SRI SRI RADHIKASTAKAM by Srila Raghunatha dasa Goswami

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"SRI SRI RADHIKASTAKAM by Srila Raghunatha dasa Goswami

 

1. When will Sri Radhika, who is the crown jewel of all the

mellows, doe-eyed goddesses of fortune, who is the blissful swan

in Muravairi's lovelake, and who is the desire vine of the pious

merit of king Vrsabhanu, the foremost resident of Vraja, shower

me with Her service?

 

2. When will Sri Radhika, whose buttocks are adorned with a

brightly shining crimson garment, on which nice waistbells

joyfully dance and whose jug©like breasts are beautified by a

string of pearls, shower me with Her service?

 

3. When will Sri Radhika, whose luster belittles that of the

whorl of the best of the lotuses, whose nectarean adolescence is

scented with the camphor of youth and whose Bimba©fruit©like lips

show a slight smile, shower me with Her service?

 

4. When will Sri Radhika, who looks at the son of the king of

Vraja (Krsna) with fearful eyes when She meets Him in the forest,

and who prays to Him with soft, sweet words and the movements of

Her eyes, shower me with Her service?

 

5. When will Sri Radhika, who is the very life©form of all the

housewives of Vraja, who is the object of affection for the queen

of the cowherders, Yasoda, as much as Krsna is, and whose heart

is blooming of the very charming Lalita's heart's affection for

Her, shower me with Her service?

 

6. When will Sri Radhika, who always strings Vaijayanti flower

garlands from flowers that She picks in the forest with Visakha,

who is the dear lover at Aghavijaya's (Krsna's) chest, and who is

the source of His fortune, shower me with Her service?

 

7. When will Sri Radhika, who quickly runs to where Hari is

playing His flute indicating His whereabouts, whose eyes smile

when She attains Him in the kunja, but who then shyly bends Her

head down, scratching Her earholes, shower me with Her service?

 

8. May Sri Radhika, who blissfully plays in Her own pond, which

is filled with spotless, lotus flowers, that are touched by a

cool breeze in the evening with Her friends and Bakari (Sri

Krsna), shower me with Her service.

 

9. Anyone who eagerly recites this sacred Radhikastakam with a

pure mind, having given up all material desires, will please

Krsna, the son of the cowherd king, who will give that person a

place amongst Sri Radhika's own (friends or maidservants).

 

End of Srila Raghunatha dasa Goswami's Radhikastakam.