## 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) His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.