THE QUESTION IS - DOES CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU BELONG TO MADHVA ACHARJYA'S BRAHMA SAMPRADAYA
THE ANSWER IS - A BIG NO- HOW ?
It is Baladev Bidya Bhushan (the disciple of Biswanath Chakrabory) who for the first time declares that chaitanya mahaprabhu belongs to madhva acharjya's brahma sampradaya. the story goes like this :-
the pujaries (priest) of govinda mandir of Galta near Joypur , Rajasthan belong to chaitanya's gaudiya vaishnabism. it should be mentioned here that during sri rup sanatan sri jib goswami ,the govindadev was offered puja by gaudiya in Brindaban. for the fear of Aurangzeb Govindadev was brought to Galta near the capital of Maharaja Joy Singha.The gaudiya pujaries also went to Galta.Afterward the pandits of Joypur questioned the gaudiya pujaries sampradaya as vaishnab being unsatisfied the pandits got the gaudiyas out of the Govinda Mandir.
In the mean time Biswanath chakraborty who used to live in Brindaban, sent his disciple Baladev Bidya Bhusan in 1706 to get the gaudiya pujaries back in the Govinda Mandir with honour. But the pandits of Joypur were not ready to accept any vaishnab who did not belong to the four sampradaya as mentioned in Padma Purana.Baladeb Bidya Bhusan who wrote ' Govinda Vasya ' defended the gaudiya and defeated the pandit of Joypur by his sheer expertise and proved that Chaitany Mahaprabu's Gaudiya Vaishnabism is nothing but a part of Madhva sampradaya and thus was able to get back the gaudiya pujaries in Govinda Mandir.
It is also found that in Kabikarnapur's ' Gaurganoddasya Dipika' kabikarnapur states that chaitany prabhu belongs to Madhva sampradaya but this sloka does not bear any sloka sankhya ( number). kabikarnapur has given a list of names of guru parampara of madhva sampradaya. It is not known how kabikarnapur collected the names of 15 gurus of far away southern udipi math and secondly the names of guru in the list of kabikarnapur and the list kept in udipi math are different. Baladev bidya bhusan includes Madhabendra puri in his Madhva sampradaya list of guru parampara. It is believed that baladev bidya bhusan has some weakness towards madhva sampradaya because in his early life he was associated with udipi math. Expert opines that the historical accuracy of kabikarnapur's list can easily be challanged.
The lists are as follows :
Gaurganoddesya dipika list and list kept in udipi math
1. Madhvacharjya and 1. Madhva 1040 saka
2. Padmanava and 2. Padmanava 1120 saka
3. Narahari and 3. Narahari 1127 saka
4. Madhava Dwij and 4. Madhava 1136 saka
5. Akhsova and 5. Akhsovya 1159 saka
6. Jayatirtha and 6. Jayatirtha 1177 saka
7. Jyansindhu and 7. Vidyadhiraj 1190 saka
8. Mahanidhi and 8. Kabindra 1255 saka
9. Vidyanidhi and 9. Bagish 1261 saka
10. Rajendra and 10. Ramchandra 1269 saka
11. Jayadharma and 11. Vidyanidhi 1298 saka
12. Purusottam Brahnya and 12. Raghunath 1366 saka
13. Vyas Tirtha and 13. Raghubarsa 1424 saka
14. Laksmipati and 14. Raghuttam 1471 saka
15. Madhabendra and 15. Bedavyastirtha 1517 saka
Now it is clear the names of guru in kabikarnapur's list are not written by kabikarnapur himself. It is also proved from 'Gaurganoddeshya dipika ' and 'chaitanychandrodaya' that chaitanya does not belong to Madhva sampradaya.
Now come to the point of defference between Madhvarjya's vaishnabism and that of chaitanya's.
1. according to madhva the goal of 'sadhan' is 'mukti' whereas according to chaitanya 'mukti bancha kaitab',krishnaprem jiber param sadhya.
2. according to madhva jib and brahma is totally different but according to chaitanya the relation between jib and brahma is ved and aved.
3. acccording to chaitanya ' Radhar prem sadhya siromano' which is just opposit madhva who compares gopi with apsara of swarga which is a crime in the eyes of gaudiya vaishnab.If chaitany were from the madhva sampradaya then he would have never preached greatness of srimati radharani and also swarup damodar sanatan goswami rup goswami jib goswami raghunath das goswami and krishna das kabiraj would not have preached greatness of srimati radha and gopi.madhva was dead against gopi.
4.according to chaitanya sri krishna is param tattva but according to madhva sri vishnu is the highest
5. according to chaitanya sri krishna is purna avatar swayang bhagaban and other avatars are his part. sri krishna only to be upasya but according to madhva all the avatars of sri bhagan are purna avatar and any avatar can be upasya.
6. according to chaitanya sudhya bhakti ( pure devotion) is appropriate but according to madhva it is sakam bhakti ( devotion with wishes)
7. according to chaitanya sri bhagaban accepts seva from santa, dasya, sakhya batsalya and madhur bevotee but according to madhva it is from dasya only.
8. according to chaitanya 'madhurjya pradhan prem bhakti' is right way but according to madhva it is 'aishorjya pradhan'
9. according to chaitanya braja gopies are great in devotion but according to madhva it is brahma.
10. all bhakta irrespective of caste colour etc are authorised to have moksha as chaitanya says but according to madhva it is only higher castes
11. according to chaitany srimad bhagabat is the greatest grantha but according to madhva it is mahabharata.
Finally in the words of Dr Sarbapally Radhakrishnan " Though some of the writers belonging to school call themselves the followers of madhva, in their thaught they are really nearer Ramanuja, since they themselves emphasize identity, even when they admit differences"
Therefore it is concluded that chaitanay does never belong to madhva sampradaya and the contents of 'gaurganoddesya dipika by kabikarnapur' that claims chaitanya as part of madhva school is totally fake and fabricated and most probably later inclusion. the problem is solved in drama 'chaitanya chandraodaya' sloka-6-7 by kabikarnapur.
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