Sri Radha Shoddasha Nama Stotram Meaning — Line by Line
श्री राधा षोडशनाम स्तोत्रम्
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śrī-nārāyaṇa uvāca |
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||
MeaningLord 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);
kṛṣṇa-vāmāṅga-sambhūtā paramānanda-rūpiṇī |
कृष्णवामाङ्गसम्भूता परमानन्दरूपिणी । कृष्णा वृन्दावनी वृन्दा वृन्दावनविनोदिनी ॥ २॥
kṛṣṇa-vāmāṅga-sambhūtā paramānanda-rūpiṇī | kṛṣṇā vṛndāvanī vṛndā vṛndāvana-vinodinī || 2||
MeaningKrishna-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);
candrāvalī candra-kāntā śarac-candra-prabhānanā |
चन्द्रावली चन्द्रकान्ता शरच्चन्द्रप्रभानना । नामान्येतानि साराणि तेषामभ्यन्तराणि च ॥ ३॥
candrāvalī candra-kāntā śarac-candra-prabhānanā | nāmāny etāni sārāṇi teṣām abhyantarāṇi ca || 3||
MeaningChandravali (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).
yāvaj-jīvam idaṁ stotraṁ tri-sandhyaṁ yaḥ paṭhen naraḥ |
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||
MeaningThe 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.
stotrasyāsya prabhāveṇa jīvan-mukto bhaven naraḥ || 5||
स्तोत्रस्यास्य प्रभावेण जीवन्मुक्तो भवेन्नरः ॥ ५॥
stotrasyāsya prabhāveṇa jīvan-mukto bhaven naraḥ || 5||
MeaningBy the power of this stotram, a person becomes liberated even while living (jivanmukta).
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Origin & History
Source: Brahma-Vaivarta Purana (Sri Radha Shoddasha Nama Stotram)
Author: Spoken by Lord Narayana (Puranic; traditionally ascribed to Veda Vyasa as compiler)
Period: Puranic
The Radha Shoddasha Nama Stotram appears in the Brahma-Vaivarta Purana, one of the great Puranas especially devoted to the glories of Radha and Krishna. In it Lord Narayana reveals sixteen names that distil the essence of Srimati Radharani's thousand names. Each name illumines a dimension of Radha — the queen of the rasa dance, the one dearer to Krishna than His own life-breath, she who sprang from His left side, the embodiment of supreme bliss, and the playful delight of Vrindavan. Because these names are called the very 'core' (sara) of Her thousand names, reciting this brief stotram is held to carry the potency of the full sahasranama.
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