Second Night · Chapter 6
Sourceषष्टोऽ ध्यायः अथ राधा-प्रशꣳसा श्री-महादेव उवाच— जगन्-मातुर् उपाख्यानꣳ तुभ्यꣳ च कथितꣳ मया । सुदुर्लभꣳ सुगुप्तꣳ च वेदेषु च चतुर्षु च ॥१॥ पुराणेष्व् इतिहासेषु पञ्च-रात्रेषु पञ्चसु । अतीव पुण्यदꣳ शुद्धꣳ सर्व-पाप-प्रणाशनम् ॥२॥ सꣳक्षेपेणैव कथितꣳ राधाख्यानꣳ मनोहरम् । कापिलेये पञ्च-रात्रे विस्तीर्णम् अतिसुन्दरम् ॥३॥ नारायणेन कथितꣳ मुनये कपिलाय च । सिद्ध-क्षेत्रे पुण्यतमे प्रत्यक्षꣳ मम सन्निधौ ॥४॥ तत्रोक्तꣳ हरिणा सार्धꣳ सुश्राव कमलोद्भवः । शुश्रुवुर् मुनयः सर्वे चेदम् एव परꣳ वचः ॥५॥ आदौ समुच्चरेद् राधाꣳ पश्चात् कृष्णꣳ च माधवम् । विपरीतꣳ यदि पठेत् ब्रह्म-हत्याꣳ लभेद् ध्रुवम् ॥६॥ श्री-कृष्णो जगताꣳ तातो जगन्-माता च राधिका । पितुः सद्-गुणो माता वन्द्या पूज्या गरीयसी ॥७॥ दैव-दोषेण महता ये च निन्दन्ति राधिकाम् । वामाचाराश् च मूर्खाश् च पापिनश् च हरि-द्विषः ॥८॥ कुम्भी-पाके तप्त-तैले तिष्ठन्ति ब्रह्मणः शतम् । इहैव तद्-वꣳश-हीनः सर्व-नाशाय कल्पते ॥९॥ भवेद् रोगी च पतितो विघ्नस् तस्य पदे पदे । हरिणोक्तꣳ ब्रह्म-क्षेत्रे मया च ब्रह्मणा श्रुतम् ॥१०॥ त्रैलोक्य-पावनीꣳ राधाꣳ सन्तो ऽसेवन्त नित्यशः । यत् पाद-पद्मे भक्त्यार्घ्यꣳ नित्यꣳ कृष्णो ददाति च ॥११॥ यत् पाद-पद्म-नखरे पुण्ये वृन्दावने वने । सुस्निग्धालक्तकरसꣳ प्रेम्ना भक्त्या ददौ परा ॥१२॥ राधा-चर्वित-ताम्बूलꣳ चखाद मधुसूदनः । द्वयोश् चैके न भेदश् च दुग्ध-घावल्ययो ऽर्था ॥१३॥ श्री-कृष्णोरसि या राधा यद् वामाꣳशेन सम्भवा । महा-लक्ष्मीश् च वैकुण्ठे सा च नारायणोरसि ॥१४॥ सरस्वती सा च देवी विदुषाꣳ जननी परा । क्षीरोद-सिन्धु-कन्या सा विष्णोर् उरसि मायया ॥१५॥ सावित्री ब्रह्मणो लोके ब्रह्म-वक्ष-स्थल-स्थिता । पुरा सुराणाꣳ तेजःसु साविर्भूत्वा दया हरेः ॥१६॥ स्वयꣳ मूर्तिमती भूत्वा जघान दैत्य-सङ्घकान् । ददौ राज्यꣳ महेन्द्राय कृत्वा निष्कण्टकꣳ पदम् ॥१७॥ कालेन सा भगवती विष्णु-माया सनातनी । बभूव दक्ष-कन्या च परꣳ कृष्णाज्ञया मुने ॥१८॥ त्यक्त्वा देहꣳ पितुर् यज्ञे ममैव निन्दया मुने । पितृणाꣳ मानसी कन्या मेना कन्या बभूव सा ॥१९॥ आविर्भूता पर्वते सा तेनेयꣳ पार्वती सती । सर्व-शक्ति-स्वरूपा सा दुर्गा दुर्गति-नाशिनी ॥२०॥ बुद्धि-स्वरूपा परमा कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः । सम्पद् रूपेन्द्र-गेहे सा स्वर्ग-लक्ष्मी-स्वरूपिणी ॥२१॥ मर्त्ये लक्ष्मी राज-गेहे गृह-लक्ष्मीर् गृहे गृहे । पृथक् पृथक् च सर्वत्र ग्रामेषु ग्राम-देवता ॥२२॥ जले सत्य-स्वरूपा सा गन्ध-रूपा च भूमिषु । शब्द-रूपा च नभसि शोभा-रूपा निशाकरे ॥२३॥ प्रभा-रूपा भास्करे सा नृपेन्द्रेषु स सर्वतः । बह्लौ सा दाहिका शक्तिः सर्व-शक्तिश् च जन्तुषु ॥२४॥ सृष्टि-काले च सा देवी मूल-प्रकृतिर् ईश्वरी । माता भवेन् महा-विष्णोः स एव महान् विराट् ॥२५॥ यस्य लोमसु विश्वानि तेन वासुः प्रकीर्तितः । तस्य देवो ऽपि श्री-कृष्णो वासुदेव इतीरितः ॥२६॥ महतो वै सृष्टि-विधौ चाहङ्ग्कार्य् अभवन् मुने । ततो हि रूप-तन्मात्रꣳ शब्द-तन्मात्र इत्यतः ॥२७॥ ततो हि स्पर्श-तन्मात्रम् एवꣳ सृष्टि-क्रमो मुने । सृष्टि-बीज-स्वरूपा सा नहि सृष्टिस् तया विना ॥२८॥ विना मृदꣳ घटꣳ कर्तुꣳ कुलालश् च न च क्षमः । विना स्वर्णꣳ स्वर्ण-कारः कुण्डलꣳ कर्तुम् अक्षमः ॥२९॥ एवꣳ ते कथितꣳ सर्वम् आख्यानम् अतिदुर्लभम् । जन्म-मृत्यु-जरा-व्याधि-शोक-दुःख-हरꣳ परम् ॥३०॥ आराध्य सुचिरꣳ कृष्णꣳ यद् यत् कार्यꣳ भवेन् नृणाम् । राधोपासनया तच् च भवेत् स्वल्पेन कालतः ॥३१॥ तस्यापि मायया सार्धꣳ सर्वꣳ विश्वꣳ महा-मुने । विष्णु-माया भगवती कृपाꣳ यꣳ यꣳ करोति च ॥३२॥ स च प्राप्नोति कृष्णꣳ च तद्-भक्ति-दास्यम् ईस्पितम् । इत्य् एवꣳ कथितꣳ सर्वꣳ परꣳ च सुख-मोक्षदम् । नातिसारꣳ च सुभदꣳ किꣳ भूयः श्रोतुम् इच्छसि ॥३३॥ इति श्री-नारद-पञ्च-रात्रे ज्ञानामृत-सारे द्वितीय-रात्रे शिव-नारद-सꣳवादे भक्ति-ज्ञान-कथने राधा-प्रशꣳसा नाम षष्ठो ऽध्यायः ॥६॥ …
ṣaṣṭo' dhyāyaḥ atha rādhā-praśaṁsā śrī-mahādeva uvāca— jagan-mātur upākhyānaṁ tubhyaṁ ca kathitaṁ mayā | sudurlabhaṁ suguptaṁ ca vedeṣu ca caturṣu ca ||1|| purāṇeṣv itihāseṣu pañca-rātreṣu pañcasu | atīva puṇyadaṁ śuddhaṁ sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam ||2|| saṁkṣepeṇaiva kathitaṁ rādhākhyānaṁ manoharam | kāpileye pañca-rātre vistīrṇam atisundaram ||3|| nārāyaṇena kathitaṁ munaye kapilāya ca | siddha-kṣetre puṇyatame pratyakṣaṁ mama sannidhau ||4|| tatroktaṁ hariṇā sārdhaṁ suśrāva kamalodbhavaḥ | śuśruvur munayaḥ sarve cedam eva paraṁ vacaḥ ||5|| ādau samuccared rādhāṁ paścāt kṛṣṇaṁ ca mādhavam | viparītaṁ yadi paṭhet brahma-hatyāṁ labhed dhruvam ||6|| śrī-kṛṣṇo jagatāṁ tāto jagan-mātā ca rādhikā | pituḥ sad-guṇo mātā vandyā pūjyā garīyasī ||7|| daiva-doṣeṇa mahatā ye ca nindanti rādhikām | vāmācārāś ca mūrkhāś ca pāpinaś ca hari-dviṣaḥ ||8|| kumbhī-pāke tapta-taile tiṣṭhanti brahmaṇaḥ śatam | ihaiva tad-vaṁśa-hīnaḥ sarva-nāśāya kalpate ||9|| bhaved rogī ca patito vighnas tasya pade pade | hariṇoktaṁ brahma-kṣetre mayā ca brahmaṇā śrutam ||10|| trailokya-pāvanīṁ rādhāṁ santo 'sevanta nityaśaḥ | yat pāda-padme bhaktyārghyaṁ nityaṁ kṛṣṇo dadāti ca ||11|| yat pāda-padma-nakhare puṇye vṛndāvane vane | susnigdhālaktakarasaṁ premnā bhaktyā dadau parā ||12|| rādhā-carvita-tāmbūlaṁ cakhāda madhusūdanaḥ | dvayoś caike na bhedaś ca dugdha-ghāvalyayo 'rthā ||13|| śrī-kṛṣṇorasi yā rādhā yad vāmāṁśena sambhavā | mahā-lakṣmīś ca vaikuṇṭhe sā ca nārāyaṇorasi ||14|| sarasvatī sā ca devī viduṣāṁ jananī parā | kṣīroda-sindhu-kanyā sā viṣṇor urasi māyayā ||15|| sāvitrī brahmaṇo loke brahma-vakṣa-sthala-sthitā | purā surāṇāṁ tejaḥsu sāvirbhūtvā dayā hareḥ ||16|| svayaṁ mūrtimatī bhūtvā jaghāna daitya-saṅghakān | dadau rājyaṁ mahendrāya kṛtvā niṣkaṇṭakaṁ padam ||17|| kālena sā bhagavatī viṣṇu-māyā sanātanī | babhūva dakṣa-kanyā ca paraṁ kṛṣṇājñayā mune ||18|| tyaktvā dehaṁ pitur yajñe mamaiva nindayā mune | pitṛṇāṁ mānasī kanyā menā kanyā babhūva sā ||19|| āvirbhūtā parvate sā teneyaṁ pārvatī satī | sarva-śakti-svarūpā sā durgā durgati-nāśinī ||20|| buddhi-svarūpā paramā kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ | sampad rūpendra-gehe sā svarga-lakṣmī-svarūpiṇī ||21|| martye lakṣmī rāja-gehe gṛha-lakṣmīr gṛhe gṛhe | pṛthak pṛthak ca sarvatra grāmeṣu grāma-devatā ||22|| jale satya-svarūpā sā gandha-rūpā ca bhūmiṣu | śabda-rūpā ca nabhasi śobhā-rūpā niśākare ||23|| prabhā-rūpā bhāskare sā nṛpendreṣu sa sarvataḥ | bahlau sā dāhikā śaktiḥ sarva-śaktiś ca jantuṣu ||24|| sṛṣṭi-kāle ca sā devī mūla-prakṛtir īśvarī | mātā bhaven mahā-viṣṇoḥ sa eva mahān virāṭ ||25|| yasya lomasu viśvāni tena vāsuḥ prakīrtitaḥ | tasya devo 'pi śrī-kṛṣṇo vāsudeva itīritaḥ ||26|| mahato vai sṛṣṭi-vidhau cāhaṅgkāry abhavan mune | tato hi rūpa-tanmātraṁ śabda-tanmātra ityataḥ ||27|| tato hi sparśa-tanmātram evaṁ sṛṣṭi-kramo mune | sṛṣṭi-bīja-svarūpā sā nahi sṛṣṭis tayā vinā ||28|| vinā mṛdaṁ ghaṭaṁ kartuṁ kulālaś ca na ca kṣamaḥ | vinā svarṇaṁ svarṇa-kāraḥ kuṇḍalaṁ kartum akṣamaḥ ||29|| evaṁ te kathitaṁ sarvam ākhyānam atidurlabham | janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-śoka-duḥkha-haraṁ param ||30|| ārādhya suciraṁ kṛṣṇaṁ yad yat kāryaṁ bhaven nṛṇām | rādhopāsanayā tac ca bhavet svalpena kālataḥ ||31|| tasyāpi māyayā sārdhaṁ sarvaṁ viśvaṁ mahā-mune | viṣṇu-māyā bhagavatī kṛpāṁ yaṁ yaṁ karoti ca ||32|| sa ca prāpnoti kṛṣṇaṁ ca tad-bhakti-dāsyam īspitam | ity evaṁ kathitaṁ sarvaṁ paraṁ ca sukha-mokṣadam | nātisāraṁ ca subhadaṁ kiṁ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi ||33|| iti śrī-nārada-pañca-rātre jñānāmṛta-sāre dvitīya-rātre śiva-nārada-saṁvāde bhakti-jñāna-kathane rādhā-praśaṁsā nāma ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ ||6|| …
English translation
CHAPTER VI _ ON THE GLORIFICATION OF RADHA
§ri Mahadeva said :—Thus I have spoken to you about the
narrative of the World-mother who is hidden and rarely spoken of in the four Vedas, Puranas, Itihasas and other five fold Paficaratras. This anecdote is excellent yielding punyam, holy, and destructive of all sins. (1-2)
in brief, this excellent history. In
Thus | have spoken to you, t on in detail and it is very
the Kapila Paficaratra, itis dwel beautiful. (3)
In the highly meritorious Siddha ksettr: Narayana spoke to the Muni Kapila. (4)
There Brahma and Hari heard this together ; Munis, too, bard this story. (5)
First one should utter the name Radha, next the name Krsna or Madhava. If one utters the reverse, involved in the sin of murdering a Brahmana. (6)
Sri Krsna is the Father of the world ; Radhika is the Mother of the world. Mother is hundred times more respected, worshipful
and higher in point of honour, than the Father. (1) revious Karma) he blames s, iS jiliterate, a great
a, and before me, and all the
he should utter . he is
If due to some defect in his Daiva (p Radhika, he follows the path of Vamacari
sinner and hater of Hari. (8) urning oils, for one life,
He remains in Kumbhipika hell, in b sextinct in his life and
period of Brahma ; and his family become he meets with ruin and destruction. (9) and fallen and meets with obstacles setra; and I have
He becomes diseased everywhere. Hari has spoken this in Brahmak heard the above from Brahma. _— (10)
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The saints always worship Radha, the Deliverer of the three
worlds. Krsna even offers arghyam with devotion daily to Her lotus feet. (11)
In days of yore, in the holy Vrindavan forest, Krsna, with great loving devotion applied the sweet juice of the wet red powder (alakta rasa) on the nails of the toes of Radha. (12)
Madhisiidana ate the betel that was chewed by Radha. ‘ihe
two are one ; there is no difference between them, as the milk and its white colour are in separable. (13) ; .
Radha has sprung from Sri Krgna’s left side and resides in His breast. It is She that has assumed the name of Mahz Laksmi and resides in Vaikuntha on the breast of Narayana. (14)
She is Sarasvati and the mother of the learned. It is She that
came out as the daughter of the milk ocean and sits on the bosom of Visnu. (15)
She is Savitri in the region of Brahma and resides on the bosom of Brahma. In ancient days She appeared as the outcome
of the fires (tejas) of the Devas and is the incarnate of Hari’s compassion and mercy. (16)
Thus, taking Her incarnation, she destroyed the whole host of the Daityas ; and gave to Indra the kingdom free from foes. (17)
O Muni! Then by the command of Krsna, Visnumaya Bhagavati became, Prajapati. (18)
the eternal in time, the daughter of Dakga
O Muni! At the sacrificial place of her father, hearing Me blamed, She quitted Her body and became born as the daughter of Menaka, the mind-born daughter of the Pitris. (19)
Because she was born in the mountain Himalay named Parvati. She is of the nature of All-power ; name is Durga, destructive of all evils. (2°)
as, she was Her another
She is the chief buddhi (intellect) of the Supreme Spirit Krsna; it is She that is Svarga Laksmi (the wealth and Prosperity of the Heavens) of Indra. (21)
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In this world she is the Laksmi in king’s palaces ; and the ‘Grha Lakgmi in every house ; besides, She is the village Deity in all villages. (22) i
She is of the nature of truth in wate: in earth ; of the nature of sound in akasa, in the Moon. (23)
She is of the nature of Prab
the kings ; she is the burning power of power and strength ofall the animals
r ; of the nature of scent of the nature of beauty
hi (lustre and splendour) of all Fire and of the nature of all and living beings. (24)
(Radha) is called Mala nd this Maha
(25)
In the time of creation, the Devi- Prakrti and Tévari. She is the mother of Maha Visnu a Vignu is known by the name of Mahan and Virat.
aéu for, in His pores, all the
This Maha Vignu is also named V He is called
Universes exist. And as Sri Krsna is His Deity, Vasudeva. (26) ; there appeared Mahat ;
harbkara came out d tanmatra
O Muni ! In the-beginning of creation, from Mahatcame out Ahamkara, From a Ripatanmatra (form), form Ripatanmatra came soun (sound). From Sabda tanmatra came out Sparsa tanmatra (touch). Thus is the order of creation. That Devi is the source of all creation. Without Her, the creation becomes 40 impossible
one. (27)
As a potter cannot bui cannot make golden ornaments without impossible without Her. (29)
as a goldsmith
Id a jar without earth, smith so the creation 1s
gold,
Thus I have described to you so very rare, the narrative of Radha, destroying birth, death, old age, Sorrows, and misfortunes. (30)
The people derive the same fruits b for a very short time which they derive for a long time. (31)
O Great Muni! This whole universe is Her Maya and he, whom Visnumaya Bhagavati-favours, gets devotion to Krgna, and
y worshipping Sri Radhika by worshipping Sri Krsna
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be becomes engaged in the service of God and gets all his desires fulfilled, Thus I have described to you all the highest bliss and morals leading to Moksa and all the auspicious things. What more dc you want to hear ? (32)
Here ends the sixth chapter of the Second Night of Narada Paficaratra on the glorification of Radha,
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 147–150 (scan pages 164–167). 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.