Shri Radha Sudha Nidhi, shloka 216
Verse 216 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
किं वा नस्तैः सुशास्त्रैः किमथ तदुदितैर्वर्त्मभिः सद्गृहीतै
र्यत्रास्ति प्रेममूर्तेर्नहि महिमसुधा नापि भावस्तदीयः ।
किं वा वैकुण्ठलक्ष्म्याप्यहह परमया यत्र मे नास्ति राधा
किन्त्वाशाप्यस्तु वृन्दावनभुवि मधुरा कोटिजन्मान्तरेऽपि ॥ २१६ ॥
In Roman letters
kim vaa nastaih sushaastraih kimatha taduditairvartmabhih sadgriheetai
ryatraasti premamoorternahi mahimasudhaa naapi bhaavastadeeyah
kim vaa vaikunthalakshmyaapyahaha paramayaa yatra me naasti raadhaa
kintvaashaapyastu vrindaavanabhuvi madhuraa kotijanmaantare'pi
What it means
What use are scriptures, or the paths the good have taken, if they hold no glory of the form of love? What use is even Vaikuntha's splendour if Radha is not there? Let my sweet hope for Vrindavan last through millions of births.
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Questions about shloka 216
What does Radha Sudha Nidhi shloka 216 mean?
What use are scriptures, or the paths the good have taken, if they hold no glory of the form of love? The full meaning is given above, under the verse.
How is shloka 216 pronounced?
In English letters: kim vaa nastaih sushaastraih kimatha taduditairvartmabhih sadgriheetai / ryatraasti premamoorternahi mahimasudhaa naapi bhaavastadeeyah / kim vaa vaikunthalakshmyaapyahaha paramayaa yatra me naasti raadhaa / kintvaashaapyastu vrindaavanabhuvi madhuraa kotijanmaantare'pi
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.