The Thousand Names of Srimati Radharani

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For the pleasure of all the Vaisnavas I am attaching a self-extracting file of

the Sanskrit verses & translation of the 1000 Names of Srimati Radharani

composed by Lord Shiva & translated by HG Kusakratha Prabhu. You need the

Balaram or Tamal or any Diacwin font to view the file properly. You can

download the font from http://www.com.org/~mbest/freeware/.

 

Benefits of hearing the 1000 Names of Srimati Radharani emanated by Lord

Shiva's mouth.

 

Text 1

 

Lord Siva said: Thus I have spoken to you the thousand names of Sri Radha.

Lord Madhava is pleased with anyone who reads or has someone else read these

names.

 

Text 2

 

When one pleases Lord Janardana what need has he for the sacred rivers

headed by the Yamuna, or the holy places headed by Kuruksetra?

 

 

Text 3

 

What perfection is not attained in this world by the mercy of this prayer?

By its mercy a brahmana becomes powerful as the demigod Brahma and a ksatriya

becomes king of the world.

 

 

Texts 4 and 5

 

By its mercy a vaisya becomes the master of great wealth and a sudra

becomes free fom his low birth. By its mercy one becomes free from a host of

sins beginning with killing a Sbrahmana, drinking wine, and committing theft.

O queen of the demigods, it is true. There is no doubt it is true. In this

world there is nothing equal to the thousand names of Sri Radha.

 

Text 6

 

In Svargaloka, in Patalaloka, on the mountains, or in the oceans no prayer

is better than this prayer, no holy place is better than this prayer.

 

 

Text 7

 

A person who becomes clean and attentively reads or hears this prayer on

the ekadasi day attains all his desires, O beautiful one.

 

Text 8

 

O auspicious one, please hear the result attained by a person who reads or

hears this prayer in the presence of Tulasi-devi on a dvadasi or on the

full-moon day.

 

 

Texts 9-14

 

A person who reads or hears this prayer attains the same result as if he

had performed asvamedha, raajasuya, barhaspatya, trika, atiratra, vajapeya, and

agnistoma yaj{.sy 241}as. A person who reads or hears this prayer on the astami

day of the month of Karttika lives in Vaikuntha for thousands of yugas. He goes

to Brahma's abode, Siva's abode, and Indra's abode. A person who on the Ganges

shore reads or hears this prayer attains a spiritual form like that of Lord

Visnu. O queen of the demigods, it is tue! It is true! This prayer, called the

thousand names of Sri Radha, is a river born on the mountain of my words that

now takes shelter in the mouth of Sri Parvati, a river that purifies the three

worlds. I regularly read this prayer with devotion, as far as I am able.

 

 

Text 15

 

This prayer is dear to me as life. That is why I have revealed it to you,

my beloved. O beautiful one, this prayer should never be given to one who is

not a devotee, to a blasphemer, to an atheist, to one who is not austere, or to

one filled with material desires.

 

Text 16

 

O auspicious one, this prayer should be given to one who is devoted to

Lord Hari. It should be given to a pious person who will in turn give it to the

Vaisnavas as far as he is able.

 

 

Text 17S

 

You are the best of Vaisnavas because you have carefully taken the nectar

of Sri Radha's names from the nectar ocean of my words.

 

 

Texts 18-20

 

O beautiful one, a person who gives this very sacred prayer, which gives

Krsna-bhakti, to one situated in the mode of pure goodness, to one who speaks

the truth, to one who chants sacred mantras, to one who gives charity as far as

he is able, to one whose heart is devoted to the Lord, to one who meditates on

Sri Radha's feet, to one whose mind is a bumblebee at the lotus flower of Lord

Hari's feet, to one who is thoughtful, to one who tastes the nectar at Sri

Radha's feet, or to one who is a Vaisnava, attains Sri Sri Radha-Krsna's feet.

He does not take birth again.

 

Text 21

 

The Vaisnavas are my very life. I carry my trident to protect them. There

is no other reason.

 

Text 22

 

I carry my trident to punish they who hate the devotees of Lord Hari. Hear

this, O pious goddess, for to you I speak the truth.

 

Text 23

 

You are my devotee and You are dear to me. Therefore, out of affection I

have revealed this to you. O goddess, I have never before spoken these thousand

names.