Sri Vidagdha Madhava

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Act 1 - 7: i. Venu-nada-vilasa (pastimes of flute music). ii. Manmatha-lekha (The love letter). iii. Radha-sanga (The meeting with Radha). iv. Venu-harana (Theft of the flute). v. Radha-prasadana (decorating Radha). vi. Sarad-vihara (Autumn pastimes). vii. Gauri-Tirtha-Vihara. (Pastimes at Gauri-tirtha). Epilogue.

"The Vidagdha-Madhava is a drama of Lord Krsna\'s pastimes in Vrndavana. Srila Rupa Gosvami finished this book in the year 1454 Sakabda (A.D. 1532).

The first part of this drama is called Venu-Nada-Vilasa, the second part Manmathalekha, the third part Radha-sanga, the fourth part Venu-harana, the fifth part Radha-prasadana, the sixth part Saradvihara, and the seventh and last part Gauri-vihara.

One day while Rupa Gosvami was writing Vidagdha-Madhava, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu suddenly appeared. The lord inquired, "What kind of book are you writing?" He held up a palm leaf that was a page of the manuscript, and when he saw the fine handwriting, his mind was very pleased. Thus being pleased, the Lord praised the writing by saying, "The handwriting of Rupa Gosvami is just like rows of pearls." (jacket)