Basic Prayer to Lady Radha?

[Sirona]

Is there a rather short basic prayer to Lady Radha, (comparable to the "Hail Mary" for Catholics, f.e.), and how are its words?

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Originally posted by Sirona:

Is there a rather short basic prayer to Lady Radha, (comparable to the "Hail Mary" for Catholics, f.e.), and how are its words?

 

 

he krishna karunA sindhu dIna bandhu jagat patE

gOpEsha gOpikA kAntha rAdha kAnta namo 'stutE

 

tapta kAncana gaurangi rAdhe vRndAvaneswari

VrshabhAnu sutE dEvi pranamAmi haripriyE

 

[sha]

Originally posted by Sirona:

Is there a rather short basic prayer to Lady Radha, (comparable to the "Hail Mary" for Catholics, f.e.), and how are its words?

 

 

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Meaning:

 

<big><font color="red">All glory (Jai) to Sri Radhika!! (Radhe!!)

[Guest guest]

The letters are half full. They will be full when you say "Jai Radhe Shyam". Radha and Krishna are always worshipped together.

 

You can also say "HarE KrishnA".

[sha]

Originally posted by ram:

The letters are half full. They will be full when you say "Jai Radhe Shyam". Radha and Krishna are always worshipped together.

 

You can also say "HarE KrishnA".

<font color="red">"kRSNa prANAdhi devI

sAta dadhIno vibhurya taH

rAsezvarI tasya nityaM

tadhA hI nona tiSTathi</font>

 

Sri Radha is the life-breath of Sri Krishna

and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always under Her control.

Radhaji being the Raseshvari, Goddess of Divine Love, She eternally associates with Lord Krishna, as He cannot exist without His Soul, Radha.

 

<font color="blue">satyaM satyaM punaH satyaM

satyameva punaH punaH

rAdhA nAmnA vinA loke

mat prasAdo na vidyate</font>

 

(Narada Panca Ratram)

 

Sri Krishna declares to Narada muni,

"I am telling this<big> truth</big> again and again.

Without lovingly remembering the<big> Names of My Beloved Radha Rani,</big> devotees can never achieve My Grace." (N.R.P.)

 

<font color="red">'rA' sabdoccAraNAd bhakto

bhaktim muktim ca rAti saH

'dhA' sabdoccAraNe naiva

dhAvaty eva hareH padam</font>

 

(N.P.R.)

 

For<big> 'ra'</big> represents receiving unswerving devotion and service to Krishna's Lotus Feet and<big> 'dha'</big> represents dwelling together with Krishna for eternity.

 

 

Sri Krishna also says, "Greater is My delight in hearing the<big> Name of 'Radha',</big> and dearer to Me than those who offer the sixteen kinds of worship, O Radha, is he <big>who utters 'rAdhA'</big>"(Brahma Vaivarta Purana)

 

"Worship that Radha, the bestower of Prema.

<big>Quickly</big> you shall go to Goloka, through Her favor and service.

 

Bhaktas by serving Lord Krishna, (Who is unattainable by impersonal meditation),<big> in a long time,</big> after many, many births go to Goloka.

[Bhaktavasya]

Ram; Your reply connects nicely with the 'Vaisnava disputes' thread. Although you are both correct, Sha is 'more correct' because a simple mantra prayer to Radha was the request. Who here could imagine Radha without Krishna, even if She sometimes SEEMS to be alone!

 

 

[This message has been edited by jndas (edited 06-11-2002).]

[Sarasvati]

Who could imagine Radha without Krishna? No one. Who could imagine Krishna without Radha? No one. They are eternally together. Because of our Judeo-Christian backgrounds, we sometimes forget that we do not only serve Supreme Lord. We serve Supreme Lady, too.

[sha]

Originally posted by Bhaktavasya:

Ram; Your reply connects nicely with the 'Vaisnava disputes' thread. Although you are both correct, Sha is 'more correct' because a simple mantra prayer to Radha was the request. Who here could imagine Radha without Krishna, even if She sometimes SEEMS to be alone!

 

[This message has been edited by jndas (edited 06-11-2002).]

 

What dispute? Where? I do not see any.

 

Sri Jiva gosvAmi's message sent to Sri Gadhadara Bhatta:

 

<font color="blue">anArAdhya rAdhA padAMbhoja reNuM

anAzritya vRndAvanaM tat padAGkam

asaMbhASya tad bhAva gaMbhIra cintAn

kutaH zyAma sindhoH rasy AvagAhaH</font>

 

<font color="red">Without worshipping the dust-particle of Radha's lotus feet,

without taking the shelter of the sacred land of Vrindavan

where Her blessed footprints can be traced,

without delightfully learning the depths of

Her Divine ecstasies from Her Rasik Saints,

how one is supposed to understand or realize

the Ocean of Nectar of Divine Love?</font><font color="white"><small>

 

[This message has been edited by sha (edited 06-11-2002).]

[Guest guest]

Originally posted by Bhaktavasya:

Ram; Your reply connects nicely with the 'Vaisnava disputes' thread. Although you are both correct, Sha is 'more correct' because a simple mantra prayer to Radha was the request. Who here could imagine Radha without Krishna, even if She sometimes SEEMS to be alone!

[This message has been edited by jndas (edited 06-11-2002).]

As you said they are never separated except seemingly so. Like Sita was "separated" from Rama but was constantly chanting Rama nama, meditating Him in the heart and therefore was always with Him. But Hanuman tried to unite them as a service. It gives us a great merit to "unite" the Lord with His eternal consort. The Lord has everything and so does Srimati Radharani. But we still make an offering. What greater offering than Krishna Himself to Srimati Radharani ? When you say "Jai Radhe", Krishna is present already. But you still unite her with Her eternal consort Krishna. Hare Krishna.

[sha]

Originally posted by ram:

The letters are half full. They will be full when you say "Jai Radhe Shyam". Radha and Krishna are always worshipped together.

 

You can also say "HarE KrishnA".

<font color="blue">jAnAti kiJcid api sA hRdi me vibhAti

rAdhA vazIkaraNa-mantram avazyam eva |

no cet kathaM sura-munIndra-nutaM

zaraNyaM dAsAbhimAnam anayad

vraja-mugdha-candram ||1||</font>

 

A realization has entered my heart

that Radha must know some kind of

special bewitching spell.

Otherwise, how could she turn

the enchanting moon of Vraja,

to whom the gods and great sages bow down

and of whom they take shelter,

into someone proud to claim

he is her servant.

 

(Sri Narahari Thakur's Radhastakam, verse 1.)

 

<font color="red">rAdhA prayAti vipinaM vipinaM prayAti

rAdhA nikuJja-sadane sa ca tatra nityam |

rAdhA-sukhe sukham upetya duHkhe ca duHkhI

kRSNaM kadApi khalu tiSThati na svatantraH ||4||</font>

 

Radha goes into the woods;

Krishna goes into the woods.

When Radha goes into the forest bower,

Krishna is always there with her.

When Radha is happy, he becomes happy.

When she is sad, he is also sad.

Krishna is never, ever

independent in any way.

 

(Sri Narahari Tahakur's Radhikastakam, verse 4.)

 

<font color="blue">bhaktiM na kRSNa-caraNe na karomi cArtiM

rAdhA-padAmbuja-rajaH-kaNa-sAhasena |

tasyA dRg-aJcala-nipAta-vizeSa-vettA

daivAd ayaM mayi kariSyati dAsa-buddhim ||6||</font>

 

<big>I do not engage in devotion to Krishna, nor am I troubled by it,</big>

 

for I have been made bold through the few drops of dust

of Radha's lotus feet that have fallen on my head.

 

Yet Krishna knows the special power of Radha's sidelong glances,

will one day suddenly take an attitude of service to me.

 

(Sri Narahari Thakur's Radhikastakam, verse 6.)

 

Originally posted by Jagadananda dasa on

 

http://www.raganuga.org/cgi-bin/raga/ikonboard.cgi

 

[radharani]

Once I heard a girl chanting just, radharani, radharani, radharani . . .

[sha]

<center>Namaste all.

Let me share a few more prayers to Sri Radhika from another board:

 

<font color="red">yo brahma rudra zuka nArada bhiSma mukhyai

rAlakSito na sahasA puruSasya tasya

sadyo vazikaraNa cUrNam ananta zaktiM

taM rAdhikA caraNa reNum anusmarAmi</font>

 

(Radha Rasa Sudhanidhi)

 

A Rasik Saint-Poet says:

 

<font color="red">The great Gods like Brahma, and Sankara,

the great devotees like, Sukadeva paramahamsa,

Narada Muni and grand-father Bishmadeva,

are UNABLE to obtain the TOTAL BLISS of the Supreme Lord

and CANNOT FULLY attract His Grace, being UNREALIZED of

His MADHURYA Rasa, His True, TOTAL ESSENCE.

 

But the SAME Godhead Personality ,

CAN BE SOON brought UNDER favorable CONTROL

by the POWER of A sacred DUST particle of

the Lotus feet of Sri Radhika,

the EMBODIMENT of Lord's Divine BLISS.

 

So LET the OBJECT of MY MEDITATION SIMPLY be

that BLESSED PARTICLE of Her FOOT-DUST.

 

Without BEING FAVORED by Sri Radhika,

it is IMPOSSIBLE even to UNDERSTAND

the GLORIES of Sri Radha-Krishna and

HER Rasik SAINTS, so what to speak of

Prema-Rasa-CONTEMPLATION upon the

DIVINE COUPLE and Their Nitya Madhurya Lila !!</font>

 

<font color="blue">rAdhA nAma sudhA rasaM rasayituM jihvAstu me vihvalA

pAdau tat padakAGkitAsu carataM vRndATavi vIthiSu

satkarmaiva karaH karotu hRdayam tasyAh padaM dhyAyatAt

tad bhAvotsavataH paraM bhavatu me tat prANa nAthe ratiH</font>

 

The Rasik Saint continues:

 

<font color="blue">"O My Radhe! O Queen of Vrindavan!

When will that most fortunate moment

in my life will come?

When Will I become RESTLESS for Your vision,

tasting the Sweet Nectar of Your Names DANCING

on my tongue?

When will I ROLL on the GROUNDS of the gardens

and flower bowers, looking for Your Foot-Prints

and RUN like a MAD person?

Contemplating on Your Lotus Feet alone in my HEART,

when will I UTILIZE my hands and body for doing

Your Loving SERVICE?

Having dedicated forever MY WHOLE SELF to You,

IMMERSED myself in Your Devotional Ecstacies,

when will I ATTAIN the self-less Love for the

Lord of Your Heart and ADORE Him , just for the

SAKE of GIVING pleasure to You ALONE?

 

O My Radhe! When will You make me ELIGIBLE for Your Grace?"</font>

 

ONLY with HER Grace ONE gets some UNDERSTANDING of

Her Glory and Her Saints.

 

<font color="red">"Wearing light-colored clothes during the full moon

and dark colors in the moon's absence,

Sri Radha dresses TO PLEASE Her Beloved Krishna,

and to facilitate Her nightly secret MEETINGS

with Her Gallant Lover, Sri Shyamasundara.

 

Radhaji's FAVORITE outfit is a "Krishna-Blue" sari and

shawl matched with a pink blouse that DELIGHTS Sri Krishna.

 

Radharani's upper garment is red like a RUBY,

and it is the FAVORITE of Lord Hari.

Radha's lower garment is the color of a dark blue cloud,

and it is Her FAVORITE."</font> - (RKG)

 

<font color="red">"All glories to Your wonderful RUBY-red silk sari.

O Radhe, that sari has DOUBLED the PASSIONATE Love

I bear for You in My HEART!" -</font> (UN)

 

<font color="blue">"O moon-faced One! O doe-eyed One! O Goddess!

Oh lovely-nosed One! O One with reddish lips!

O sweet Smiler! O Supreme Lakshmi! O creeper-armed One!

O lustrous One of conch shell-smooth neck!

O One with plantain tree shaped thighs!

Oh Whose collection of lotus toenails

brightly illuminates ALL directions!

When, O Radhe! Will You be worshipped by me?" </font>- (RRS)

 

<font color="maroon">"The glaringly effulgent tiara's shimmering halo

beautifully sports in ALL directions stretching to the HORIZON.

Glistening sleek armlets, bracelets, and necklaces

refract a collective, flickering of jewel-like coronas.

Hip-spanning belt of softly tinkling bells,

anklets charming musical chimes embellishing

the MAJESTY of Her divine lotus feet,

Oh, my MIND! Just ADORE and contemplate upon

the EFFULGENCE known as RADHA!" - </font>(RRS)

 

<font color="navy">"Holding that FOOT DUST upon their heads,

the most glorious Gopis ATTAIN the exalted desired post,

along with ALL the cherished benefits

which are also HANKERED after by the

peacock feather-crowned Blue Boy (Lord Sri Krishna).

 

That precious Dust being the wish fulfilling Tree

for the Rasik Saints and devotees whose path of

Divine Love is ever like a grand festival of

Ecstatic divine emotions (Prema-Rasa)...

I fondly remember the same sacred dust of

my Radhikaji's Lotus feet." -</font> (RRS)