Sri Upadesamrta (pdf) 1.08

The Ambrosial Advice of Rupa Gosvami, Gauranga Mahaprabhu Seeing the dense grove of trees lining the shore of the blue ocean and the tall sand dunes, remembrance of Govardhana Hill, and the Yamuna River, the place of Krsna Pastimes, with the many beautiful gardens and groves, kunjas, situated on her banks suddenly sprang up inside Him. Then He began bitterly weeping in separation from Krsna. When after some time His excitement subsided and He became peaceful, He gave the assembled devotees some instructions in a soft and sweet voice. Those instructions comprise the verses of this Sri Upadesamrta. This unprecedented edition contains commentaries by Radha ramana dasa Gosvami, Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada. Translated from the Hindi edition of Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja, Sri Upadesamrta gives instructions indispensable for practitioners, sadhakas, devotees, of the devotional path, bhakti. Without following these instructions, entering the realm of pure devotion and especially following the intricate and elevated path of spontaneous devotion, raganuga bhakti, is not only difficult, but impossible.