Granths
He wrote about sixty works: one in the south, seven at Radha Kund and fifty-two at Unchagaon. Eight survive in print, all in Sanskrit. Baba Krishnadas first printed them between 1947 and 1965, and every one can be read free on the Internet Archive.
Vraja Bhakti Vilasa
The sacred geography of Braj in thirteen chapters: its forests, groves and tirthas, their deities, mantras and rites, and the routes of the forest and village pilgrimages. It ends with worship of the book and of a Braj yantra.
Samvat 1609 (1552/53), at Radha Kund
First printed 1952, ed. Baba Krishnadas · Read on the Internet Archive
Vrajotsava Chandrika
The festival year of Braj, with full rites of abhishek and installation for Baldev and Revati at Unchagaon and other deities; the sakhis’ villages, births and parents; the Bhadon lilas; and passages of his own life. Only chapters 8 to 15 are in print.
Rites dated Samvat 1612 (1555), at Uchchagram on the Triveni
First printed 1961, ed. Baba Krishnadas · Read on the Internet Archive
Bhakti Rasa Tarangini
The theory of bhakti rasa in five ullasas, on the path of Rupa Goswami. Vishvanatha Chakravarti quoted it late in the seventeenth century.
At Unchagaon
First printed 1947, ed. Baba Krishnadas · Read on the Internet Archive
Bhakta Bhushana Sandarbha
Doctrine in three parts: the Lord, the kinds of devotees, and the Lord’s abode, with his own explanations.
At Unchagaon
First printed 1964, ed. Baba Krishnadas · Read on the Internet Archive
Bhakti Viveka
Which form of God to worship: Krishna with Radha in Vrindavan; the glory of the Name, of Braj and of Braj’s devotees. The printed text breaks off.
At Unchagaon
First printed 1963, ed. Baba Krishnadas · Read on the Internet Archive
Sadhana Dipika
A manual of practice in seven parts: guru and disciple, daily conduct, tilak and mala, worship of the deity, vratas such as Janmashtami, and installing a deity.
At Unchagaon
First printed 1965, ed. Baba Krishnadas · Read on the Internet Archive
Rasikahladini
His commentary on the Bhagavata. Only the tenth canto up to the Rasa Panchadhyayi was found, and only the Panchadhyayi portion is in print.
At Sanket, at Radharaman ji’s request
First printed 1964, ed. Baba Krishnadas · Read on the Internet Archive
Ladileyashtakam
Eight verses in praise of the Ladileya, his own child Krishna. Every verse ends on the same line: Shri Ladileya lalitam satatam bhajami.
Undated
First printed 1965, ed. Baba Krishnadas · Read on the Internet Archive
राधया सहितं कृष्णं लाडिलेयं स्वभीष्टकम् ।रेवतीसहितं देवं वन्देऽहं च हलायुधम् ॥
I bow to Krishna with Radha, to the Ladileya, my own beloved ishta, and to the plough-bearer Baldev with Revati.
Vraja Bhakti Vilasa 1.1, the opening verse
इतीरितं भास्करनन्दनेन हरेरनुज्ञोद्भवनारदेन ।पूर्णं चकारात्र मनोरमं शुभं सुगोप्यग्रन्थं ब्रजभक्तिविलासम् ॥
So spoke Bhaskar’s son, Narad born by Hari’s leave, who here completed this lovely, auspicious and well-guarded book, the Vraja Bhakti Vilasa.
Vraja Bhakti Vilasa 13.23, the closing verse
श्रीलाडिलेयललितं सततं भजामि ॥
I worship the lovely Shri Ladileya, always.
Ladileyashtakam, the last line of every verse
These titles are known, but no copy has been found. The Budhi Lila is said to rest on his Premankura Nataka.
Manuscripts held by the family: xxxxxxx1
By Goswami Janakiprasad Bhatt of his seventh generation, born Samvat 1722 (1665), written at the Baldev temple in Unchagaon. Six chapters. The only old list of his works is here.
By an unnamed follower, 120 verses in Sanskrit only, printed from a copy made at Neemrana in Samvat 1928 (1871/72).
More of his verses, with Hindi and English meanings, will be added here over time.
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