The opening volume of the Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana series presents the gopīs’ celebrated Song of the Flute, woven together with insights from Śrīdhara Svāmī, Jīva Gosvāmī, Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Through a chapter-by-chapter narrative, the verses unfold in a way that is ideal for both congregational reading and personal meditation.

In this volume, Śivarāma Swami takes us deep into the forests of Vṛndāvana at the time of autumn, when the sound of Kṛṣṇa’s flute awakens the hearts of the gopīs. Their voices rise in wonder, describing how every creature—the rivers, the birds, the cows, the clouds, even the earth herself—becomes enchanted by that song. Moving verse by verse, the book reveals not only the sweetness of the Veṇu-gītā, but also how our ācāryas have cherished it for centuries as a window into the highest moods of devotion. 

Complete with appendices of Sanskrit verses, short biographies of the commentators, and reference notes, this book is both an offering for meditation and a guide for study. It invites readers to hear the gopīs’ voices, to see Vṛndāvana through their eyes, and to savour the first drops of mādhurya-rasa that flow from the Tenth Canto of the Bhāgavatam.

576 pages
Hardbound
Gilt-edged
136x208mm / 5.3x8.2in

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