Jagat

In my bouncing ball way, I have been working on Gadadhar Pran's Govinda-līlāmṛta over the past few days. It will never be edited the way it should be, but the idea is to just get it out there. So I have put a one month or so time limit on the project. When we get there, that's it. Off it goes to Ras Bihari Lal and Sons. But let's not minimize the work Gadadhar has done here. It is actually quite exceptional. It is chock full of good stuff, as far as Radha Krishna aṣṭa-kālīya līlā is concerned, supplementing Govinda-līlāmṛta with plenty of material from Bhāvanāmṛta-sāra-saṅgraha, Kṛṣṇa-bhāvanāmṛta, Kṛṣṇāhnika-kaumudī , the Guṭikā , Nāndīśvara-candrikā and lots of relevant quotes from Caitanya-caritāmṛta , Narottam Das and Bhaktivinoda Thakur as well, not to mention many, many mahājana-padāvalī . And, I may add, lots of samples of his own svārasikī bhajana . I dare you to find anyone else who has dared... For a taste, I give you this brilliant song by Ramananda Basu,...