Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhajanāmṛtam with the Āsvāda-vistāriṇī Bhāṣya
(‘The commentary that expands transcendental relish’)
(Translated by Swami B.V. Giri)
The book ‘Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhajanāmṛtam’ by Śrīla Narahari Sarakāra Thākura, the associate of Mahāprabhu, deals with various controversies, and in particular the guru-disciple relationship. In 1899, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura published this work along with his Āsvāda-vistāriṇī Bhāṣya (‘The commentary that expands transcendental relish’) in Bengali in Sajjana Toṣaṇī, Vol. 11 Issues 1-4. The Ṭhākura’s commentary is an expanded translation of Narahari’s work. During the time of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, the Bhajanāmṛtam was a very rare book, and he searched in various places to find a copy. The text that came to him has several grammatical mistakes in the Sanskrit. There are other versions of Kṛṣṇa Bhajanāmṛtam, with a number of extra paragraphs, however, we have translated the version used by Bhaktivinoda.
On 18th August 2012, on the occasion of his Vyāsa Pūjā, Śrīla Bhakti Gaurava Narasiṅgha Mahārāja announced to the devotees that he had a strong desire to create a website called “Bhaktivinoda Institute” in honour of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and his teachings in order to preserve and propagate them. 
