Guru-parampara
by Srīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura
श्री-कृष्ण-ब्रह्म-देवर्षिबादरायण-संज्ञकान्श्री-मध्व-श्री-पद्मनाभश्रीमन्-नृहरि-माधवान्
अक्षोभ्य-जयतीर्थश्री-ज्ञानसिन्धु-दयानिधीन्
श्री-विद्यानिधि-राजेन्द्रजयधर्मान् क्रमाद् वयम्
पुरुषोत्तम-ब्रह्मण्यव्यासतीर्थांश् च संस्तुमः
ततो लक्ष्मीपतिं श्रीमन्माधवेन्द्रं च भक्तितः
तच्छिष्यान् श्रीश्वराद्वैतनित्यानन्दान् जगद्-गुरून्
देवम् ईश्वर-शिष्यं श्री-चैतन्यं च भजामहे
श्री-कृष्ण-प्रेम-दानेन येन निस्तारितं जगत्
महाप्रभु-स्वरूपश्री-दामोदरः प्रियं करः
रूप-सनातनौ द्वौ च गोस्वामि-प्रवरौ प्रभु
श्री-जीवो रघुनाथश् च रूप-प्रियो महामतिः
तत्-प्रियः कविराजश्री-कृष्णदास-प्रभुर् मतः
तस्य प्रियोत्तमः श्रीलः सेवापरो नरोत्तमः
तद्-अनुगत-भक्तः श्री-विश्वनाथः सद्-उत्तमः
तद्-आसक्तश् च गौडीयवेदान्ताचार्य-भूषणम्
विद्याभूषण-पाद-श्रीबलदेव-सदाश्रयः
वैष्णव-सार्वभौमः श्री-जगन्नाथ-प्रभुस् तथा
श्री-मायापुर-धाम्नस् तु निर्देष्टा सज्जन-प्रियः
शुद्ध-भक्ति-प्रचारस्य मूलीभूत इहोत्तमः
श्री-भक्तिविनोदो देवस् तत् प्रियत्वेन विश्रुतः
तद्-अभिन्न-सुहृद्-वर्यो महा-भागवतोत्तमः
श्री-गौर-किशोरः साक्षाद् वैराग्यं विग्रहाश्रितम्
मायावादि-कुसिद्धान्तध्वान्त-राशि-निरासकः
विशुद्ध-भक्ति-सिद्धान्तैः स्वान्तः पद्म-विकाशकः
देवो’सौ परमो हंसो मत्तः श्री-गौर-कीर्तने
प्रचाराचार-कार्येषु निरन्तरं महोत्सुकः
हरि-प्रिय-जनैर् गम्य ओं विष्णुपाद-पूर्वकः
श्रीपादो भक्तिसिद्धान्त सरस्वती महोदयः
सर्वे ते गौर-वंश्याश् च परमहंस-विग्रहाः
वयं च प्रणता दासास् तद्-उच्छिष्ट-ग्रहाग्रहाः
English Translation of Guru Parampara
We offer our respectful obeisance, in succession, to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, to Brahmā, to the sage Devarṣi Nārada, and to Śrī Bādarāyaṇa Vyāsa;
then to Śrī Madhva, Śrī Padmanābha, Śrī Nṛhari, Śrī Mādhava,
Akṣobhya, Śrī Jayatīrtha, Śrī Jñānasindhu, Śrī Dayānidhi,
Śrī Vidyānidhi, Śrī Rājendra, and Śrī Jayadharma.
Next we glorify Śrī Puruṣottama Tīrtha, Śrī Brahmanya Tīrtha, and Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha;
thereafter, with devotion, Śrī Lakṣmīpati Tīrtha and the greatly revered Śrī Mādhavendra Purī.
We then worship his disciples: Śrī Īśvara Purī, Śrī Advaita Ācārya,
Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, and the spiritual master of the world, Īśvara Purī’s disciple, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu,
by whom the entire universe was delivered through the gift of pure love for Kṛṣṇa.
Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara, the beloved associate of the Lord,
and the two exalted Gosvāmīs, Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Sanātana,
together with Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī and Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, the dearmost of Rūpa and a great thinker;
and Śrī Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja, regarded as most dear to him—
and his foremost beloved follower, Śrī Narottama dāsa, completely devoted to service.
We also praise Śrī Viśvanātha Cakravartī, an excellent devotee following Narottama,
and Śrī Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa, attached to Viśvanātha and a jewel among Gauḍīya Vedānta teachers.
We honor Śrī Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī, the universal master among Vaiṣṇavas,
and the saintly guide to the sacred abode of Śrī Māyāpur.
We glorify Śrī Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, the foremost pioneer of propagating pure devotion,
and well-known as beloved to all devotees.
His intimate and non-different friend, the exalted great devotee Śrī Gaura-kiśora dāsa Bābājī,
who embodied renunciation, who dispelled the dense darkness of impersonalist misconceptions,
and who made the lotus of the heart blossom with the conclusions of pure devotion.
That divine, supreme swan-like saint was always intensely eager to spread the glorification of Śrī Gaura.
He was accessible to those dear to Hari and honored with the title “Viṣṇupāda.”
We offer respects to Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda,
illustrious spiritual master, always engaged in spreading the teachings.
All of these are members of the Gaura-lineage, embodiments of the paramahaṁsa ideal.
And we, their surrendered servants, desire only to accept their remnants.
