Upadesamrta

The Upadesamrta,[1] or Nectar of Instruction,[2] is an important Gaudiya Vaishnava spiritual text, composed by Rupa Goswami. The Upadesamrta was translated into English in its entirety[3] by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Prabhupada also gives extensive commentaries on each translated verse within the Upadesamrita.

In the Nectar of Instruction, Prabhupada writes "The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is conducted under the supervision of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas, or Bengali Vaiṣṇavas, are mostly followers of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, of whom the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana are direct disciples. Therefore Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung:

rūpa-raghunātha-pade ha-ibe ākuti
kabe hāma bujhaba se yugala-pīriti

'When I am eager to understand the literature given by the Gosvāmīs, then I shall be able to understand the transcendental loving affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.'"[4]

References
  1. Narayana Maharaja, Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta (2003). Sri Upadesamrta: The Ambrosial Advice of Sri Rupa Gosvami (Second Printing August 2003 5,000 Copies ed.). Vrindavana, Uttar Pradesh, India: Gaudiya Vedanta Publications. ISBN 81-86737-09-X.
  2. Prabhupada, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1975). The Nectar of Instruction: An Authorized Enghlish Presentation of Srila Rupa Gosvami's Sri Upadesamrta (PDF) (Second Printing (1976) 100,000 copies ed.). Los Angeles, California, USA: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. ISBN 0-912776-85-4.
  3. Narayana Maharaja, Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta (2003). Sri Upadesamrta: The Ambrosial Advice of Sri Rupa Gosvami (Second Printing August 2003 5,000 Copies ed.). Vrindavana, Uttar Pradesh, India: Gaudiya Vedanta Publications. p. xi. ISBN 81-86737-09-X.
  4. Prabhupada, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1975). The Nectar of Instruction: An Authorized Enghlish Presentation of Srila Rupa Gosvami's Sri Upadesamrta (PDF) (Second Printing (1976) 100,000 copies ed.). Los Angeles, California, USA: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. p. vii. ISBN 0-912776-85-4.


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