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. A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda