Sri Gita Govinda of Srila Jayadeva Gosvami

Sri Gita Govinda is celebrated as the zenith of all devotional literature, a divine poetic masterpiece composed by Sri Jayadeva Gosvami, a realized Vrajavasi and exalted devotee of Sri Radha Krishna. This sacred text reveals the heart-melting madhurya-rasa (conjugal mellow) in its purest and most intimate form—the eternal loving pastimes of Radha and Krishna in Vraja.
Presented in this edition with illuminating commentary by Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, this volume not only opens the gateway to Goloka Vrindavana’s confidential moods, but also fulfills the heart’s longing for divine beauty and rasa. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the combined form of Radha and Krishna, Himself relished the Gita Govinda with deep absorption, and through His mercy, it has now reached the fortunate souls of Kali-yuga.
At the heart of this book lies a transcendental therapy: each Ashtapadi concludes with Jayadeva Gosvami’s assurance that these verses are the remedy for hrid-roga—the disease of lust that plagues the conditioned heart. Far from mundane romanticism, the Gita Govinda is divine medicine that transforms kama into prema.