Goddess Radha

kṛṣṇa kṛta rādhā stotra

(Shri Krishna Krit Radha Stotra in English (IAST))

Krishna Ji

Also known as sri krishna krit radha stotra · shree krishna krit radha stotra · krishna krit radha stotra

Kṛṣṇa's own praise of Rādhā from the Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, and it does not begin as praise. The first verses are a lover's complaint: so I am dear to you, and you delight in me — today your words were plainly a pretence; you say constantly and with love that Kṛṣṇa is my life and my very self, and now that has gone in a moment. Only then does the reproach turn into the declaration it was built for, and the register changes completely. You are the presiding deity of my five breaths, and Rādhā is dearer to me than life; I have no power to keep you, and without you the breaths depart — for who lives anywhere without the goddess who presides over him? From there it rises to the theological claim: you are the mother of Mahāviṣṇu, the root nature, the ruler, with qualities in part and in yourself without them.

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca|
evameva priyo'haṃ te pramodaścaiva te mayi | suvyaktamadya kāpaṭyavacanaṃ te varānane || 1||
he kṛṣṇa tvaṃ mama prāṇā jīvātmeti ca saṃtatam | brūṣe nityaṃ tu yat premṇā sāmprataṃ tad gataṃ drutam || 2||
asmākaṃ vacanaṃ satyaṃ yad vravīmitī tad dhruvam | pañcaprāṇādhidevī tvaṃ rādhā prāṇadhiketi me || 3||
śakto na rakṣituṃ tvāṃ ca yānti prāṇastvayā vinā | vinādhiṣṭhātṛdevīṃ ca ko vā kutra ca jīvati || 4||
mahāviṣṇośca mātā tvaṃ mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī | saguṇā tvaṃ ca kalayā nirguṇā svayameva tu || 5||
jyotīrūpā nirākārā bhaktānugrahavigrahā | bhaktānāṃ rucivaicitryannānāmūrtīśca bibhramatī || 6||
mahālakṣmiśca vaikuṇṭhe bhāratī ca satāṃ prasūḥ | puṇyakṣetre bhārate ca satī tvaṃ pārvatī tathā || 7||
tulasī puṇyarūpā ca gaṅgā bhuvanapāvanī | brahmaloke ca sāvitrī kalayā tvaṃ vasundharā || 8||
goloke rādhikā tvaṃ ca sarvagopālakeśvarī | tvayā vināhaṃ nirjīvo hyaśaktaḥ sarvakarmasu || 9||
śivaḥ śaktastvayā śaktyā śavākārastvayā vinā | vedakartā svayaṃ brahmā vedamātrā tvayā saha || 10||
nārāyaṇastvayā lakṣmyā jagatpātā jagatpatiḥ | phalaṃ dadāti yajñaśca tvayā dakṣiṇayā saha || 11||
bibharti sṛṣṭiṃ śeṣaśca tvāṃ kṛtvā mastake bhuvam | bibharti gaṅgārūpāṃ tvāṃ mūrghni gaṅgādharaḥ śivaḥ || 12||
śaktimacca jagat sarvaṃ śavarūpaṃ tvayā vinā | vaktā sarvastvayā vāṇyā sūto mūkastvayā vinā || 13||
yathā mṛdā ghaṭaṃ kartuṃ kulālaḥ śaktimān sadā | sṛṣṭiṃ sraṣṭuṃ tathāhaṃ ca prakṛtyā ca tvayā saha || 14||
tvayā vinā jaḍaścāhaṃ sarvatra ca na śaktimān | sarvaśaktikharūpā tvaṃ samāgaccha mamāntikam || 15||
vahnau tvaṃ dāhikā śaktirnāgniḥ śaktastvayā vinā | śobhāsvarūpā candre tvaṃ tvāṃ vinā na sa sundaraḥ || 16||
prabhārūpā hi sūrye tvaṃ vinā na sa bhānumān | na kāmaḥ kāminībanghustvayā ratyā vinā priye || 17||
ityevaṃ stavanaṃ kṛtvā tāṃ samprāṣa jagatprabhuḥ | devā babhūvuḥ sathīkāḥ sabhāryāḥ śaktisaṃyutāḥ || 18||
sastrīkaṃ ca jagat sarvaṃ babhūv śailakanyake | gopīpūrṇaśca goloko babhūva tatprasādataḥ || 19||
rājā ca jagām golokamiti stutvā haripriyām | śrīkṛṣṇena kṛtaṃ stotraṃ rādhāyā yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ || 20||
kṛṣṇabhaktiṃ ca taddāsyaṃ sa prāpnoti na saṃsayaḥ | strīvicchedeyaḥ śaṛṇoti māsamekamidaṃ śuciḥ || 21||
acirāllabhate bhāryāṃ suśīlāṃ sundarīṃ satīṃ | bhāryāhīno bhāgyahīno varṣamekaṃ śaṛṇoti yaḥ || 22||
acirāllabhate bhāryāṃ suśīlāṃ sundarīṃ satīṃ | pura mayā ca tvaṃ prāptā stotreṇānena pārvati || 23||
mṛtāyāṃ dakṣakanyāyāmājñayā paramātmanaḥ | stotreṇānena samprāptā sāvitrī brahmaṇā purā || 24||
purā durvāsasaḥ śāpānniḥśrīke devatāgaṇe | stotreṇānena devaistaiḥ samprāptā śrīḥ sudurlabhā || 25||
śaṛṇoti varṣamekaṃ ca putrārthi labhate sutam | mahāvyādhī rogamukto bhavet stotraprasādataḥ || 26||
kārtikīpūrṇamāyāṃ tu tāṃ sampūjya paṭhettu yaḥ | acalāṃ śriyamāpnoti rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet || 27||
nārī śaṛṇoti cet stotraṃ svāmisaubhāgyasaṃyutā | bhaktyā śaṛṇoti yaḥ stotraṃ bandhanānmucyate dhruvam || 28||
nityaṃ paṭhati yo bhaktyā rādhāṃ sampūjya bhaktitaḥ | sa prayāti ca golokaṃ nirmukto bhavabanāt || 29||
iti śrībrahmavaivarte śrikṛṣṇakṛṣṇakṛtaṃ śrīrādhāstotraṃ sampūrṇam |

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