Shri Radha Sudha Nidhi, shloka 52
Verse 52 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
दुकूलं बिभ्राणामथ कुचतटे कञ्चुकपटं
प्रसादं स्वामिन्याः स्वकरतलदत्तं प्रणयतः ।
स्थितां नित्यं पार्श्वे विविधपरिचर्यैकचतुरां
किशोरीमात्मानं किमिह सुकुमारीं नु कलये ॥ ५२ ॥
In Roman letters
dukoolam bibhraanaamatha kuchatate kanchukapatam
prasaadam svaaminyaah svakarataladattam pranayatah
sthitaam nityam paarshve vividhaparicharyaikachaturaam
kishoreemaatmaanam kimiha sukumaareem nu kalaye
What it means
Wearing the cloth and bodice my mistress gave me with her own hands out of love, always at her side and skilled in every kind of service: will I ever see myself here as that tender young maidservant?
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Questions about shloka 52
What does Radha Sudha Nidhi shloka 52 mean?
Wearing the cloth and bodice my mistress gave me with her own hands out of love, always at her side and skilled in every kind of service: will I ever see myself here as that tender young maidservant? The full meaning is given above, under the verse.
How is shloka 52 pronounced?
In English letters: dukoolam bibhraanaamatha kuchatate kanchukapatam / prasaadam svaaminyaah svakarataladattam pranayatah / sthitaam nityam paarshve vividhaparicharyaikachaturaam / kishoreemaatmaanam kimiha sukumaareem nu kalaye
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.