Shri Radha Sudha Nidhi, shloka 268
Verse 268 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
क्वाहं मूढमतिः क्व नाम परमानन्दैकसारं रसः
श्रीराधाचरणानुभावकथया निस्यन्दमाना गिरः ।
लग्नाः कोमलकुञ्जपुञ्जविलसद्वृन्दाटवीमण्डले
क्रीडच्छ्रीवृषभानुजापदनखज्योतिश्छटाः प्रायशः ॥ २६८ ॥
In Roman letters
kvaaham moodhamatih kva naama paramaanandaikasaaram rasah
shreeraadhaacharanaanubhaavakathayaa nisyandamaanaa girah
lagnaah komalakunjapunjavilasadvrindaataveemandale
kreedachchhreevrishabhaanujaapadanakhajyotishchhataah praayashah
What it means
Where am I, foolish, and where that rasa, the essence of supreme joy? Yet my words, flowing from telling the glory of Radha's feet, are filled with the glow of her toenails as she plays in Vrindavan's tender groves.
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Questions about shloka 268
What does Radha Sudha Nidhi shloka 268 mean?
Where am I, foolish, and where that rasa, the essence of supreme joy? The full meaning is given above, under the verse.
How is shloka 268 pronounced?
In English letters: kvaaham moodhamatih kva naama paramaanandaikasaaram rasah / shreeraadhaacharanaanubhaavakathayaa nisyandamaanaa girah / lagnaah komalakunjapunjavilasadvrindaataveemandale / kreedachchhreevrishabhaanujaapadanakhajyotishchhataah praayashah
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.