A Campu is a literary composition mixing poetry and prose, displaying literary ornaments and various verse forms, often using words with double meaning. Srila Jiva Gosvami has written Gopala-campu describing the pastimes of Krsna from his appearance until his return to Vraja. Though Kavikarnapura has written Ananda-vrndavana Campu on the same topic, the unique feature of this campu is that the whole story has been arranged to lead to Krsna’s final union in marriage to the gopis.

The Gopala-campu narrates the pastimes as found in the Srimad-bhagavatham with the addition of rasa. Jiva Gosvami writes that it is a “work composed of the bliss of Radha and Krishna” and “those who desire to see Vraja and to attain Goloka will achieve that destination by this work.”

Srila Jiva Gosvami’s use of words and grammar is often difficult. The text is taken from the Puri Das’ edition (1947). The numbering system is taken from that edition, though other editions have different numbering systems. The numbers in square brackets at the beginning of a line indicate a prose portion. The numbers between vertical lines at the end of a paragraph indicate a verse. Where whose verses are quoted in Sanskrit in the original work these have been reproduced with translations. Where a few works of a verse are quoted, only the translation is given, without quoting the Sanskrit, though the verse reference is given. Since the whole story is narrated by two young boys alternately, who often relate conversations between individuals which contain conversations within conversations, conventional use of quotation marks is awkward. For long sections where one person speaks or when one person speaks over several numbered sections colons are used to indicate the commencement of the speech. For short conversations within one numbered section conventional quotation marks are used.

To enable the readers to also relish the poetic beauty and rhythm in the Sanskrit songs in Gopala-campu, an audio CD has been made keeping in mind the ragas (musical notes) mentioned at times in the book itself and according to the mood of the song.

About the CD

1. Pasya Sakhi - Rag Bihag - Vocal Venkiteswaran

Description: Nanda Maharaj Celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna
Song tuned by: Rohini Venkiteswaran

2. Pahi Ciram - Rag: Desh - Vocal: Devika Balasubramanian

Description: Krishna’s childhood pastime-holding the calves’ tails
Song tuned by: Shobhana Krishnamoorthy

3. Giri Pujeyam - Rag:Mukund Malini - Vocal: Rohini Venkiteswaran
Description: Who arranged the worship of Govardhana?
Song tuned by: Rohini Venkiteswaran

4. Radha harir - Rag:Vasanta - Vocal: Devika Balasubramanian
Description; Radha and Krishna celebrate the oncoming of spring
Song tuned by: Rohini Venkiteswaran

5. Jaya sadguna - Rag: Kedaram, Amir Kalyani, Kamaas, Hamsanandi
Vocal: Shilpa Murali, Sarga Murali, Shobhana Krishnamoorthy and K. Mahadev
Description; The rasa dance. Song tuned by: Shobhana Krishnamoorthy.

6. Jagaranad - Rag:Bouli - Vocal:Devika Balasubramanian
Description: Poet sings the awakening of Radha and Krishna at dawn
Song tuned by: Shobhana Krishnamoorthy

7. Radha Rakha - Rag: Mand - Vocal:Devika Balasubramanian / K. Mahadev
Description: The glory of Radha and Krishna
Song tuned by: Shobhana Krishnamoorthy

8. Adya samastam - Rag:Sindhubhairavi - Vocal:Sruthi Jayaprakash
Description: Radha and Krishna manifest Their wedding
Song tuned by: K. Mahadev.

Recording and Orchestration : K. Mahadev

Back of the Book

Tad bhuri bhagyam iha janma kimapy atavyam
yad gokule ‘pi katamanghri-rajo-‘ bhisekam |
yaj-jivitam tu nikhilam bhagavan mukundas
tv adyapi yat-pada-rajah sruti-mrgyam eva ||

My greatest possible good fortune would be to
take any birth whatever in this forest of Gokula and
have my head bathed by the dust falling from the
lotus feet of any of its residents. Their entire life and
soul is the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Mukunda, the dust of whose lotus feet is still being
searched for in the Vedic mantras. SB 10.14.34

	Purva-campu
	Part One: Goloka-vilasa
Chapter One	Description of Goloka	01
Chapter Two	Beauty of Goloka	31
	Part Two: Balya-vilasa
Chapter Three	Krsna’s Birth	56
Chapter Four	Birth Celebration	85
Chapter Five	Killing Putana	95
Chapter Six	Breaking the Cart and Other Pastimes	111
Chapter Seven	Infant Pastimes	129
Chapter Eight	Binding Krsna	146
Chapter Nine	Entering Vrndavana	161
Chapter Ten	Destruction of Vatsasura	175
Chapter Eleven	Killing of Aghasura and Bewilderment of Brahma	188
Chapter Twelve	Herding the Cows	202
Chapter Thirteen	Defeating Kaliya and Extinguishing the Forest Fire	215
	Part Three: Kaisora-vilasa
Chapter Fourteen	Killing Dhenukasura	232
Chapter Fifteen	Purva-raga	239
Chapter Sixteen	Killing Pralamba and Devouring the Forest Fire	271
Chapter Seventeen	Begging His Beloved through Playing the Flute	281
Chapter Eighteen	Defeating Indra’s Pride and Increasing Govardhana’s Pride	297
Chapter Nineteen	Surrender of Indra and Krsna as lord of the cows	325
Chapter Twenty	Astonishment at Seeing Varuna’s Planet and Seeing Goloka	339
Chapter Twenty One	Stealing the Young Gopis’ Clothing	350
Chapter Twenty Two	Begging from the Brahmanas’ wives	376
Chapter Twenty Three	Beginning of Rasa Pastimes	389
Chapter Twenty Four	Krsna’s Disappearance	410
Chapter Twenty Five	Krsna Returns	431
Chapter Twenty Six	The Rasa Dance	441
Chapter Twenty Seven	Water Games	451
Chapter Twenty Eight	Going to Ambika Forest	463
Chapter Twenty Nine	Further Pastimes with the Gopis	469
Chapter Thirty	Holi Pastimes	485
Chapter Thirty One	Various Ragas	499
Chapter Thirty Two	Killing of Kesi	520
Chapter Thirty Three	Fulfillment of All Desires	526
	Uttara-campu
	Part One: Satisfaction with Uddhava’s Arrival in Vraja
Chapter One	Attraction of Krsna and the Gopis	592
Chapter Two	Cruelty of Akrura	604
Chapter Three	Going to Mathura	617
Chapter Four	Entering Mathura	625
Chapter Five	Killing Kamsa	643
Chapter Six	Bidding Farewell to Nanda	665
Chapter Seven	Nanda’s Return to Vraja	678
Chapter Eight	Learning the Sixty-four Subjects	683
Chapter Nine	Retrieving His Guru’s Son	695
Chapter Ten	Uddhava Goes to Vraja	706
Chapter Eleven	Mistaking the Bee for a Messenger	721
Chapter Twelve	Bliss Revealed by Uddhava	738
Chapter Thirteen	Binding Jarasandha	759
	Part Two: Satisfaction of Balarama’s Arrival in Vraja
Chapter Fourteen	Defeating Kalayavana	769
Chapter Fifteen	Marriage of Balarama	788
Chapter Sixteen	Rukmini’s Marriage	795
Chapter Seventeen	The Other Seven Marriages	813
Chapter Eighteen	Killing of Naraka, Stealing the Parijata tree And marrying Sixteen-thousand Maidens	845
Chapter Nineteen	Defeat of Bana	859
Chapter Twenty	Balarama Returns to Vraja	875
Chapter Twenty One	Punishing Paundraka	893
	Part Three: Krsna Returns to Vraja
Chapter Twenty Two	Destruction of Dvivida	903
Chapter Twenty Three	Meeting in Kuruksetra	911
Chapter Twenty Four	Nanda Returns to Vraja	928
Chapter Twenty Five	Uddhava’s Advice	939
Chapter Twenty Six	Freeing the kings Imprisoned by Jarasandha	953
Chapter Twenty Seven	The Rajasuya Sacrifice	995
Chapter Twenty Eight	Destruction of Salva	976
Chapter Twenty Nine	Proofs of Future Events	983
Chapter Thirty	Krsna Returns to Vraja	1013
Chapter Thirty One	Freeing the Gopis from Obstacles	1045
Chapter Thirty Two	Solving the Problem of the Married Gopis	1045
Chapter Thirty Three	Marriage Adhivasa Ceremony	1064
Chapter Thirty Four	Ornamenting Radha and Krsna	1077
Chapter Thirty Five	Marriage of Radha and Madhava	1089
Chapter Thirty Six	Radha and Krsna United	1109
Chapter Thirty Seven	Entering Goloka	1134

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