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:
- Kṛṣṇa
- Brahmā
- Nārada
- Vyāsa
- Madhva
- Padmanābha
- Nṛhari
- Mādhava
- Akṣobhya
- Jaya Tīrtha
- Jñānasindhu
- Dayānidhi
- Vidyānidhi
- Rājendra
- Jayadharma
- Puruṣottama
- Brahmaṇya Tīrtha
- Vyāsa Tīrtha
- Lakṣmīpati
- Mādhavendra Purī
- Īśvara Purī, (Nityānanda, Advaita)
- Lord Caitanya
- Rūpa, (Svarūpa, Sanātana)
- Raghunātha, Jīva
- Kṛṣṇadāsa
- Narottama
- Viśvanātha
- (Baladeva) Jagannātha
- Bhaktivinoda
- Gaurakiśora
- Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī
- Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupāda