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The actual meaning of Prabhupada: Literally the word Prabhupada can be divided into two parts. One part is ʻ Prabhu'; which means ʻLordʼ. The second part is 'Padaʼ; which means ʻFeetʼ. In order to honor the Lordʼs Feet, an ornamental word, ʻLotusʼ is used to glorify His Feet. In the Vaisnava cultural tradition, devotees use Lotus-Feet to describe the feet of their Lord. Groups of different faiths use the word Prabhu, to refer to their object of faith. Amongst Gaudiya Vaisnva devotees, the use of Prabhu is to indicate to Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who was born in 1486 at Mayapur, Nadia, West Bengal, India. He was known by different names: Nimai, Vishambhar, Gauranga etc. Amongst the Gaudiya Vaisnava devotees the belief is that He is an incarnation of Krishna. In this age of quarrel, hypocrisy, ignorance and darkness which we together call the Kali-Yuga; Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, took a vow of renunciation in order to teach people how to surrender to the Lotus feet of Krishna and get His Divine love in the Kali-Yuga. This vow of renunciation is called Tridandi-Sanyas). Here Tridandi means Three and refers to body, mind and speech. Sanyas means one who is fully removed from material attachments and fully surrendered in body, mind and speech for the services of the Divine Couple, Sri Sri Radha Krishna. After taking Sanyas, Nimai or Vishanbhar as he was known, was named Sri Krishna Chaitanya. Gaudiya Vaisnava devotees, use another ornamental word ʻMahaprabhuʼ after His name to glorify Him. ʻMahaʼ means great. In order to respect the Sanyas name of their Lord, He was called Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Lord Ram Chandra is the incarnation of honor (MarjyadaPurushottam). Lord Krishna is the incarnation of pastimes (LilaPurushottam). For Gaudiya Vaisnavas ,Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the incarnation of Divine Love (Prema Purushottam). The Gaudiya Vaisnavaʼs object of faith is Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. For Gaudiya Vaisnava devotees, the addition of the word Prabhupada glorifies the Lotus Feet of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The inner meaning of Prabhupada for Gaudiya Vaisnava devotees exemplifies the manner in which the loving message of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is carried. Another meaning of the word, Prabhupada refers to one who is fully surrendered for spreading the loving message of Mahaprabhu with integrity. Devotees of Gaudiya Vaisnavism accept their Spiritual Master, as one who carries in an exemplary manner the loving message of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore, inmost branches of the lineage devotees use the word, Prabhupada, with the name of their Spiritual Master as follows: 1.His Divine Grace Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhupada. 2. His Divine Grace Srila Sanatana Goswami Prabhupada. 3. His Divine Grace Srila Srijiva Goswami Prabhupada. 4. His Divine Grace Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami Prabhupada. 5. His Divine Grace Srila Gopala Bhatta Goswami Prabhupada. 6. His Divine Grace Srila Raghunatha Das Goswami Prabhupada. 7. His Divine Grace Srila Lokanatha Das Goswami Prabhupada. 8. His Divine Grace Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami Prabhupada. 9. His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur Prabhupada. 10. His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupada etc. According to the history of one of the branches of the Gaudiya Vaisnava lineage, the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya-SaraswataSampradaya, most of the members out of humility, and in order to offer sound respect for their Spiritual Master, His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupada, decided not to use the title Prabhupada with their names. In light of the above discussion, it is true that all pure devotees who carry the loving message of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu with integrity in the Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition, are eligible to use the title ʻPrabhupadaʼ with their names. In support of the above discussion it is noted that all over the world there are many Gaudiya Vaisnava cultural institutions with different names and branches, each having different founder presidents that they are not using the title, Prabhupada with their names as follows: 1. Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math; Founder President - His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Goswami Maharaj. 2. Sri Chaitany Gaudiya Math; Founder President – His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaj. 3. Sri Chaitanya Saraswati Math; Founder President – His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhar Deva Goswami Maharaj. 4. Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission; Founder President – His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Goswami Maharaj. 5. Sri Krishna Chaitanya Math; Founder President – His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Goswami Maharaj. 6. Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samity ; Founder President – His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Goswami Maharaj. 7. Sri Gaudiya Math; Presidents are: 8. – His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj. 9. – His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Kevala Ourolumi Goswami Maharaj. 10. – His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Srirup Bhagwata Goswami Maharaj. 11. – His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Hridaya Bon Goswami Maharaj. 12. – His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Vivek Bharati Goswami Maharaj. 13. – His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Srirup Siddhanti Goswami Maharaj. 14. – His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Mayukh Bhagwata Goswami Maharaj. 15. – His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Vilash Tirtha Goswami Maharaj. Etc. All of the above members, are disciples of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupada. However one of His disciples is the Founder Acharya of ISKCON - International Society For Krishna Consciousness, His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Vedanta Swami Maharaj. His disciple use the title, Prabhupada for him. This is an exceptional and special case.