The invention of Bhagavat-parampara

Every practitioner of the Ragānuga-bhakti path must receive from his guru,
in the initiation ceremony called siddha praṇālī, among others,
the guru praṇālī, that is, the disciplic chain of spiritual masters,
through whose mercy the practitioner is taken from guru to guru in Gaura-līlā and Kṛṣna-līlā .

In Gaura-līlā the practitioner meets Gaura Nagara and his associates in the spiritual Navadvipa.
These gurus also have spiritual forms of Gopīs in Kṛṣna-līlā in Vrindavan,
and they take the practitioner to Kṛṣna-līlā .

Without this disciplic chain of spiritual masters, practicing on Ragānuga-bhakti path,
according to the raganuga bhakti manuals written by Gaura's intimate associate Gopal-Guru Goswami and his disciple Dhyanacandra Pandit, has no chance of success.

This is the meaning of Unbroken Disciplic Chain (Guru Parampara) in Gaudiya Vaișnavism.

Since Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati "Prabupad", the founder of Gaudiya-Mat
and Guru of Bhaktivedanta Swami "Prabhupad" (ISKCON founder) did not receive such initiation from Gaura-kișor das Bābāji,
from whom he claimed to have taken spiritual initiation in a dream
when asked by Siddha Șri Ramakrișna das Pandit Baba
why he grants spiritual initiation when he himself has no such initiation,
he rejected the notion of Guru Parampara and replaced it with his own invention Bhagavat-Parampara.

According to this he invented a random line of gurus which he called the line of guidance
and invented the preaching-bhakti as goal of life.

1. The first on the list was put  his own father Bhaktivinod Thakur, considering that he would have followed his guidance, which is not true if we consider his teachings on Ragānuga-bhakti.

2. The second was Jagannath das Bābāji, Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati considering that he had given guidance to Bhaktivinod Thakur, although Bhaktivinod Thakur's guru was Vipin Bihari Gosvami.

3. The third was Baladev Vidya-Bhușan who lived 150 years earlier than Jagannath das Bābāji , not being the one who would have guided him where even the 'line of guidance' is broken.

4. The fourth was Vișvanath Cakravarti, Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati considering that he would have given guidance to Baladev Vidya-bhușan, although Baladev Vidya-bhușan's guru was Radha-Damodara Gosvāmī.

5. The fifth was Narottama Das Ṭhākura, Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati considering that he would have given guidance to Vishvanath Ceakravarti, although Vishvanath Ceakravarti's guru was Radha-Ramana Cakravarti; he never met his so-called śikṣa guru Narottam (there is a difference of a century between them, and so the so-called "line of guidance" is again broken).

6. Sixth on the list is Raghunath das Gosvāmī, Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati considering that he would have given guidance to Narottama Das Thakur, although Narottama Das Thakura's guru is Lokanath Gosvāmī.

7. The seventh is Jīva Gosvāmī, Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati considering that he would have given guidance to Raghunath das Gosvami, although Raghunath das Gosvami's guru is Yadunandana Ācārya.

8. The eighth is Rūpa Gosvāmī, who was indeed the guru of Jīva Gosvāmī  (first match)

9. Ninth on the list is Sanātana Gosvāmī, who was indeed Rūpa Gosvāmī 's guru.

There are many authentic disciplic lines of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, but the one invented by Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati, is obviously a false one.

The invention of the so-called Bhagavat-parampara was a consequence of the abandonment of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition and the negation of Rāgānuga Bhakti Sadhana by inventing Rāgānuga Bhakti as spontaneous bhakti, whereas Śrī Caitanya has come precisely to give this new type of Sadhana bhakti, see
The reason of coming of Śrī Caitanya 

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