Srila Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura's Madhurya Kadambini

Author: Srila Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura

Translated from: The Hindi edition by Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja

Publisher: Gaudiya Vedanta Publications

Format: Hardback

Pages: 476

This timeless seventeenth-century Sanskrit classic offers an insightful depiction of the stages of spiritual growth, illustrated as the unfolding of a beautiful vine of devotion.

As spiritual practitioners, what do we experience as this vine of devotion blossoms? How do our relationships, attitudes, and actions shape its progress? And how can we measure and cultivate its growth?

Madhurya-kadambini answers these questions, drawing from ancient Vedic verses with exceptional clarity, insight, and grace.

As the vine develops, new leaves appear, enhancing its beauty at every stage and bringing the flower of deep spiritual emotion (bhava) to its full expression, eventually yielding the fruit of ecstatic love for God (prema).

About the Author
Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja dedicated his life to sharing the treasures of bhakti-yoga. He often taught Madhurya-kadambini over weeks, illuminating each stage of spiritual development and inspiring in his listeners a longing for the boundless joy of bhakti, the soul’s true purpose.

Throughout his exemplary 89-year life of devotion, he tirelessly translated major works on bhakti into Hindi, as requested by his guru, Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvama Maharaja. Among these are over a dozen translations of Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura’s profound Sanskrit writings and commentaries.