Nayikara Siromani Braje Radha Thakurani
Bhajan | Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Verse 1
nāyikāra śiromaṇi braje rādhā ṭhākurāṇī
pañca-bidha sakhī-gaṇa tā'ra
sakhī nitya-sakhī āra prāṇa-sakhī ataḥ para
priyā-sakhī ei hoilo cāra
Verse 2
pañcama parama-preṣṭha sakhī-gaṇa madhye śreṣṭha
boli saba śuno bibaraṇa
kusumikā bindhyābatī dhaniṣṭhādi braja-satī
sakhī-gaṇa madhyete gaṇana
Verse 3
śrī-rūpa rati kasturī śrī-guṇa maṇi-mañjarī
prabhṛti rādhikā-nitya-sakhī
prāṇa-sakhī bahu tāra basanti nāyikā āra
pradhāna tāhāraśaśimukhī
Verse 4
kuraṅgākṣī mañjukeśī sumadhyā madanālasī
kamalā mādhurī kāmalatā
kandarpasundarī āra mādhabī mālatī āra
śaśikalā rādhā-sebā-rata
Verse 5
lalitā biśākhā citrā tuṅgabidyā campalatā
indulekhā raṅga-debī satī
sudebīti aṣṭa-jana parama-preṣṭha sakhī-gaṇa
rādhā-kṛṣṇe sebe eka mati
Verse 1
Queen Rādhā in Vraja is the crest jewel of all heroines. The first four kinds of Her five kinds of friends are: 1. sakhī (friends), 2. nitya-sakhī (eternal friends), 3. prana-sakhī (life friends), 4. priya-sakhī (dear friends).
Verse 2
The fifth kind of friends are the parama-preṣṭha-sakhīs (most dear friends). They are trhe best of the friends. Please hear, and I will describe all these kinds of friends. Kusumikā, Vindhyāvatī, Dhaniṣṭhā, and many others are counted among the sakhīs. They are all saintly girls in Vraja.
Verse 3
Rādhā's nitya-sakhīs include śrī Rūpa, Rati, Kasturī, Śrī Guṇa, and Maṇi-mañjarī. Rādhā's prāṇa-sakhīs include Vasantī and Nāyikā. Of them Śaśimukhī is the most improtant.
Verse 4
The priya-sakhīs include Kuraṅgākṣī, Mañjukeśī, Sumadhyā, Madanālasī, Kamalā, Mādhurī, Kāmalatā, Kandarpasundarī, Mādhavī, Mālatī, and Śaśikalā. They are all devoted to serving Śrī Rādhā.
Verse 5
Lalitā, Viśākhā, Citrā, Tuṅgabidyā, Campalatā, Indulekhā, Raṅga-devī, and Sudevī are the eight parama- preṣṭha sakhīs. With one heart they serve Śrī Śrī Rādhā- Kṛṣṇa.
Verse 1
nāyikāra śiromaṇi braje rādhā ṭhākurāṇī
pañca-bidha sakhī-gaṇa tā'ra
sakhī nitya-sakhī āra prāṇa-sakhī ataḥ para
priyā-sakhī ei hoilo cāra
Verse 2
pañcama parama-preṣṭha sakhī-gaṇa madhye śreṣṭha
boli saba śuno bibaraṇa
kusumikā bindhyābatī dhaniṣṭhādi braja-satī
sakhī-gaṇa madhyete gaṇana
Verse 3
śrī-rūpa rati kasturī śrī-guṇa maṇi-mañjarī
prabhṛti rādhikā-nitya-sakhī
prāṇa-sakhī bahu tāra basanti nāyikā āra
pradhāna tāhāraśaśimukhī
Verse 4
kuraṅgākṣī mañjukeśī sumadhyā madanālasī
kamalā mādhurī kāmalatā
kandarpasundarī āra mādhabī mālatī āra
śaśikalā rādhā-sebā-rata
Verse 5
lalitā biśākhā citrā tuṅgabidyā campalatā
indulekhā raṅga-debī satī
sudebīti aṣṭa-jana parama-preṣṭha sakhī-gaṇa
rādhā-kṛṣṇe sebe eka mati
Verse 1
Queen Rādhā in Vraja is the crest jewel of all heroines. The first four kinds of Her five kinds of friends are: 1. sakhī (friends), 2. nitya-sakhī (eternal friends), 3. prana-sakhī (life friends), 4. priya-sakhī (dear friends).
Verse 2
The fifth kind of friends are the parama-preṣṭha-sakhīs (most dear friends). They are trhe best of the friends. Please hear, and I will describe all these kinds of friends. Kusumikā, Vindhyāvatī, Dhaniṣṭhā, and many others are counted among the sakhīs. They are all saintly girls in Vraja.
Verse 3
Rādhā's nitya-sakhīs include śrī Rūpa, Rati, Kasturī, Śrī Guṇa, and Maṇi-mañjarī. Rādhā's prāṇa-sakhīs include Vasantī and Nāyikā. Of them Śaśimukhī is the most improtant.
Verse 4
The priya-sakhīs include Kuraṅgākṣī, Mañjukeśī, Sumadhyā, Madanālasī, Kamalā, Mādhurī, Kāmalatā, Kandarpasundarī, Mādhavī, Mālatī, and Śaśikalā. They are all devoted to serving Śrī Rādhā.
Verse 5
Lalitā, Viśākhā, Citrā, Tuṅgabidyā, Campalatā, Indulekhā, Raṅga-devī, and Sudevī are the eight parama- preṣṭha sakhīs. With one heart they serve Śrī Śrī Rādhā- Kṛṣṇa.
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