‘SRI SANKALPA
KALPADRUMA
65. Sankalpa kalpadruma
A short work from Sri Visvanatha Cakrayarti Thakura's
Stavamrta-lahari. It details the mood and aml ns of a mafijari
and gives a glimpse of the varieties of sei es that Srimati
Radharani's dear maid-servants do for her. f
66. Sankalpa kalpa-vrksa
Known to be one of the last works of Sri Jiva Gosvami, it
describes the pastimes of Krsna from his appearance to
disappearance, thereby connecting the prakata-lilas (manifest
pastimes in material world) with the nityatilas (eternal
pastimes in spiritual world). It is reiterates Jiva Gosvami's stand
on the svakiya-parakiya issue. The book is also known by the
name Safkalpa-kalpa-druma but Bhakti-ratnakara lists. it as
Sankalpa-kalpa-vrksa.
67. Siddhanta-ratnam
Siddhanta-ratnam is a long work in prose written by Baladeva
Vidyabhasana. It is philosophical in nature, analyzing the svarapa
and qualities of the Lord, his abode and pastimes as well as
bhakti. A great deal of effort is spent on refuting other
philosophies, particularly Advaita-vada.
68. Sruti-stuti-vakya
Our acaryas such as Jiva Gosvami, Sandtana Gosvami and
Visvanatha Cakravarti have given extensive commentaries on the
prayers of the personified Vedas, since those prayers refute the
idea that Upanisads present the Supreme Brahman as impersonal.
Prabodhananda Sarasvati gives a completely different
interpretation of the verses. Since the Upanisads became gopis,
he gives the meaning of the verses in terms of madhurya-rasa, as
spoken by those Upanisad-gopis. He also gives a meaning
according to the eternal gopis.