Lord Krishna

śrībrahmavaivarte rādhākṛtaṃ śrīkṛṣṇastotraṃ

(Radha Krutam Shri Krishna Stotram in English (IAST))

Radha Ji

Also known as radha krutam shri krishna stotra · radha krishna stotram · golokanatha gopisa madisa pranavallabha he dinabandho

Radha's hymn to Krishna from the Brahmavaivarta Purana, mostly a chain of vocatives — lord of Goloka, lord of the cowherd women, my own lord, breaker of Indra's pride, humbler of Brahma's, subduer of Kaliya. Its eighth verse is the one to stop at, because in it she names herself and then subordinates that: I am Sarasvati, Lakshmi, Durga, Ganga, the mother of the Vedas — and I am worshipped daily only because I worship his feet. What follows the hymn is a scene rather than a phalashruti at first: having spoken, the goddess laid her body down in the water and stood motionless as a post, her mind and breath in Krishna. The promises that close it are unusually domestic — property long lost is recovered, estrangement from a husband or son or friend ends after a month, and a girl who listens for a year gets a husband like him.

rādhikāvāca
golokanātha gopīśa madīśa prāṇavallabha | he dīnabandho dīneśa sarveśrvara namo'stu te ||
gopeśa gosamūheśa yaśodānandavardhana | nandātmaja sadānanda nityānanda namo'stu te ||
śatamanyormanyubhagna brahmadarpavināśaka | kālīyadamana prāṇanātha kṛṣṇa namo'stu te ||
śivānanteśa brahmeśa brāhmaṇeśa parātpara | brahmasvarupa brahmajña brahmabīja namo'stu te ||
carācaratarorbīja guṇātīta guṇātmaka | guṇabīja guṇādhāra guṇeśrvara namo'stu te ||
āṇimādikasiddhīśa siddheḥ siddhisvarupaka | tapastapasviṃstapasāṃ bījarupa namo'stu te ||
yadanirvacanīyaṃ ca vastu nirvacanīyakam | tatsvarupa tayorbīja sarvabīja namo'stu te ||
ahaṃ sarasvatī lakṣmīrdurgā gaṅgā śrutiprasūḥ | yasya pādārcanānnityaṃ pūjyā tasmai namo namaḥ ||
sparśane yasya bhṛtyānāṃ dhyāne cāpi divāniśam | pavitrāṇi ca tīrthāni tasmai bhagavate namaḥ ||
ityevamuktvā sā devī jale saṃnyasya vigraham | manaḥprāṇāṃśrca śrīkṛṣṇe tasthau sthāṇusamā satī ||
rādhākṛtaṃ hareḥ stotraṃ trisaṃdhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ | haribhaktiṃ ca dāsyaṃ ca labhed rādhāgatiṃ dhruvam ||
vipattau yaḥ paṭhed bhaktyā sadyaḥ sampattimāpnuyāt | cirakālagataṃ dravyaṃ hṛtaṃ naṣṭaṃ ca labhyate ||
bandhuvṛddhirbhavettasya prasannaṃ mānasaṃ param | cintāgrastaḥ paṭhed bhaktyā parāṃ nirvṛtimāpnuyāt ||
patibhede putrabhede mitrabhede ca saṃkaṭe | māsaṃ bhaktyā yadi paṭhetsadyaḥ saṃdarśanaṃ labhet ||
bhaktyā kumārī stotraṃ ca śrṛṇuyād vatsaraṃ yadi | śrīkṛṣṇasadṛśaṃ kāntaṃ guṇavantaṃ labhed dhruvam ||
|| iti śrībrahmavaivarte rādhākṛtaṃ śrīkṛṣṇastotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

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