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226 Saṁskṛta verses in four chapters of short stories depicting
Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mischievious pranks conducted in various disguises:
1) Meeting in the Box, 2) Meeting in the Disguise of Abhimanyu,
3) Meeting in the Disguise of a Female Doctor, 4) Meeting in the
Disguise of a Female Singer.
4. Prema-sampuṭa : (The Jewel-box of Love) 141 Saṁskṛta
verses narrating the story of Kṛṣṇa coming before Śrī Rādhā
in the disguise of a demigoddess, and Rādhikā’s confidential
confessions of the innermost core of Her selfless love for Him.
5. Vraja-rīti-cintāmaṇi : (The Touchstone of Life in Vraja) 234
Saṁskṛta verses in three chapters describing the holy flora,
fauna,hills, lakes, groves, temples, and towns of the eternal
realm of Vraja.
6. Gaurāṅga-līlāmṛta : (The Nectar of Śrī Gaurāṅga’s Daily
Pastimes) 11 Saṁskṛta verses depicting Śrī Mahāprabhu’s daily
pastimes conducted in eight periods of the day; the descriptions
of the pastimes in each verse are expanded by the extensive
Bengali verses composed by Śrī Viśvanātha’s direct disciple, the
poet Kṛṣṇa dāsa.
7. Caitanya-rasāyana :(The Nectar-Tonic of Śrī Caitanya) A work
that was never finished; the story of it is mentioned in the 13th
chapter of Śrī NarottamaVilāsa by Śrī Narahari Cakravartī, the
son of Viśvanātha’s disciple JagannāthaVipra.
8. Rāga-vartma-candrikā :(A Moonbeam Revealing the Path of
Spontaneous Devotion) 22 Saṁskṛta paragraphs in two chapters
of prose and verse which elaborate on the proper behavior and
attitudes of one following the path of spontaneous devotional
service.
9. Mādhurya-kādambinī :(A Row of Clouds of Sweetness)
8 “showers of nectar” (chapters) of Saṁskṛta prose which
scientifically analyzes the various stages of advancement that
one ascends while on the devotional path.
10. Aiśvarya-kādambinī :(A Row of Clouds of Majesty) A work
mentioned by Viśvanātha in the second chapter of his Mādhurya-
kādambinī. It is different from the work by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyā-
bhūṣaṇa of the same name. The book by Viśvanātha discusses
the philosophy of “Dvaitādvaita-vāda”; However no copy of this
work has ever been found
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