Goddess Radha

śrī rādhā stotram (gaṇeśakṛtam)

(Shri Radha Stotra (Ganesha Kritam) in English (IAST))

Ganesh Ji

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

Gaṇeśa's praise of Rādhā from the Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, addressed to her as the mother of the world and as one whose worship instructs the worlds. Its argument is about origin and is stated in a single line that the tradition rests a great deal on: Rādhā was fashioned from the left side and Mādhava from the right, and Mahālakṣmī, mother of the world, was fashioned in turn from Rādhā's own left side. From there she is called the parent of Vasu who is the dwelling of all, the root nature of the Vedas and of the worlds; every natural thing in creation is her expansion; all the worlds are effects and she alone has the form of the cause. The text ends by turning into something else — it directs that the guru be worshipped with cloth and ornament and sandal, and the whole worn as an armour.

|| śrī rādhā stotram (śrīgaṇeśakṛtam) ||
śrīgaṇeśa uvāca|
tava pūjā jaganmātarlokaśikṣākarī śubhe| brahmasvarūpā bhavatī kṛṣṇavakṣaḥsthalasthitā||
yatpādapadmamatutalaṃ dhyāyante te sudurlabham| surā brahmeśaśeṣādyā munīndrāḥ sanakādayaḥ||
jivanmuktāśca bhaktāśca siddhendrāḥ kapilādayaḥ| tasya prāṇādhidevi tvaṃ priyā prāṇādhikā parā||
vāmāṅganirmitā rādhā dakṣiṇāṅgaśca mādhavaḥ| mahālakṣmīrjaganmātā tava vāmāṅganirmitā||
vasoḥ sarvanivāsasya prasūstvaṃ parameśvarī| vedānāṃ jagatāmeva mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī||
sarvāḥ prākṛtikā mātaḥ sṛṣṭyāṃ ca tvadvibhūtayaḥ| viśvāni kāryarūpāṇi tvaṃ ca kāraṇarūpiṇī||
pralaye brahmaṇaḥ pāte tannimeṣo harerapi| ādau rādhāṃ samuccārya paścāt kṛṣṇaṃ parātparam||
sa eva paṇḍito yogī golokaṃ yāti līlayā| vyatikrame mahāpī brahmahatyāṃ labhed dhruvam||
jagatāṃ bhavatī mātā paramātmā pitā hariḥ| pitureva gururmātā pūjyā vandyā paratparā||
bhajate devamanyaṃ vā kṛṣṇaṃ vā sarvakāraṇam| puṇyakṣetre mahāmūḍho yadi nindā rādhīkām||
vaṃśahānirbhavettasya duḥkhaśokamihaiva ca| pacyate nirate ghore yāvadravi divākarau||
guruśca jñānodgiraṇājjñānaṃ syānmaṃtrataṃtrayoḥ| sa ca mantraśca tattantraṃ bhaktiḥ syādyuvayoryataḥ||
niśevya mantraṃ devānāṃ jīvā janmani janmani| bhaktā bhavanti durgāyāḥ pādapadme sudurlabhe||
niṣevya mantraṃ śambhośca jagatāṃ kāraṇasya ca| tadā prāpnoti yuvayoḥ pādapadmaṃ sudurlabham||
yuvayoḥ pādapadmaṃ ca durlabhaṃ prāpya puṇyavān| kṣaṇārdhaṃ ṣoḍaśāṃśaṃ ca na hi muñcati daivataḥ||
bhaktyā ca yuvayormantraṃ gṛhītvā vaiṣṇavādapi| stavaṃ vā kavacaṃ vāpi karmamūlanikṛntanam||
yo japet parayā bhaktyā puṇyakṣetre ca bhārate| puruṣāṇāṃ sahasraṃ ca svātmanā sārdhamuddharet||
gurumabhyarcya vidhivad vastrālaṃkāracandanaiḥ| kavacaṃ dhārayed yo hi viṣṇutulyo bhaved dhruvam||
|| iti śrī brahmavaivarte gaṇeśakṛtaṃ śrīrādhāstavanaṃ sampūrṇam ||

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