Premgopal Goswami’s Nityananda Vamśa & Parivar Lines

Premgopal Goswami’s Nityananda Vamśa & Parivar Lines

Śrī Krishna Caitanya is both Śrī Rādhā & Śrī Krishna in Krishna lila. (Śrī Rādhā is the complexion of nava gauracana, She wears a nilambara (blue) outfit, and She is 14 years, 2 months & 15 days. Her character is vamya madhya and Her bhava is ujjvala prem. Śrī Krishna is the complexion of indivara (Indigo), He wears a pitambara (yellow) dress and is 15 years, 9 months & 7 days. His character is dhira lalita (the care free, expert lover who is controlled by the love of His consort) and His bhava is ujjvala prem).

Nityananda Prabhu and Jahnava Ma are both Ananga Mañjarī in Krishna lila (12 yrs, 6 months, 15 days). They are the origin of our dīkṣā line (aka Nityananda Parivar). Jahnava Ma is the head of the whole Gaudiya Vaiṣnava sampradaya. Ananga Mañjarī is the head of our guru mañjarī line. Nityananda and Vasudha are the origin of the Nityananda blood line (aka Nityananda Vamśa). The bloodline descends through the father, the dīkṣā line through the wife of the Guru (‘Guru Ma’). Our line is a matriarchal one and dīkṣā is usually given by the wife of the Guru (unless the wife dies early when the child is too young to receive dīkṣā, in which case the father may give dīkṣā). 

Bīracandra Prabhu is the son of Nityananda and Vasudha and the adopted son of Jahnava Ma. He is a second manifestation of Mahaprabhu as well as a manifestation of Kṣīrodakśāyī Viṣnu. He appeared during Kartik on the day of Radha Kunda aṣṭamī (aka Bahulāṣṭamī). He is the disciple and adopted son of Jahnava Thakurani, who was the Gaudiya Vaiṣnava Ācārya after the disappearance of Nitai-Gauranga. (Biracandra has one sister, Ganga Mata Goswamini, the daughter of Nitai and Vasudha. Her husband name was Madhava Ācārya (aka Madhavananda) and from them started the Ganga Mata line). 

1st Śrī Jahnava Thakurani (dīkṣā line) & Śrī Vasudha Mata (blood line) [the numbers refer to the blood line generations, not to the dīkṣā line].

2nd Śrī Narayani Mata Goswamini is the wife of Biracandra Prabhu and dīkṣā disciple of Jahnava Ma. Biracandra had two wives, Narayani and Śrīmatī. Biracandra and Śrīmatī had three sons, Gopijanavallhava, Ramacandra, and Ramakrishna, and one daughter Bhuvana Mohini . 

3rd Śrī Govinda Priya Goswamini was the wife of Ramacandra Goswami, the second son of Biracandra & Śrīmatī. 

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

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

6. Śrī Kalindi Mata Goswamini was the wife of Harigovinda Goswami the son of Rajendra & Navakumari.

7. Śrī Annapurna Mata was the wife of Sarveśvar Goswami the son of Harigovinda & Kalindi.

8. Śrī Taramani Mata was the wife of Laxmikanta Goswami the son of Sarveṣvar & Anapurna.

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

9. Śrī Kishori Mata was the wife of Krishna Kishor Goswami son of Lakxmikanta & Tamarani 

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

11. Śrī Prangopal Goswami was the son of Śarada Sundari & Alakmohan. His wife was Sarojini Mata Goswamini (who left the world early when Yadugopal was too young for dīkṣā).

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

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

13. Śrī Madangopal Goswami was the son of Yadugopal Goswami and Gita Mata. He is the father, śikṣā and siddha pranali Guru of Premgopal Goswami, and the śikṣā and siddha pranali Guru of Prankrishna Baba. (Informally addressed as boro baba)

14. Prabhupad Śrīla Nityagopal Goswami, elder son of Madangopal Goswami and brother of Premgopal Goswami, married to Soma Devi. He is the father of Govindagopal Goswami. (Nityagopal Goswami is referred to informally as boro prabhu or boro bhai)

14. Prabhupada Śrīla Premgopal Goswami, our dīkṣā Guru. He is married to Upasana Devi (Respectfully addressed as Guru Ma) and is the father of Alankrita Devi. His father Madangopal Goswami was his śikṣā Guru. His śāstra Guru is Niṣit Kumar Goswami, considered one of the greatest living Vaiṣnava scholars today. (Premgopal Goswami is referred to informally as chota prabhu or chota bhai)

15. Śrī Govindagopal Goswami, the 15th generation descendent of Nityananda Prabhu, son of Nityagopal & Soma Devi (dīkṣā initiation by his mother, śikṣā by Premgopal Goswami).

(The mañjarī identities of our guru-praṇālī line are revealed at the time of receiving siddha-praṇālī - mañjarī svarūpa identity, aka ekadaṣa bhāva).