[13][14][15]He also played a pivotal role in expanding the reach of the Nimbārka Sampradāya by sending twelve main disciples on missionary journeys across Indian Subcontinent, each establishing their own sub-lineage, some of which continue to thrive today.

[16][17][4] Harivyāsa devāchārya, born into a Gauḍa Brahmin family,[18][13][19] is commemorated annually on the twelfth day of Kartik’s waxing moon.

Following the traditional brāhmaṇical custom, Harivyāsa would have begun his formal studies in Kāśī at the age of eight, completing them by the time he reached twenty-two.

[18] Under him, there were 12 disciples, after whom the 12 dvāra (i.e., branches) of the tradition were established:[21][22] Harivyāsa devāchārya is linked with many extraordinary occurrences, The most renowned of these is his initiation of Durgā in the village of Caṭathāvala, an event famously recounted in the Nābhā dāsa Bhaktamāla chappaya 77.

However, this fact is widely renowned across the world, and great souls sing the glory of Śrī Harivyāsa for this remarkable feat.

Gopinath Kaviraj, noted a manuscript of this work in the Sarasvatī Bhavana library at the Government Sanskrit College, Vārāṇasi.