Å›rÄ«nÄtha cakravartÄ«, Ära uddhava dÄsa
jitÄmitra, kÄṣṭhakÄá¹­Ä-jagannÄtha-dÄsa

 Å›rÄ«nÄtha cakravartÄ« - ÅšrÄ«nÄtha CakravartÄ«; Ära - and; uddhava dÄsa - Uddhava dÄsa; jitÄmitra - JitÄmitra; kÄṣṭhakÄá¹­Ä jagannÄtha-dÄsa - KÄṣṭhakÄá¹­Ä JagannÄtha dÄsa.


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The fifteenth branch was ÅšrÄ«nÄtha CakravartÄ«; the sixteenth, Uddhava; the seventeenth, JitÄmitra; and the eighteenth, JagannÄtha dÄsa.

Purport

ÅšrÄ«la BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ« ṬhÄkura writes in his AnubhÄá¹£ya, “The ÅšÄkhÄ-nirṇaya, verse 13, mentions ÅšrÄ«nÄtha CakravartÄ« as a reservoir of all good qualities and an expert in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Similarly, verse 35 mentions Uddhava dÄsa as being greatly qualified in distributing love of Godhead to everyone. The Gaura-gaṇoddeÅ›a-dÄ«pikÄ (202) mentions JitÄmitra as the gopÄ« named ÅšyÄma-mañjarÄ«. JitÄmitra wrote a book entitled Kṛṣṇa-mÄyurya. JagannÄtha dÄsa was a resident of Vikramapura, near Dacca. His birthplace was the village known as KÄṣṭhakÄá¹­Ä or KÄá¹­hÄdiyÄ. His descendants now reside in villages known as Ä€á¸iyala, KÄmÄrapÄá¸Ä and PÄikapÄá¸Ä. He established a temple of YaÅ›omÄdhava. The worshipers in this temple are the GosvÄmÄ«s of Ä€á¸iyala. As one of the sixty-four sakhÄ«s, he was formerly an assistant of CitrÄdevÄ«-gopÄ« named TilakinÄ«. The following is a list of his descendants: RÄmaná¹›siá¹ha, RÄmagopÄla, RÄmacandra, SanÄtana, MuktÄrÄma, GopÄ«nÄtha, Goloka, Harimohana Åširomaṇi, RÄkhÄlarÄja, MÄdhava and Laká¹£mÄ«kÄnta. The ÅšÄkhÄ-nirṇaya mentions that JagannÄtha dÄsa preached the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement in the district or state of Tripura.â€