Shri Radha Sudha Nidhi, shloka 197
Verse 197 of the Shri Radha Sudha Nidhi, the Sanskrit hymn to Shri Radha by Shri Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu, founder of the Radhavallabh Sampradaya. Below: the verse in Devanagari, in English letters, and what it says.
The verse in full
आशास्य दास्यं वृषभानुजाया
स्तीरे समध्यास्य च भानुजायाः ।
कदा नु वृन्दावनकुञ्जवीथी
ष्वहं नु राधे ह्यतिथिर्भवेयम् ॥ १९७ ॥
In Roman letters
aashaasya daasyam vrishabhaanujaayaa
steere samadhyaasya cha bhaanujaayaah
kadaa nu vrindaavanakunjaveethee
shvaham nu raadhe hyatithirbhaveyam
What it means
Longing to serve Vrishabhanu's daughter and living on the bank of the Yamuna, when, Radhe, will I become a guest in the lanes of Vrindavan's groves?
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Questions about shloka 197
What does Radha Sudha Nidhi shloka 197 mean?
Longing to serve Vrishabhanu's daughter and living on the bank of the Yamuna, when, Radhe, will I become a guest in the lanes of Vrindavan's groves? The full meaning is given above, under the verse.
How is shloka 197 pronounced?
In English letters: aashaasya daasyam vrishabhaanujaayaa / steere samadhyaasya cha bhaanujaayaah / kadaa nu vrindaavanakunjaveethee / shvaham nu raadhe hyatithirbhaveyam
Who wrote the Radha Sudha Nidhi?
Shri Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu, founder of the Radhavallabh Sampradaya, the tradition into which Premanand Ji Maharaj took diksha. It is a Sanskrit stotra of about 270 verses addressed to Shri Radha.
Where is this text taken from?
We typeset it ourselves and checked every verse against a 1950 Radhavallabh edition in the public domain. Where copies differ, that edition's reading is used.