11.8
sri-virabhadra gosani--skandha-mahasakha
tanra upasakha yata, asankhya tara lekha
SYNONYMS
sri-virabhadra gosani—of the name Sri Virabhadra Gosani; skandha—of the trunk; maha-sakha—the biggest branch; tanra—his; upasakha—subbranches; yata—all; asankhya—innumerable; tara—of that; lekha—the description.
After Nityananda Prabhu, the greatest branch is Virabhadra Gosani, who also has innumerable branches and subbranches.
It is not possible to describe them all.
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura describes Virabhadra Gosani as the direct son of Srila Nityananda Prabhu and a disciple of Jahnava-devi.
His real mother was Vasudha.
In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 67, he is mentioned as an incarnation of Ksirodakasayi Visnu.
Therefore Virabhadra Gosani is nondifferent from Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
In a village of the name Jhamatapura, in the district of Hugali, Virabhadra Gosani had a disciple named Yadunathacarya, who had two daughters-a real daughter named Srimati and a foster daughter named Narayani.
Both these daughters married, and they are mentioned in Bhakti-ratnakara (Thirteenth Wave).
Virabhadra Gosani had three disciples who are celebrated as his sons-Gopijana-vallabha, Ramakrsna and Ramacandra.
The youngest, Ramacandra, belonged to the Sandilya dynasty and had the surname Vatavyala.
He established his family at Khadadaha, and its members are known as the gosvamis of Khadadaha.
The eldest disciple, Gopijana-vallabha, was a resident of a village known as Lata, near the Manakara railway station in the district of Burdwan.
The second, Ramakrsna, lived near Maladaha, in a village named Gayesapura.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura notes that since these three disciples belonged to different gotras, or dynasties, and also had different surnames and lived in different places, it is not possible to accept them as real sons of Virabhadra Gosani.
Ramacandra had four sons, of whom the eldest was Radhamadhava, whose third son was named Yadavendra.
Yadavendra’s son was Nandakisora, his son was Nidhikrsna, his son was Caitanyacanda, his son was Krsnamohana, his son was Jaganmohana, his son was Vrajanatha, and his son was Syamalala Gosvami.
This is the genealogical table given by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura for the descendants of Virabhadra Gosani.