(uttered by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, according to tradition)
srimad radha rasa-mayi rasa-jna rasika tatha
rasesvari rasa-bhakti rasa-purna rasa-prada
rangini rasa-lubdha ca rasa-mandala-karini
rasa-vilasini radha radhika rasa-purnada
rama-ratna ratna-mayi ratna-mala su-sobhana
raktosthi rakta-nayana raktotpala-vidharini
ramani raamani gopii vrindavana-vilasini
nana-ratna-vicitrangi nana-sukha-mayi-sada
samsara-para-tarani venu-gita-vinodini
krsna-priya krsna-mayi krsna-dhyana-parayani
sadananda ksina-madhya krsnaa krsnalaya subha
candravali candra-mukhi candra ca krsna-vallabha
vrindavanesvari devi krsna-rangi para-gatih
dhyanatita dhyana-magna sada krsna-kutuhali
prema-mayi prema-rupa premaa prema-vinodini
krsna-priya sadanandi gopi-mandala-vasini
sundarangi ca svarnabha nila-patta-vidharini
krsnanuragini caiva krsna-prema-sulaksana
nigudha-rasa-sarangi mrgaksi mrga-locanah
asesa-guna-para ca krsna-pranesvari sama
rasa-mandala-madhya-stha krsna-rangi sada-sucih
vrajesvari vraja-rupa vraja-bhumi-sukha-prada
rasollasa madonmatta lalita rasa-sundari
sarva-gopi-mayi nityaa nana-sastra-visarada
kamesvari kama-rupa sada krsna-parayana
para-sakti-svarupa ca srsti-sthiti-vinasini
saumya saumya-mayi radha radhika sarva-kamada
ganga ca tulasi caiva yamuna ca sarasvati
bhogavati bhagavati bhagavac-citta-rupini
prema-bhakti sada sangi premananda-vilasini
sadananda devii nityaa nitya-dharma-parayani
trailokyakarsani adya sundari krsna-rupini
satam astottaram nama yah pathet prayatah sucih
pratah-kale ca madhyahne sandhyayam madhya-ratrike
yatra tatra bhavet tasya krsnah prema-yuto bhavet
If a pious and clean devotee recites these 108 holy names of Sri Radhika – either in the morning, at midday, in the evening or in the night – wherever and however that person lives, they become endowed with ecstatic love for Lord Krishna.
(from “Radha Krishna Nectar” compiled and translated by Dasaratha-suta das)
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