ŚrīŚrī Mukta Caritram The Great Pearl Escapade Śrīla Raghunāthadāsa Gosvāmin Invocation Namaḥ Śrī Gāndharvā‑Giridharābhyām To he who is more attractive than tens of millions of Cupids, whose bodily lustre resembles that of a blue lotus in full bloom, and whose pastimes have completely enchanted the world of animate and inanimate beings, to Śrī Govinda, son of Nanda, chief of the cowherds, I offer my respectful salutations. I adore the Divine Couple, Śrī Śrī RādhāMādhav, who have become immersed in an ocean of playful pastimes through the buying and selling of pearls, each of them mutually desirous of victory, in the matter of disputatious wrangling over the said merchandise. I take shelter of the Full Moon, Śrī Gaurānga Mahāprabhu, who has risen in the sky of Śrī ŚacīMātā’s womb, with the intention of bestowing the nectar of...