This book includes a unique prayer of nineteen inimitable slokas sung by the Gopis, the best exemplars of parabhakti (supreme love). This simple and lucid rendering aims at transmiting the irresistible appeal of the God mad Gopis, calling on mankind to surrender to God completely.
Swami Gambhirananda (1889-1988), born as Jatindranath Datta, was a Hindu sanyasi associated with Ramakrishna Mission.
Swami Gambhirananda was born at Sadhuhati in today's Bangladesh. A graduate of Scottish Church College in Kolkata, he joined the Ramakrishna Mission in 1923. He was initiated to sanyas by Swami Shivananda. A great scholar, he was the 11th President of the Ramakrishna Mission.