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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 12]
TRANSLATION
When he heard this sound and felt the touch of the Lord, Gopāla immediately got up, and all the Vaiṣṇavas chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra in jubilation.
TEXT 27
আচার্যের আর পুত্র — শ্রীবলরাম ।
আর পুত্র — ‘স্বরূপ’-শাখা, ‘জগদ্বীপ’ নাম ॥ ২৭ ॥
ācāryera āra putra  — śrī-balarāma
āra putra  — ‘svarūpa’-śākhā, ‘jagadīśa’ nāma
SYNONYMS
ācāryera —of Śrīla Advaita Ācārya;  āra —another;  putra —son;  śrī-balarāma —of the name Śrī Balarāma;  āra putra —another son;  svarūpa —of the name Svarūpa;  śākhā —branch;  jagadīśa nāma —of the name Jagadīśa.
TRANSLATION
The other sons of Advaita Ācārya were Śrī Balarāma, Svarūpa and Jagadīśa.
PURPORT
The Sanskrit book  Advaita-carita  states that Balarāma, Svarūpa and Jagadīśa were the fourth, fifth and sixth sons of Advaita Ācārya. Therefore Śrī Advaita Ācārya had six sons. Balarāma, Svarūpa and Jagadīśa, being  smārtas  or Māyāvādīs, were rejected by Vaiṣṇava society. Sometimes Māyāvādīs pose themselves as Vaiṣṇavas, or worshipers of Lord Viṣṇu, but actually they do not believe in Lord Viṣṇu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for they consider demigods like Lord Śiva, Durgā, the sun-god and Gaṇeśa equal to Him. They are generally known as  pañcopāsaka-smārtas , and one should not count them among the Vaiṣṇavas.
Balarāma had three wives and nine sons. The youngest son of his first wife was known as Madhusūdana Gosvāmī. He took the title Bhaṭṭācārya and accepted the path of the  smārta  or Māyāvāda philosophy. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura notes that the son of Gosvāmī Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Rādhāramaṇa Gosvāmī Bhaṭṭācārya, refused the title  gosvāmī  because it is generally meant for  sannyāsīs , those who have taken the renounced order of life. One who is still in family life should not misuse the title  gosvāmī . Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura did not recognize the caste  gosvāmīs  because they were not in the line of the six Gosvāmīs in the renounced order who were direct disciples of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu—namely, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrīla Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha Gosvāmī, Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī and Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura said that the  gṛhasthāśrama , or the status of family life, is a sort of concession for sense gratification. Therefore a  gṛhastha  should not falsely adopt the title  gosvāmī . The ISKCON movement has never conferred the