All glory to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga The Search For Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Reality The Beautiful
Through His Holy Name, transcendental sound preached and practised by Śrī Chaitanyadev,
who is none other than Rādhā and Govinda combined—and propagated by
Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Saraswatī Ṭhākur
His Divine Grace
Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj
Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh
līlā premṇā priyādhikyaṁ mādhuryaṁ veṇu-rūpayoḥ
ity asādhāraṇaṁ proktaṁ govindasya chatuṣṭayam
(Śrī Chaitanya-charitāmṛta: Madhya-līlā, 23.84)
“Kṛṣṇa has four superexcellent qualities: His wonderful Pastimes, His wonderful associates like the gopīs who are very dear to Him, His sweet beauty, and the sweet vibration of His flute.”
© 1989 Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh
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The Successor President-Acharya
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
Kolerganj, Nabadwip, Nadia
West Bengal, India
First Printing in 1983: 5,000 copies
By Guardian of Devotion Press
Second Printing 1983: 5,000 copies
Third Printing 1986: 3,000 copies
Fourth Printing 1988: 5,000 copies
Fifth Printing 2000: 2,500 copies
By Ananta Printing & Publishing
Special thanks to the following devotees for their help with the second edition:
Swāmī B.P. Janārdan, Swāmī B. C. Parvat, Nabadwīp Prabhu, Sarvabhāvana Prabhu, Ananta Kṛṣṇa Prabhu, Tilak Devī Dāsī, Dayāl Dulāl Prabhu