Srila Jiva Gosvami composed and edited at least twenty-five books

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Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī composed and edited at least twenty-five books. They are all very much celebrated.

CC Adi 10.85, Purport: In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (195) it is said that Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī was formerly Vilāsa-mañjarī gopī. From his very childhood Jīva Gosvāmī was greatly fond of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. He later came to Navadvīpa to study Sanskrit, and, following in the footsteps of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, he circumambulated the entire Navadvīpa-dhāma. After visiting Navadvīpa-dhāma he went to Benares to study Sanskrit under Madhusūdana Vācaspati, and after finishing his studies in Benares he went to Vṛndāvana and took shelter of his uncles, Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana. This is described in the Bhakti-ratnākara. As far as our information goes, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī composed and edited at least twenty-five books. They are all very much celebrated, and they are listed as follows:

(1) Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa;

(2) Sūtra-mālikā;

(3) Dhātu-saṅgraha;

(4) Kṛṣṇārcā-dīpikā;

(5) Gopāla-virudāvalī;

(6) Rasāmṛta-śeṣa;

(7) Śrī Mādhava-mahotsava;

(8) Śrī Saṅkalpa-kalpavṛkṣa;

(9) Bhāvārtha-sūcaka-campū;

(10) Gopāla-tāpanī-ṭīkā;

(11) a commentary on the Brahma-saṁhitā;

(12) a commentary on the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu;

(13) a commentary on the Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi;

(14) a commentary on the Yogasāra-stava;

(15) a commentary on the Gāyatrī-mantra, as described in the Agni Purāṇa;

(16) a description of the Lord’s lotus feet derived from the Padma Purāṇa;

(17) a description of the lotus feet of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī;

(18) Gopāla-campū (in two parts) and

(19–25) seven sandarbhas: the Krama-, Tattva-, Bhagavat-, Paramātma-, Kṛṣṇa-, Bhakti- and Prīti-sandarbha.

After the disappearance of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī in Vṛndāvana, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī became the ācārya of all the Vaiṣṇavas in Bengal, Orissa and the rest of the world, and it is he who used to guide them in their devotional service. In Vṛndāvana he established the Rādhā-Dāmodara temple, where, after retirement, we had the opportunity to live from 1962 until 1965, when we decided to come to the United States of America. When Jīva Gosvāmī was still present, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī compiled his famous Caitanya-caritāmṛta. Later, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī inspired Śrīnivāsa Ācārya, Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura and Duḥkhī Kṛṣṇadāsa to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness in Bengal. Jīva Gosvāmī was informed that all the manuscripts that had been collected from Vṛndāvana and sent to Bengal for preaching purposes were plundered near Viṣṇupura, in Bengal, but later he received the information that the books had been recovered. Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī awarded the designation Kavirāja to Rāmacandra Sena, a disciple of Śrīnivāsa Ācārya’s, and to Rāmacandra’s younger brother Govinda. While Jīva Gosvāmī was alive, Śrīmatī Jāhnavā-devī, the pleasure potency of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, went to Vṛndāvana with a few devotees. Jīva Gosvāmī was very kind to the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas, the Vaiṣṇavas from Bengal. Whoever went to Vṛndāvana he provided with a residence and prasādam. His disciple Kṛṣṇadāsa Adhikārī listed all the books of the Gosvāmīs in his diary.