Shri Radha Sudha Nidhi, shloka 240
Verse 240 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
उच्छिष्टामृतभुक्तवैव चरितं शृण्वंस्तवैव स्मर
न्पादाम्भोजरजस्तवैव विचरन्कुञ्जांस्तवैवालयान् ।
गायन्दिव्यगुणांस्तवैव रसदे पश्यंस्तवैवाकृतिं
श्रीराधे तनुवाङ्मनोभिरमलैः सोऽहं तवैवाश्रितः ॥ २४० ॥
In Roman letters
uchchhishtaamritabhuktavaiva charitam shrinvamstavaiva smara
npaadaambhojarajastavaiva vicharankunjaamstavaivaalayaan
gaayandivyagunaamstavaiva rasade pashyamstavaivaakritim
shreeraadhe tanuvaanmanobhiramalaih so'ham tavaivaashritah
What it means
Eating only your remnants, hearing only your stories, remembering only you, wandering only your groves, singing only your qualities and seeing only your form: Shri Radhe, in body, speech and mind I am yours alone.
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Questions about shloka 240
What does Radha Sudha Nidhi shloka 240 mean?
Eating only your remnants, hearing only your stories, remembering only you, wandering only your groves, singing only your qualities and seeing only your form: Shri Radhe, in body, speech and mind I am yours alone. The full meaning is given above, under the verse.
How is shloka 240 pronounced?
In English letters: uchchhishtaamritabhuktavaiva charitam shrinvamstavaiva smara / npaadaambhojarajastavaiva vicharankunjaamstavaivaalayaan / gaayandivyagunaamstavaiva rasade pashyamstavaivaakritim / shreeraadhe tanuvaanmanobhiramalaih so'ham tavaivaashritah
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.