Chapter Six: The Rasika Lineage of Rama Worship
—21. Sri Raghavananda; 22. Sri Ramananda Svami; 23. Sri Surasurananda; 24. Sri Madhavananda; 25. Sri Garivananda; 26. Sri Lakshmidas; 27. Sri Gopaladas; 28. Sri Naraharidas; 29. Sri Kevalaram Kuva; 30. Sri Damodaradas; 31. Sri Hridayaram; 32. Sri Kriparam; 33. Sri Ratnadas; 34. Sri Nripatidas; 35. Sri Shankaradas; 36. Sri Jivaram, also called Yugalapriya Sharan; 37. Sri Yugalananyasharan; 38. Sri Janakivar Sharan; 39. Sri Ramavallabhasharan; and 40. Sri Kantasharan.
Sri Rupakala—Sri Sitaramsharan Bhagavan Prasad—gives his lineage in the Bhakti-sudhā-svāda-tilaka commentary on the Bhaktamāla:
- Sri Sitaram
- Sri Hanumanta
- Sri Raghavanandacharya Svami
- Sri Bhagavan Ramananda
- Sri Bhagavan Ramananda
- Sri Surasurananda
- Sri Baliyananda
- Sri Seuriya Svami
- Sri Biharidas
- Sri Ramadas
- Sri Vinodananda
- Sri Dharanidas
- Sri Karunanidhana
- Sri Keval Ram
- Sri Ramprasadidas
- Sri Ramasevakadas of Parasa
- Svami Ramcharanadas “Karunasindhu”
- Sri Sitaramsharan Bhagavan Prasad.
The fourth and fifth entries are both Bhagavan Ramananda. It is difficult to determine whether these are two people or whether one name was accidentally repeated. In any case, the guru-lineages supplied by Rupakala and Premlata introduce nearly all the Rama worshippers of the Rasika Sampradaya.
One major current of this rasa discipline nevertheless remains unaccounted for, and its lineage is essential: the Galavashrama, or Galta Gaddi, tradition of Jaipur. The Rasika Sampradaya maintains that Ramananda worshipped in this disposition and that the fifty-two gurus before him also cherished the sweet discipline. It therefore begins its lineage with Hanuman, whose name in the sweet disposition is Charushila. One further point should be noted—