[4] According to legend, Bilvamangala is regarded to have lavished all of his time and attention on a harlot called Cintamani, being unable to focus his energy on anything else.

Cintamani urged Bilvamangala to devote himself to Krishna so that he would attain eternal joy, for which she is hailed as his guru in the work.

[6] The hymns of the work describe the pastimes of the deity Krishna in Vrindavana, expressing the rasas associated with bhakti (devotion) towards him.

[7] The text was influential for Bengali Vaishnavism due to its introduction to the region by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who encountered the work during his journey to the south.

[8] The second verse of the work extols the attributes of Krishna:[9] Behold the object which is showered by wish-treeblossoms falling from the finger tipsof heavenly maidensand which, although nirvana calm,produces a flood of sound from the famed flute.It is the most high in the form of a boy whogives final release into the hands of the suppliantas he did to the thousands of encircling, dancingmilkmaids whose hold on the garment wrappedaround them was constantly being loosened.Krishna Karnamrita English translation