108 names of Sri Radhika

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(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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