PAGINA'S

Archive: Meditation and Yoga Books #12

The "Sri Govinda Lilamrta" of Krsnadasa Kaviraja is a beautiful example of meditative prose.
It was composed in the late 16th century and is popular among mystic yogis in the Bhagavata tradition, particularly those who also study Kaviraja's other work, the Caitanya Caritamrta.

The Lilamrta is a continuous meditation, its subject being a perpetually rotating nychthemeron that is again divided into 8 parts (asthakala).
After finishing the last chapter of the book, the meditative reader returns to the first chapter again and repeats the cycle (etcetera).

The Sanskrit to English translation below is by Advaita Dasa, and was published in 2000 by Ras Bihari Lal & Sons, Vrindaban India.

Sri Govinda Lilamrta of Krsnadasa Kaviraja