# PREFACE

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Book: Shyama Shyam Geet
Source edition: 13-en; SHA-256 4075afb502c24826237c4b9d93bff5ba266b4c40ae0d6b1087f805015cc0964b
Source PDF pages: 8–8



<a id="line-1"></a>PREFACE  
<a id="line-2"></a>Awash with the sweetest form of transcendental bliss  
<a id="line-3"></a>Shyama Shyam Geet is a unique creation of Jagadguru  
<a id="line-4"></a>Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj. Each of its couplets is suffused  
<a id="line-5"></a>with an all enchanting sentiment of divine love. In this  
<a id="line-6"></a>horrendous ocean of inane existence where the helpless  
<a id="line-7"></a>human being assailed by the ferocious waves of material  
<a id="line-8"></a>afflictions and surrounded by selfish elements ready to  
<a id="line-9"></a>swallow him like hungry crocodiles, is eternally restless  
<a id="line-10"></a>to reach the shore of pure love and bliss. Selfless  
<a id="line-11"></a>devotion to Shri Radha Krishna is the easiest and best  
<a id="line-12"></a>course open to him. This incomparable work of  
<a id="line-13"></a>Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj can take you on to  
<a id="line-14"></a>this path of devotion. Reading it from beginning to end  
<a id="line-15"></a>with right emotions, one feels incessantly increasing flow  
<a id="line-16"></a>of blissfulness with each succeeding couplet culminating  
<a id="line-17"></a>in an unstoppable torrent. The elegant depiction of  
<a id="line-18"></a>various delightful pastimes of Shri Radha Krishna simply  
<a id="line-19"></a>inundates one’s heart and mind with abundant love for  
<a id="line-20"></a>Shyama Shyam. In short, Shyama Shyam Geet is a

All 1008 Hindi verses, printed Roman transliteration and published English meanings from the supplied 441-page English edition, first published October 2010. The separate 291-page Hindi edition is not silently substituted or aligned to these English meanings. Supplied edition: First English edition, October 2010. Publisher: Radha Govind Samiti, New Delhi.

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Unofficial source transcription. Roman transliteration is not an English translation. No missing meanings are generated.