Gauranga Lila Smarana Mangala Stotram

Written in 1896, these 104 Sanskrit verses by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura are a summary of the pastimes and teachings of Śrī Caitanya, composed at the request of devotees who wished to chant something in glorification of Mahāprabhu. As an introduction, Bhaktivinoda included his famous 47-page English essay Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu — His Life and Precepts, which summarises the contents of the Sanskrit verses. Accompanying the verses is a Sanskrit commentary entitled Vikāśinī Ṭīkā (“Illuminating Commentary”) by the renowned scholar of Navadvīpa, Śrī Śitikaṇṭha Vācaspati. Bhaktivinoda sent this book to a number of scholars and universities in the West, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oxford University, Munich University, and McGill University in Montreal.