. Padmanābha
- 7. Nṛhari
- 8. Mādhava
- 9. Akṣobhya
- 10. Jaya Tīrtha
- 11. Jñānasindhu
- 12. Dayānidhi
- 13. Vidyānidhi
- 14. Rājendra
- 15. Jayadharma
- 16. Puruṣottama
- 17. Brahmaṇya Tīrtha
- 18. Vyāsa Tīrtha
- 19. Lakṣmīpati
- 20. Mādhavendra Purī
- 21. Īśvara Purī, (Nityānanda, Advaita)
- 22. Lord Caitanya
- 23. Rūpa, (Svarūpa, Sanātana)
- 24. Raghunātha, Jīva
- 25. Kṛṣṇadāsa
- 26. Narottama
- 27. Viśvanātha
- 28. (Baladeva) Jagannātha
- 29. Bhaktivinoda
- 30. Gaurakiśora
- 31. Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī
- 32. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda