Sri Radha Shoddasha Nama Stotram — Complete Lyrics
श्री राधा षोडशनाम स्तोत्रम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।
राधा रासेश्वरी रासवासिनी रसिकेश्वरी ।
कृष्णप्राणाधिका कृष्णप्रिया कृष्णस्वरूपिणी ॥ १॥
śrī-nārāyaṇa uvāca |
rādhā rāseśvarī rāsa-vāsinī rasikeśvarī |
kṛṣṇa-prāṇādhikā kṛṣṇa-priyā kṛṣṇa-svarūpiṇī || 1||
Lord Narayana said: Radha, Raseshwari (Queen of the rasa dance), Rasavasini (dweller in the rasa arena), Rasikeshwari (mistress of the relishers of rasa); Krishna-pranadhika (dearer to Krishna than His life), Krishna-priya (Krishna's beloved), Krishna-svarupini (one in form with Krishna);
Verse 2
कृष्णवामाङ्गसम्भूता परमानन्दरूपिणी ।
कृष्णा वृन्दावनी वृन्दा वृन्दावनविनोदिनी ॥ २॥
kṛṣṇa-vāmāṅga-sambhūtā paramānanda-rūpiṇī |
kṛṣṇā vṛndāvanī vṛndā vṛndāvana-vinodinī || 2||
Krishna-vamanga-sambhuta (born from Krishna's left side), Paramananda-rupini (embodiment of supreme bliss), Krishna (the feminine Krishna), Vrindavani (she of Vrindavan), Vrinda, Vrindavana-vinodini (she who sports in Vrindavan);
Verse 3
चन्द्रावली चन्द्रकान्ता शरच्चन्द्रप्रभानना ।
नामान्येतानि साराणि तेषामभ्यन्तराणि च ॥ ३॥
candrāvalī candra-kāntā śarac-candra-prabhānanā |
nāmāny etāni sārāṇi teṣām abhyantarāṇi ca || 3||
Chandravali (a row of moons), Chandrakanta (lovely as the moon), and Sharat-chandra-prabhanana (whose face has the splendour of the autumn moon). These sixteen names are the very essence, the inmost part, of (Radha's thousand names).
Verse 4
यावज्जीवमिदं स्तोत्रं त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेन्नरः ।
राधामाधवयोः पादपद्मे भक्तिर्भवेदिह ॥ ४॥
yāvaj-jīvam idaṁ stotraṁ tri-sandhyaṁ yaḥ paṭhen naraḥ |
rādhā-mādhavayoḥ pāda-padme bhaktir bhaved iha || 4||
The person who recites this hymn at the three junctions of the day throughout his life develops, here and now, devotion at the lotus feet of Radha and Madhava.
Verse 5
स्तोत्रस्यास्य प्रभावेण जीवन्मुक्तो भवेन्नरः ॥ ५॥
stotrasyāsya prabhāveṇa jīvan-mukto bhaven naraḥ || 5||
By the power of this stotram, a person becomes liberated even while living (jivanmukta).
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