Shri Radha Sudha Nidhi, shloka 94
Verse 94 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
यज्जापः सकृदेव गोकुलपतेराकर्षकस्तत्क्षणा
द्यत्र प्रेमवतां समस्तपुरुषार्थेषु स्फुरेत्तुच्छता ।
यन्नामाङ्कितमन्त्रजापनपरः प्रीत्या स्वयं माधवः
श्रीकृष्णोऽपि तदद्भुतं स्फुरतु मे राधेति वर्णद्वयम् ॥ ९४ ॥
In Roman letters
yajjaapah sakrideva gokulapateraakarshakastatkshanaa
dyatra premavataam samastapurushaartheshu sphurettuchchhataa
yannaamaankitamantrajaapanaparah preetyaa svayam maadhavah
shreekrishno'pi tadadbhutam sphuratu me raadheti varnadvayam
What it means
Said even once it draws the lord of Gokul at once; to lovers it makes every other goal seem small; Madhava himself lovingly repeats the mantra marked with it. May those two wondrous syllables, "Radha", shine in my heart.
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Questions about shloka 94
What does Radha Sudha Nidhi shloka 94 mean?
Said even once it draws the lord of Gokul at once; to lovers it makes every other goal seem small; Madhava himself lovingly repeats the mantra marked with it. The full meaning is given above, under the verse.
How is shloka 94 pronounced?
In English letters: yajjaapah sakrideva gokulapateraakarshakastatkshanaa / dyatra premavataam samastapurushaartheshu sphurettuchchhataa / yannaamaankitamantrajaapanaparah preetyaa svayam maadhavah / shreekrishno'pi tadadbhutam sphuratu me raadheti varnadvayam
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.