Shri Radha Sudha Nidhi, shloka 79
Verse 79 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
राधादास्यमपास्य यः प्रयतते गोविन्दसङ्गाशया
सोऽयं पूर्णसुधारुचेः परिचयं राकां विना काङ्क्षति ।
किञ्च श्यामरतिप्रवाहलहरीबीजं न ये तां विदु
स्ते प्राप्यापि महामृताम्बुधिमहो बिन्दुं परं प्राप्नुयुः ॥ ७९ ॥
In Roman letters
raadhaadaasyamapaasya yah prayatate govindasangaashayaa
so'yam poornasudhaarucheh parichayam raakaam vinaa kaankshati
kincha shyaamaratipravaahalahareebeejam na ye taam vidu
ste praapyaapi mahaamritaambudhimaho bindum param praapnuyuh
What it means
Whoever seeks Govinda's company while ignoring service to Radha wants the full moon without the full-moon night. Those who do not know that she is the seed of the waves of Shyam's love gain only a drop, even from the ocean of nectar.
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Questions about shloka 79
What does Radha Sudha Nidhi shloka 79 mean?
Whoever seeks Govinda's company while ignoring service to Radha wants the full moon without the full-moon night. The full meaning is given above, under the verse.
How is shloka 79 pronounced?
In English letters: raadhaadaasyamapaasya yah prayatate govindasangaashayaa / so'yam poornasudhaarucheh parichayam raakaam vinaa kaankshati / kincha shyaamaratipravaahalahareebeejam na ye taam vidu / ste praapyaapi mahaamritaambudhimaho bindum param praapnuyuh
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.