Shree Radhika Sahasranaamam

(The1000 Names of Radha) English transliteration with Sanskrit text

The Divine lotus-feet of Srimati Radharani, revealed on Radhashtami day, Sep 12, 2013, at the ISKCON temple in Detroit, MI. The Sahasranamstotra Sangraha (Gita Press, Gorakhpur) is a compilation of the Sahasranamams (1000 names) for several deities and includes the Sahasranamams for Shree Krishna, then one addressed to Radhakrishna, and finally one for Radhika. The following is my humble effort to render the 1000
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names today, in both Sanskrit and the English transliteration, an effort that I begin this morning on holy day of Radhashtami, September 12, 2013. I am presenting below the first 100 naamas and will update this document during the day and in the course of the next few days until all 1000 names are completed. The following two sources with a brief English translation (and English transliteration) are available. http://www.vrindavan.de/1000-radha.htm http://www.stephen-knapp.com/sri_radha-sahasra-nama.htm http://www.google.com/ig/directory?type=gadgets&url=hosting.gmodules.c om/ig/gadgets/file/103159279678197997651/googleindictransliteration.x ml Google Indic Transliterator tool used in this compilation

As with many other scriptures, the Sahasranamam starts as a conversation between Parvati and Lord Shiva. Parvati devi wants Lord Shiva to reveal to her the 1000 names of Radha and how and why She, the Goddess who creates (BrahmaanDa kartree) and destroys (hartree), became a Gopi. Parvati wants to know these 1000 names that are more secret (guhyataram) than the most secret (guhyaat) of all and had never before been revealed to anyone. Notice that the naamaas here take the ending yai following the rules for female nouns. For example, no. 44 is Shivaayai Namah, from Shivaa for a female name (long vowel at end) as opposed Shivaaya namah, from Shiva, for a male name (short vowel at the end). Likewise, no. 45 is GaNaadhyakshaayai Namah, from GaNaadhyakshaa (long vowel at the end) for a female name. The same name, when used with Ganesha, becomes GaNaadhyakshaaya Namah, from GaNaadhyaksha for a male noun.
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The 1000 Names of Radhika 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Om Shree Radhaayai Namah Om Shree Radhikaayai Namah Om KrishNa vallabhaayai Namah Om KrishNa samyutaayai Namah OM Vrindavaneshwaryai Namah Om KrishNa priyaayai Namah Om Madana mohinyai Namah Om Shreematyai Krishnakaantaayai Namah Om Krishnaananda-pradaayinyai Namah Om Yashasvinyai Namah
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11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34.

Om Yashogamyaayai Namah Om Yashodaananda-vallabhaayai Namah Om Daamodara-priyaayai Namah Om Gopyai Namah Om Gopaanandakaryai Namah Om Krishnaanga-vaasinyai Namah Om Hrudyaayai Namah Om Harikaantaayai Namah Om Haripriyaayai Namah Om Pradhaana-gopikaayai Namah Om Gopakanyaayai Namah Om Trailokya sundaryai Namah Om Vrindaavana vihaariNyai Namah Om Vikasita mukhaambujaayai Namah Om Gokulaananda kartryai Namah Om Gokulaananda daayinyai Namah Om Gatipradaayai Namah Om Geetagamyaayai Namah Om Gamanaagamana priyaayai Namah Om Vishnupriyaayai Namah (*) Om VishNukaantaayai Namah (*) Om VishNor anka nivaasinyai Namah (*) Om Yashodaananda patnyai Namah Om Yashodaananda gehinyai Namah
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35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58.

Om Kaamaari kaantaayai Namah (*) Om Kaameshyai Namah Om Kamalaalasa vigrahaayai Namah Om Jayapradaayai Namah Om Jayaayai Namah Om Jeevaayai Namah Om Jeevaananda pradaayinyai Namah Om Nanda nandana patnyai Namah Om Vrushbhanu sutaayai Namah Om Shivaayai Namah (*) Om GaNaadhyakshaayai Namah Om Gavaadhyakshaayai Namah Om Gavaam anuttamaayai Namah Om Kancanaabhaayai Namah Om Hemagaatraayai Namah Om Kancanaangada dhaariNyai Namah Om Ashokaayai Namah Om Shokarahitaayai Namah Om Vishokaayai Namah Om Shoka naashinyai Namah Om Gaayatryai Namah (*) Om Vedamaatre Namah (*) Om Vedaateetaayai Namah Om Viduttamaayai Namah
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59. Om Neetishaastra priyaayai Namah 60. Om Neetyai Namah 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. Om Gatyai Namah Om Matyai Namah Om AbheeshTadaayai Namah Om Vedapriyaayai Namah Om Vedagarbhaayai Namah Om Vedagarbha pravardhinyai Namah Om Veda gamyaayai Namah Om Veda paraayai Namah Om Vicitra kankOjjwalaayai Namah Om Ujjwala pradaayai Namah

71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.

Om Nityaayai Namah Om Ujjawala gaatrikaayai Namah Om Nanda priyaayai Namah Om Nandasutaa-raadhyaayai Namah (nandasuta aaradhyaayai) Om Ananda pradaayai Namah Om Shubhaayai Namah Om Shubhaangaayai Namah Om Vimalaangaayai Namah Om Vilaasinyai Namah Om Aparaajitaayai Namah
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81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.

Om Jananyai Namah Om Janma shoonyaayai Namah Om Janma mruthyu jaraapahaayai Namah Om Gatimataam gatyai Namah Om Dhaatryai Namah Om Dhaatryaananda pradaayinyai Namah Om Jagannaatha priyaayai Namah Om Shailavasinyai Namah Om Hema sundaryai Namah Om Kishoryai Namah Om Kamalaayai Namah Om Padmaayai Namah Om Padma hastaayai Namah Om Payoda-daayai Namah Om Payasvinyai Namah Om Payodaatryai Namah Om Pavitraayai Namah Om Sarva mangalaayai Namah Om Mahaajeeva pradaayai Namah Om Krishna kaantaayai Namah (*)

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101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124.

Om Kamalasundaryai Namah Om Vicitra vaasinyai Namah Om Citra vaasinyai Namah Om Citra ruupiNyai (roopiNyai) Namah Om NirguNaayai Namah Om Sukuleenaayai Namah Om Nishkuleenaayai Namah Om Niraakulaayai Namah Om Gokulaantara gehaayai Namah Om Yogaananda karyaai Namah Om VeNuvaadyaayai Namah Om VeNUratyai Namah Om VeNuvaadya-paraayaNaayai Namah Om Gopaalasya priyaayai Namah Om Sowmya-roopaayai Namah (Saumya) Om Sowmya-kulOdvahaayai Namah (Saumya) * Om Mohaamohaayai Namah Om Vimohaayai Namah Om GatinishThaayai Namah Om Gatipradaayai Namah Om GeervaaNavandyaayai Namah Om GeervaaNaayai Namh Om GeervaaNa-gaNa-sevitaayai Namah Om Lalitaayai Namah (*)
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125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148.

Om Vishokaayai Namah Om Vishaakaayai Namah Om Citramaalinyai Namah Om Jitendriyaayai Namah Om Shuddha-satvaayai Namah Om Kuleenaayai Namah Om Kuladeepikaayai Namah Om Deepapriyaayai Namah Om Deepa-daatryai Namah Om Vimalaayai Namah Om VimalOdakaayai Namah Om Kaantaara-vaasinyai Namah Om KrishNaayai Namah Om KrishNachandra priyaayai Namah Om Matyai Namah Om Anuttaraayai Namah (*) Om Duhkhahantryai Namah Om Duhkhakartryai Namah Om KulOdvahaayai Namah (*) Om Matyai Namah Om Lakshmyai Namah (*) Om Dhrutyai Namah Om Lajjaayai Namah Om Kaantyai Namah
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149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172.

Om PushTyai Namah Om Smrutyai Namah Om Kshmaayai Namah Om KsheerOda-shaayinyai Namah Om Devyai Namah Om Devaarikula-mardinyai Namah Om VaishNavyai Namah Om Mahalakshmyai Namah (*) Om Kula-puujyaayai Namah Om Kula-priyaayai Namah Om Sarva daityaanaam samhartryai Namah Om Saavitryai Namah (*) Om Veda-gaaminyai Namah Om Vedaatiitaayai Namah Om Niraalambaayai Namah Om Niraalamba-gaNa-priyaayai Namah Om Niraalamba-janaih-puujyaayai Namah Om Niraalokaayai Namah Om Niraashrayaayai Namah Om Ekaangaayai Namah Om Sarvagaayai Namah Om Sevyaayai Namah Om Brahmapatnyai Namah (*) Om Saraswatyai Namah (Sarasvati)
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173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189. 190. 191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 196.

Om Raasapriyaayai Namah Om Raasagamyaayai Namah Om RaasaadhishThaatru-devataayai Namah Om Rasikaayai Namah Om Rasikaanandaayai Namah Om Swayam Raaseshwaryai Parasyai Namah Om Raasa maNDala madhyasthaayai Namah Om Raasa MaNDala shobhitaayai Namah Om Raasa maNDala sevyaayai Namah Om RaasakriiDaa manoharaayai Namah Om PuNDariikaaksha nilayaayai Namah Om PuNDariikaaksha gehinyai Namah Om PuNDariikaaksha sevyaayai Namah Om PuNDAriikaaksha vallabhaayai Namah Om Sarva jeeveshwaryai Namah Om Sarvajeeva vandyaayai Namah Om Paraatparasyai Namah (Paraatparaayai) Om Prakrutyai Namah (*) Om Shumbhu kaantaayai Namah (*) Om Sadaashiva manoharaayai namah Om Kshute Namah Om Pipaasaayai Namah Om Dayaayai Namah Om Nidraayai Namah
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197. 198. 199. 200.

Om Bhraantyai Namah Om Shraantyai Namah Om Kshamaakulaayai Namah Om Vadhuu ruupaayai Namah *************************************************
The names highlighted with the asterisks thus far (200 naamaas) suggest that all the female deities are actually manifestations of Radharani. This is also confirmed in the verses of the Garga Samhita, where the wedding of Radha, performed by Brahma himself, is described, see http://www.scribd.com/ doc/69147482/RadhaKalyanam-Wedding-ofRadha-and-Krishna

RadhakrishNa darshan on Radhashtami, Sep 12, 2013, at the ISKCON temple, Detroit, MI. (Lotus feet of Radharani are seen only on this day.)

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The thousand Names of Radharani [From the Narada Pancharata, translated by Bhaktivinoda Thakura, translated into English by Kusakratha Prabhu] Sri Radha Sahasra-nama was originally spoken by Lord Shiva to Parvati devi, recorded in the 5th Chapter of Sri Narada Pancaratra.

The following translation of the verses, see http://www.vrindavan.de/1000-radha.htm is also noteworthy in this context (click here).

Text 11 om sri-radha radhika krsnavallabha krsna-samyuta

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Om. She is Lord Krsna's greatest worshiper (sri-radha and radhika), Lord Krsna's beloved (krsnavallabha), and Lord Krsna's constant companion (krsna-samyuta). Text 14 krsnanga-vasini hrdya hari-kanta hari-priya pradhana-gopika gopakanya trailokya-sundari Her residence is on Lord Krsna's limbs (krsnanga-vasini). She is charming (hrdya). She is Lord Hari's beloved (hari-kanta and hari-priya), the most important gopi (pradhana-gopika), the daughter of a gopa (gopa-kanya), and the most beautiful girl in the three worlds (trailokyasundari). Text 16 gati-prada gita-gamya gamanagamana-priya visnu-priya visnu-kanta visnor anga-nivasini She gives the goal of life (gati-prada), is approached by chanting her holy names (gita-gamya), is the beloved of the omniprescent Supreme Personality of Godhead (gamanagamana-priya), is Lord Visnu's beloved (visnu-priya and visnu-kanta), and resides on Lord Visnu's limbs (visnor anga-nivasini). My comment: Alternative reading based on Sanskrit text of Sahasranama Sangraha is VishNor-anka-nivaasini; anka, not anga. The former means lap whereas the latter means limbs or body. Lord Vishnus beloved who is on His lap. Text 26 payasvini payo-datri pavitra sarva-mangala maha-jiva-prada krsnakanta kamala-sundari She is buxom (payasvini and payo-datri), pure (pavitra), all-auspicious (sarva-mangala), the great giver of life (maha-jiva-prada), Lord Krsna's beloved (krsna-kanta), and beautiful as a lotus (kamala-sundari). Text 40 prakrtih sambhu-kanta ca sadasiva-manohara ksut pipasa daya nidra bhrantih srantih ksamakula She is the goddess of the material nature (prakrti), and the beautiful wife of Lord Siva (sambhukanta and sadasiva-manohara). She is hunger (ksut), thirst (pipasa), mercy (daya), sleep (nidra), bewilderment (bhranti), exhaustion (sranti), and patience (ksamakula).
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Text 41 vadhu-rupa gopa-patni bharati siddha-yogini satya-rupa nitya-rupa nityangi nitya-gehini She is a young girl (vadhu-rupa), the wife of a gopa (gopa-patni), the goddess of eloquence (bharati), and perfect in the science of yoga (siddha-yogini). Her form is eternal (satya-rupa, nitya-rupa, and nityangi), and She is Lord Krsna's wife eternally (nitya-gehini). Text 52 anda-rupanda-madhyastha tathanda-paripalini anda-bahyanda-samhartri siva-brahma-hari-priya She is the goddess who is the material universe (anda-rupa), the goddess who has entered the material universe (anda-madhyastha), the protectress of the material universe (anda-paripalini), the goddess who is beyond the material universe (anda-bahya), the destroyer of the material universe (anda-samhartri), and she who is dear to Siva, Brahma, and Visnu (siva-brahma-haripriya). My comments: priya = beloved, as in text 16, which then takes on a different meaning. The texts highlighted here suggest that all the female deities are indeed the manifestation of Srimati Radharani. Therefore, Krishna is also to be identified with Hari, Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma. The multiplicity of the names and forms of the Supreme should not delude us. We all love our mothers, the first female we know in our lives. We also love our sisters and other female relatives. Later in life, when one gets married, one loves ones wife. All of these are love but each is different, sweet, and unique in its own way. If we wish to distinguish, we can use terms like dear to describe the love for mother, sisters, and other female relatives, and beloved to describe the love of a wife. The word priya, depending on the context, can move both dear (as in Chapter 12 of the Bhagavad Gita, where Krishna talks about the qualities of a bhakta, a devotee, that make the bhakta dear, or priya, to Him) and also beloved as in the usage of Texts 11 and 16. The word kanta, as used in texts with Hari-kanta (text 14), Visnukanta (text 16), Krishna-kanta (text 26) means beloved. The same goes for vallabha. It also means beloved, like kanta. Transcendental love indeed transcends all these readily understood distinctions between the mundane types of love or endearments. (Note: The above is based entirely on the translations, reproduced above, by a VaishNavite scholar and Goswami like Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Or, is this MY INTERPRETATION? Let the Divine Blessings of Radharani provide the answer to this question.)

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Radha and KrishNa surrounded by eight chief gopis.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29.

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30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47.

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48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65.

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66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83.

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84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 101. 102.

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100.

103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120.

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121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139.

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(vishokaa versus vishaakaa)

140. (*) 141. 142. 143. 144. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. (*)
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145. (*)

158. 159.

160. (*) 161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 173. 174. 175. (*) (*)
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176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189. 190. 191. 192. 193.

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194. 195. 196. 197. 198. 199. 200.

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