The Nectar Moon of Śrī Rādhā’s Sweetness

Verses from
श्री राधा रस सुधा निधि

Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhā Nidhi
The Nectar Moon of Śrī Rādhā’s Sweetness
By Śrīla Prabodhānanda Saraswatī Ṭhākur

Śrīla Prabodhānanda Saraswatī has written this song yasyāḥ kadāpi vasanāñcala. The official name of this song is Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhā Nidhi. In this song, Prabodhānanda Saraswatī  glorifies Vṛṣabhānu’s daughter – Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, who is the personified nectarean ocean of perfect spiritual love.

यस्याः कदापि वसनाञ्चल खेलनोत्थ
धन्यातिधन्य पवनेन कृतार्थ मानी ।
योगीन्द्र दुर्गम गतिर् मधुसूदनो’पि
तस्या नमो’स्तु वृषभानु भुवो दिशे’पि ॥ २॥

yasyāḥ kadāpi vasanāñcala-khelanottha-
dhanyātidhanya-pavanena kṛtārtha-mānī |
yogīndra-durgama-gatir madhusūdano’pi
tasyā namo’stu vṛṣabhānu-bhuvo diśe’pi ||2||

Even Lord Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa), who is hard to attain even by the best of yogīs, feels Himself greatly blessed when He is touched by even the slightest playful breeze coming from the tip of Śrī Rādhikā’s garment. I offer my obeisances to any direction in which I may find this daughter of Mahārāja Vṛṣabhānu!

ब्रह्मेश्वरादि सुदुरूह पदारविन्द
श्रीमत् पराग परमाद्भुत वैभवायाः ।
सर्वार्थ सार रस वर्षि कृपार्द्र दृष्टेस्
तस्या नमो’स्तु वृषभानु-भुवो महिम्ने ॥ ३॥

brahmeśvarādi-sudurūha-padāravinda-
śrīmat-parāga-paramādbhuta-vaibhavāyāḥ |
sarvārtha-sāra-rasa-varṣi-kṛpārdra-dṛṣṭes
tasyā namo’stu vṛṣabhānu-bhuvo mahimne ||3||

I offer my obeisances to the glories of Mahārāja Vṛṣabhānu’s daughter (Śrī Rādhikā), the beautiful dust of Whose lotus-feet is hardly attained by Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and others and whose merciful glance, which is endowed with the most astonishing prowess, showers the nectar of the essence of all human pursuits (love of God).

यो ब्रह्म रुद्र शुक नारद भीष्म मुख्यैर्
आलक्षितो न सहसा पुरुषस्य तस्य ।
सद्यो वशीकरण चूर्णम् अनन्त शक्तिं
तं राधिका चरण रेणुम् अनुस्मरामि ॥ ४॥

yo brahma-rudra-śuka-nārada-bhīṣma-mukhyair
ālakṣito na sahasā puruṣasya tasya |
sadyo-vaśīkaraṇa-cūrṇam ananta-śaktiṁ
taṁ rādhikā-caraṇa-reṇum anusmarāmi ||4||

I constantly remember the foot-dust of Śrī Rādhikā, whose unlimited power instantly subdues even the Supreme Person (Śrī Kṛṣṇa), Who Himself cannot be easily seen even by the greatest devotees like Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, Śukadeva Muni, Nārada Muni and Bhīṣma.

यत् पाद पद्म नख चन्द्र मणि च्छटाया
विस्फूर्जितं किम् अपि गोप वधूष्व् अदर्शि ।
पूर्णानुराग रस सागर सार मूर्तिः
सा राधिका मयि कदापि कृपां करोतु ॥ ११॥

yat-pāda-padma-nakha-candra-maṇi-cchaṭāyā
visphūrjitaṁ kim api gopa-vadhūṣv adarśi |
pūrṇānurāga-rasa-sāgara-sāra-mūrtiḥ
sā rādhikā mayi kadāpi kṛpāṁ karotu ||11||

When will that Rādhikā, Who is recognisable amongst the gopīs by the effulgence coming from the moonstone like toenails on Her lotus-feet, and Who is the very form of the essence of rasa and full passion, ever bestow Her mercy upon Me?

सत्-प्रेम सिन्धु मकरन्द रसौघ धारा
सारान् अजस्रम् अभितः स्रवद् आश्रितेषु ।
श्री राधिके तव कदा चरणारविन्दं
गोविन्द जीवन धनं शिरसा वहामि ॥ २२॥

sat-prema-sindhu-makaranda-rasaugha-dhārā-
sārān ajasram abhitaḥ sravad āśriteṣu |
śrī-rādhike tava kadā caraṇāravindaṁ
govinda-jīvana-dhanaṁ śirasā vahāmi ||22||

O Śrī Rādhikā, when will I place on my head Your lotus feet, which are flooded with nectar, a flood of nectar that always flows among Your devotees, and are the treasure more dear than life for Lord Kṛṣṇa.