Position 1
Sourceनमस्ते श्रियै राधिकायै परायै नमस्ते नमस्ते मुकुन्दप्रियायै । सदानन्दरूपे प्रसीद त्वमन्तः- प्रकाशे स्फुरन्ती मुकुन्देन सार्धम् ॥ १॥
namaste śriyai rādhikāyai parāyai namaste namaste mukundapriyāyai | sadānandarūpe prasīda tvamantaḥ- prakāśe sphurantī mukundena sārdham || 1||
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Salutations to supreme Rādhikā, the divine splendor and Mukunda's beloved. O form of eternal bliss, be gracious: shine within the heart together with Mukunda.
Traditionally attributed to Nimbārkācārya
Position 2
Sourceस्ववासोपहारं यशोदासुतं वा स्वदध्यादिचौरं समाराधयन्तीम् । स्वदाम्नोदरे या बबन्धाशु नीव्या प्रपद्ये नु दामोदरप्रेयसीं ताम् ॥ २॥
svavāsopahāraṃ yaśodāsutaṃ vā svadadhyādicauraṃ samārādhayantīm | svadāmnodare yā babandhāśu nīvyā prapadye nu dāmodarapreyasīṃ tām || 2||
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I take refuge in Damodara's beloved, who adores Yaśodā's son, the thief of her yogurt and other treasures, and who swiftly binds that playful Lord at the belly with the cord of her own girdle.
Traditionally attributed to Nimbārkācārya
Position 3
Sourceदुराराध्यमाराध्य कृष्णं वशे तं महाप्रेमपूरेण राधाभिधाभूः । स्वयं नामकीर्त्या हरौ प्रेम यच्छत् प्रपन्नाय मे कृष्णरूपे समक्षम् ॥ ३॥
durārādhyamārādhya kṛṣṇaṃ vaśe taṃ mahāpremapūreṇa rādhābhidhābhūḥ | svayaṃ nāmakīrtyā harau prema yacchat prapannāya me kṛṣṇarūpe samakṣam || 3||
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By worshiping hard-to-worship Kṛṣṇa and bringing him under the sway of a great flood of prema, you became truly Rādhā. Through the chanting of your own name, grant love for Hari to this surrendered soul and reveal Kṛṣṇa before my eyes.
Traditionally attributed to Nimbārkācārya
Position 4
Sourceमुकुन्दस्त्वया प्रेमडोरेण बद्धः पतङ्गो यथा त्वामनुभ्राम्यमाणः । उपक्रीडयन् हार्दमेवानुगच्छन् कृपावर्तते कारयातो मयीष्टिम् ॥ ४॥
mukundastvayā premaḍoreṇa baddhaḥ pataṅgo yathā tvāmanubhrāmyamāṇaḥ | upakrīḍayan hārdamevānugacchan kṛpāvartate kārayāto mayīṣṭim || 4||
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Mukunda is bound by your cord of love and circles after you like a kite on its string, playing as your heart desires and following wherever you lead. Turn that current of mercy toward me and fulfill my prayer.
Traditionally attributed to Nimbārkācārya
Position 5
Sourceव्रजन्तीं स्ववृन्दावने नित्यकालं मुकुन्देन साकं विधायाङ्कमालाम् । समामोक्ष्यमाणानुकम्पाकटाक्षैः श्रियं चिन्तये सच्चिदानन्दरूपाम् ॥ ५॥
vrajantīṃ svavṛndāvane nityakālaṃ mukundena sākaṃ vidhāyāṅkamālām | samāmokṣyamāṇānukampākaṭākṣaiḥ śriyaṃ cintaye saccidānandarūpām || 5||
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I contemplate that divine beauty, the form of being, consciousness, and bliss, who eternally walks her Vṛndāvana with Mukunda, their arms woven like a garland, releasing all through her compassionate sidelong glances.
Traditionally attributed to Nimbārkācārya
Position 6
Sourceमुकुन्दानुरागेण रोमाञ्चिताङ्गै- रहं वेप्यमानां तनुस्वेदबिन्दुम् । महाहार्दवृष्ट्या कृपापाङ्गदृष्ट्या समालोकयन्तीं कदा मां विचक्षे ॥ ६॥
mukundānurāgeṇa romāñcitāṅgai- rahaṃ vepyamānāṃ tanusvedabindum | mahāhārdavṛṣṭyā kṛpāpāṅgadṛṣṭyā samālokayantīṃ kadā māṃ vicakṣe || 6||
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When shall I behold her body thrilled by attachment to Mukunda, trembling and jeweled with drops of perspiration, while she looks upon me with a rain of deep affection from the corner of her merciful eyes?
Traditionally attributed to Nimbārkācārya
Position 7
Sourceयद् अङ्कावलोके महालालसौघं मुकुन्दः करोति स्वयं ध्येयपादः । पदं राधिके ते सदा दर्शयान्तर्- हृदिस्थं नमन्तं किरद्रोचिषं माम् ॥ ७॥
yad aṅkāvaloke mahālālasaughaṃ mukundaḥ karoti svayaṃ dhyeyapādaḥ | padaṃ rādhike te sadā darśayāntar- hṛdisthaṃ namantaṃ kiradrociṣaṃ mām || 7||
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Mukunda, whose own feet are the object of meditation, overflows with longing merely to look upon your lap. O Rādhikā, always reveal your radiant foot within my heart, where I bow before it.
Traditionally attributed to Nimbārkācārya
Position 8
Sourceसदा राधिकानाम जिह्वाग्रतः स्यात् सदा राधिकारूपमक्ष्यग्र आस्ताम् । श्रुतौ राधिकाकीर्तिरन्तःस्वभावे गुणा राधिकायाः श्रिया एतद् ईहे ॥ ८॥
sadā rādhikānāma jihvāgrataḥ syāt sadā rādhikārūpamakṣyagra āstām | śrutau rādhikākīrtirantaḥsvabhāve guṇā rādhikāyāḥ śriyā etad īhe || 8||
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May Rādhikā's name always rest upon the tip of my tongue, her form stand before my eyes, her fame sound in my ears, and her glorious qualities become my inmost nature. This alone I seek.
Traditionally attributed to Nimbārkācārya
Position 9
Sourceइदं त्वष्टकं राधिकायाः प्रियायाः पठेयुः सदैवं हि दामोदरस्य । सुतिष्ठन्ति वृन्दावने कृष्णधाम्नि सखीमूर्तयो युग्मसेवानुकूलाः ॥ ९॥
idaṃ tvaṣṭakaṃ rādhikāyāḥ priyāyāḥ paṭheyuḥ sadaivaṃ hi dāmodarasya | sutiṣṭhanti vṛndāvane kṛṣṇadhāmni sakhīmūrtayo yugmasevānukūlāḥ || 9||
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Those who constantly recite this eight-verse praise of Rādhikā, dear to Dāmodara, become established in Kṛṣṇa's Vṛndāvana abode in forms of sakhīs suited to the service of the Divine Couple.
Traditionally attributed to Nimbārkācārya