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Stava-mālā · Hymn 18

Ānanda-candrikā-stotram

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श्रीश्रीराधाकृष्णाभ्यां नमः । ध्यानः अङ्गश्यामलिमच्छटाभिरभितो मन्दीकृतेन्दीवरं जाड्यं जागुडरोचिषां विदधतं पट्टाम्बरस्य श्रिया । वृन्दारण्यविलासिनं हृदि लसद्दामाभिरामोदरं राधास्कन्धनिवेशितोज्ज्वलभुजं ध्यायेम दामोदरम् ॥ अथ श्रीराधिकाया आनन्दचन्द्रिकास्तोत्रं श्रीराधिकायै नमः । राधादामोदरप्रेष्ठा राधिका वार्षभानवी । समस्तवल्लवीवृन्दधम्मिल्लोत्तंसमल्लिका ॥ १॥

śrīśrīrādhākṛṣṇābhyāṃ namaḥ | dhyānaḥ aṅgaśyāmalimacchaṭābhirabhito mandīkṛtendīvaraṃ jāḍyaṃ jāguḍarociṣāṃ vidadhataṃ paṭṭāmbarasya śriyā | vṛndāraṇyavilāsinaṃ hṛdi lasaddāmābhirāmodaraṃ rādhāskandhaniveśitojjvalabhujaṃ dhyāyema dāmodaram || atha śrīrādhikāyā ānandacandrikāstotraṃ śrīrādhikāyai namaḥ | rādhādāmodarapreṣṭhā rādhikā vārṣabhānavī | samastavallavīvṛndadhammillottaṃsamallikā || 1||

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Obeisance to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Meditation: Let us meditate upon Dāmodara, whose surrounding waves of dark bodily splendor make the blue lotus seem dull; the brilliance of his silk garment leaves the glow of saffron inert. He revels in Vṛndāvana forest, fragrant with the shining garlands upon his heart, and places his radiant arm upon Rādhā's shoulder. Now begins the Ānanda-candrikā hymn to Śrī Rādhikā. Obeisance to Śrī Rādhikā. She is most dear to Rādhā-Dāmodara: Rādhikā, daughter of Vṛṣabhānu, the jasmine crest-flower upon the braided hair of the entire company of cowherd women.

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कृष्णप्रियावलीमुख्या गान्धर्वा ललितासखी । विशाखासख्यसुखिनी हरिहृद्भृङ्गमञ्जरी ॥ २॥

kṛṣṇapriyāvalīmukhyā gāndharvā lalitāsakhī | viśākhāsakhyasukhinī harihṛdbhṛṅgamañjarī || 2||

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She is foremost in the line of Kṛṣṇa's beloveds; she is Gāndharvā and Lalitā's friend, joyful in friendship with Viśākhā, the flower-cluster for the bee within Hari's heart.

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इमां वृन्दावनेश्वर्या दशनाममनोरमाम् । आनन्दचन्द्रिकां नाम यो रहस्यां स्तुतिं पठेत् ॥ ३॥

imāṃ vṛndāvaneśvaryā daśanāmamanoramām | ānandacandrikāṃ nāma yo rahasyāṃ stutiṃ paṭhet || 3||

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Whoever recites this enchanting and confidential hymn of ten names of the queen of Vṛndāvana, called the Moonlight of Bliss—

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स क्लेशरहितो भूत्वा भूरिसौभाग्यभूषितः । त्वरितं करुणापात्रं राधामाधवयोर्भवेत् ॥ ४॥

sa kleśarahito bhūtvā bhūrisaubhāgyabhūṣitaḥ | tvaritaṃ karuṇāpātraṃ rādhāmādhavayorbhavet || 4||

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—becomes free from suffering and adorned with abundant good fortune, and quickly becomes a recipient of the compassion of Rādhā and Mādhava.

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इति श्रीरूपगोस्वामिविरचितस्तवमालायां आनन्दचन्द्रिकास्तोत्रं समाप्तम् ।

iti śrīrūpagosvāmiviracitastavamālāyāṃ ānandacandrikāstotraṃ samāptam |

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Thus ends the Ānanda-candrikā-stotra in the Stava-mālā composed by Śrī Rūpa Goswāmī.