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षष्ठो‘ध्यायः श्रुति-फलम् श्री-महादेव उवाच— इत्य् एतत् कथितꣳ देवि राधा-नाम-सहस्रकम् । यः पठेत् पाठयद् वपि तस्य तुष्यति माधवः ॥१॥ किꣳ तस्य यमुनाभिर् वा नदीभिः सर्वतः प्रिये । कुरुक्षेत्रादि-तीर्थैश् च यस्य तुष्टो जनार्दनः ॥२॥ स्तोत्रस्यास्य प्रसादेन किꣳ न सिध्यति भू-तले । ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्म-वर्चस्वी क्षत्रियो जगति-पतिः ॥३॥ वैश्यो निधि-पतिर् भूयात् शूद्रो मुच्येत जन्मतः । ब्रह्म-हत्या-सुरा-पान- स्तेयादेर् अति-पातकात् ॥४॥ सद्यो मुच्येत देवेशि सत्यꣳ सत्यꣳ न सꣳशयः । राधा-नाम-सहस्रस्य समानꣳ नास्ति भू-तले ॥५॥ स्वर्गे वप्य् अथ पाताले गिरौ व जलतो ऽपि वा । नातः परꣳ शुभꣳ स्तोत्रम् तीर्थꣳ नातः परꣳ परम् ॥६॥ एकादश्याꣳ शुचिर् भूत्वा यः पठेत् सुसमाहितः । तस्य सर्वार्थ-सिद्धिः स्याच् छृणुयाद् व सु-शोभने ॥७॥ द्वादश्याꣳ पौर्णमास्याꣳ वा तुलसी-सन्निधौ शिवे । यः पठेत् शृणुयाद् वापि तस्य तत् तत् फलꣳ शृणु ॥८॥ अश्वमेधꣳ राजसूयꣳ बार्हस्पत्यꣳ तथा त्रिकम् । अति-रात्रꣳ वाजपेयम् अग्निष्टोमꣳ तथा शुभम् ॥९॥ कृत्वा यत् फलम् आप्नोति श्रुत्वा तत् फलम् आप्नुयात् । कार्त्तिके चाष्टमीꣳ प्राप्य पठेद् व शृणुयाद् अपि ॥१०॥ सहस्र-युग-कल्पान्तꣳ वैकुण्ठ-वसतिꣳ लभेत् । ततश् च ब्रह्म-भवने शिवस्य भवने पुनः ॥११॥ सुराधिनाथ-भवने पुनर् याति स-लोकताम् । गङ्गा-तीरꣳ समासाद्य यः पठेत् शृणुयाद् अपि ॥१२॥ विष्णोः सारूप्यम् आयाति सत्यꣳ सत्यꣳ सुरेश्वरि । मम वक्त्र-गिरेर् जाता पार्वती-वदनाश्रिता ॥१३॥ राधा-नाम-सहस्राख्या नदी त्रैलोक्य-पावनी । पठ्यते हि मया नित्यꣳ भक्त्या शक्त्या यथोचितम् ॥१४॥ मम प्राण-समꣳ ह्य् एतत् तव प्रीत्या प्रकाशितम् । नाभक्ताय प्रदातव्यꣳ पाषण्डाय कदाचन । नास्तिकायाविरागाय राग-युक्ताय सुन्दरि ॥१५॥ तथा देयꣳ महा-स्तोत्रꣳ हरि-भक्ताय शङ्करि । वैष्णवेषु यथा-शक्ति दात्रे पुण्यार्थ-शालिने ॥१६॥ राधा-नाम-सुधा-वारि मम वक्त्र-सुधाम्बुधेः उद्धृतासौ त्वया यत्नात् यतस् त्वꣳ वैष्णवाग्रणीः ॥१७॥ विशुद्ध-सत्त्वाय यथार्थ-वादिने द्विजस्य सेवा-निरताय मन्त्रिणे । दात्रे यथा-शक्ति सुभक्त-मानसे राधा-पद-ध्यान-पराय शोभने ॥१८॥ हरि-पादाब्ज-मधुप-मनो-भूताय मानसे । राधा-पाद-सुधास्वाद-शालिने वैष्णवाय च ॥१९॥ दद्यात् स्तोत्रꣳ महा-पुण्यꣳ हरि-भक्ति-प्रसाधनम् । जन्मान्तरꣳ न तस्यास्ति राधा-कृष्ण-पदार्थिनः ॥२०॥ मम प्राणा वैष्णवा हि तेषाꣳ रक्षार्थम् एव हि । शूलꣳ मया धर्यते हि नान्यथा मैत्र-कारणम् ॥२१॥ हरि-भक्ति-द्विषाम् अर्थे शूलꣳ सन्धर्यते मया । शृणु देवि यथार्थꣳ मे गदितꣳ त्वयि सु-व्रते ॥२२॥ भक्तासि मे प्रियासि त्वम् अदः स्नेहात् प्रकाशितम् । कदापि नोच्यते देवि मया नाम-सहस्रकम् ॥२३॥ किꣳ परꣳ त्वाꣳ प्रवक्ष्यामि प्राण-तुल्यꣳ मम प्रिये । स्तोत्रꣳ मन्त्रꣳ राधिकाया यन्त्रꣳ कवचम् एव हि ॥२४॥ इति श्री-नारद-पञ्चरात्रे ज्ञानामृत-सारे पञ्चम-रात्रे षष्थो’ध्यायः ॥६॥ …

ṣaṣṭho‘dhyāyaḥ śruti-phalam śrī-mahādeva uvāca— ity etat kathitaṁ devi rādhā-nāma-sahasrakam | yaḥ paṭhet pāṭhayad vApi tasya tuṣyati mādhavaḥ ||1|| kiṁ tasya yamunābhir vā nadībhiḥ sarvataḥ priye | kurukṣetrādi-tīrthaiś ca yasya tuṣṭo janārdanaḥ ||2|| stotrasyāsya prasādena kiṁ na sidhyati bhū-tale | brāhmaṇo brahma-varcasvī kṣatriyo jagati-patiḥ ||3|| vaiśyo nidhi-patir bhūyāt śūdro mucyeta janmataḥ | brahma-hatyā-surā-pāna- steyāder ati-pātakāt ||4|| sadyo mucyeta deveśi satyaṁ satyaṁ na saṁśayaḥ | rādhā-nāma-sahasrasya samānaṁ nāsti bhū-tale ||5|| svarge vapy atha pātāle girau va jalato 'pi vā | nātaḥ paraṁ śubhaṁ stotram tīrthaṁ nātaḥ paraṁ param ||6|| ekādaśyāṁ śucir bhūtvā yaḥ paṭhet susamāhitaḥ | tasya sarvārtha-siddhiḥ syāc chṛṇuyād va su-śobhane ||7|| dvādaśyāṁ paurṇamāsyāṁ vā tulasī-sannidhau śive | yaḥ paṭhet śṛṇuyād vāpi tasya tat tat phalaṁ śṛṇu ||8|| aśvamedhaṁ rājasūyaṁ bārhaspatyaṁ tathā trikam | ati-rātraṁ vājapeyam agniṣṭomaṁ tathā śubham ||9|| kṛtvā yat phalam āpnoti śrutvā tat phalam āpnuyāt | kārttike cāṣṭamīṁ prāpya paṭhed va śṛṇuyād api ||10|| sahasra-yuga-kalpāntaṁ vaikuṇṭha-vasatiṁ labhet | tataś ca brahma-bhavane śivasya bhavane punaḥ ||11|| surādhinātha-bhavane punar yāti sa-lokatām | gaṅgā-tīraṁ samāsādya yaḥ paṭhet śṛṇuyād api ||12|| viṣṇoḥ sārūpyam āyāti satyaṁ satyaṁ sureśvari | mama vaktra-girer jātā pārvatī-vadanāśritā ||13|| rādhā-nāma-sahasrākhyā nadī trailokya-pāvanī | paṭhyate hi mayā nityaṁ bhaktyā śaktyā yathocitam ||14|| mama prāṇa-samaṁ hy etat tava prītyā prakāśitam | nābhaktāya pradātavyaṁ pāṣaṇḍāya kadācana | nāstikāyāvirāgāya rāga-yuktāya sundari ||15|| tathā deyaṁ mahā-stotraṁ hari-bhaktāya śaṅkari | vaiṣṇaveṣu yathā-śakti dātre puṇyārtha-śāline ||16|| rādhā-nāma-sudhā-vāri mama vaktra-sudhāmbudheḥ uddhṛtāsau tvayā yatnāt yatas tvaṁ vaiṣṇavāgraṇīḥ ||17|| viśuddha-sattvāya yathārtha-vādine dvijasya sevā-niratāya mantriṇe | dātre yathā-śakti subhakta-mānase rādhā-pada-dhyāna-parāya śobhane ||18|| hari-pādābja-madhupa-mano-bhūtāya mānase | rādhā-pāda-sudhāsvāda-śāline vaiṣṇavāya ca ||19|| dadyāt stotraṁ mahā-puṇyaṁ hari-bhakti-prasādhanam | janmāntaraṁ na tasyāsti rādhā-kṛṣṇa-padārthinaḥ ||20|| mama prāṇā vaiṣṇavā hi teṣāṁ rakṣārtham eva hi | śūlaṁ mayā dharyate hi nānyathā maitra-kāraṇam ||21|| hari-bhakti-dviṣām arthe śūlaṁ sandharyate mayā | śṛṇu devi yathārthaṁ me gaditaṁ tvayi su-vrate ||22|| bhaktāsi me priyāsi tvam adaḥ snehāt prakāśitam | kadāpi nocyate devi mayā nāma-sahasrakam ||23|| kiṁ paraṁ tvāṁ pravakṣyāmi prāṇa-tulyaṁ mama priye | stotraṁ mantraṁ rādhikāyā yantraṁ kavacam eva hi ||24|| iti śrī-nārada-pañcarātre jñānāmṛta-sāre pañcama-rātre ṣaṣtho’dhyāyaḥ ||6|| …

English translation

CHAPTER VI

ON THE GLORY OF THE THOUSAND NAMES OF SRi RADHIKA

Sri Mahadeva said :—O Devi! I have disclosed the thousand names of Sri Radha. Whoever reads this, or gets it read py others, gets the satisfaction of Madhava. (1)

O Beloved ! What will the river Yamuna, etc., and the Tirthas Kuruksetra, etc., avail to him, who has obtained the satisfaction of Janardana. (2)

What cannot be brought to success in this world by the favour of this stotra. The Brahmanas become energetic like Brahma and the Ksatriyas become kings of this world. (3)

The Vaisyas become rich; the Sudras get mukti from their births ; and the great sins, murdering Brahmanas, drinking wines and stealing, etc., fly away. (4)

O DeveSi! From the above thousand names really one becomes entirely free ; there is no doubt in this. For nothing is equal in this world to the thousand names of Radha, (5)

No tirthas (place of pilgrimage) is equal to it in auspiciousness, whether in the heavens, in the neither worlds, or in the mountain, or in water. (6)

Whoever becoming pure and collected reads or hears the

above in the Ekadaégi tithi, O Beautiful One, all his desires are fulfilled. (7) :

O Girije ! Whoever reads or hears this on the Dvadagi (12th lunar day) tithi or on the Purnima tithi (full Moon night) before the Tulasi plant, gets fruits equivalent to performing the Asvamedha, Rajasiya, Varhaspatya, Atiratra or Agnistoma and other sacrifices ; and if he reads or hears on the eightth lunar day of the month of Kartika (astami tithi) ; then he resides in Vail.untha for one thousand yuga Kalpas. (8-11)

‘three worlds. Irecite them daily with devotion. (14)

they really are, to t

Whe Fifth Night, Ch. VI 303

And it also imparts Salokya Mukti in Brabma’s, Siva’s or in “Visnu’s abode, and if one reads or hears this on the banks of the

_ Ganges, then O Suresvari! he acquires verily, yea, vemily the

‘Sarupya (the same form) of §ri Visnu. These words I speak out and Parvati hears them. (12-13)

The river of the thousand names of Sri Radha purifies the all my might and

[love Thee ; therefore, I disdevoted and atheist. those who have

This is equivalent to my life. close it. It ought never to be given to the un ‘O Fair One ! So it is never advisable to give it to who are atheists and who are passionate.

o be given to the (16)

mo Vairagyam, But, O Sankari! This stotra (hymn) ought t ‘Vaisnavas, devoted to Hari, and to the virtuous donor.

made Me utter this nectar like names

As Thou hast carefully the foremost of the

of §ri Radhika, Thou hast become Vaisnavas. (17) This ought to be given to the Visudd

persons of the. nature of sattvaguna), to those who speak things as he knower of mantras and to those who are, ted to the service of the and to those who

hasattva (supremely good

as best as they can, charitable, devo Dvijas. to the Bhaktas and good socled persons meditate the feet of Sri Radhika. (18)

To those who serve the lotus feet of Sri Hari, servants of Hari and to the Vaisnavas, who drink the nectar of the feet of Sri Radha, = (19)

Thereby those who want the feet of Sri Radh not to be born again. (20)

who are the

a Krsna have

As the Vaisnavas are equivalent to My life, I hold my frident for their protection. There is no other reason inthis. (21) I hold the Danda, the rod of punishment always for protecting

those that abuse the Hari Bhaktas. O Suvrate Devi! This 1 speak truly out of My affection to Thee. (22)

304 ; Narada Paficarditram

Thou art My devoted and also likest to act to My will; hence I disclose this to Thee, O Devi, Otherwise I would not have disclosed this thousand names to Thee. (23)

O Beloved ; equal to My Self! Now I will speak any of Sri

Radhika’s stotra, mantra, yantra, or Kavacam. Which dost Thou like to hear. (24)

Here ends the Sixth Chapter in the Fifth Night in Sri Narada Pajicaratra Jiinamrtasara,

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Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit/IAST is the GGM complete amended text, version 1.1, based on Vijñānānanda’s 1997 edition; the displayed Devanagari is transliterated directly from that proofread IAST witness. English is Swami Vijñānānanda’s complete translation, printed pages 302–304 (scan pages 319–321). It was extracted with Tesseract 5 English OCR from the 200 ppi published scan, with chapter boundaries controlled against the printed contents. No unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.