pañca-sakhī madhye cāra nitya-siddha rādhikārase sakale sādhana nā koilosakhī boli' ukta jei sādhana-prabhābe teibraja-rāja pure bāsa pāilo
Word for word
pañca-sakhīfive kinds of sakhis;madhyein the midst;cārafour;nitya-siddhaeternally perfect;rādhikāraof Śrī Rādhā;sethat;sakaleall;sādhanasadhana;nānot;koilaḥdo;sakhīsakhis;boli'saying;uktasaid;jeithat;sādhana-prabhābeby the power of sahdana;teiindeed;braja-rājathe king of Vraja;pureinthe city;bāsaresidence;pāilaḥattain
Translation
Of the five kinds of Śrī Rādhā's sakhī friends, the last four are eternally perfect and never performed sādhana. The first kind, called simply "sakhī", attained residence in the town of Vraja's king by the power of their sādhana.
seithese;sakhīsakhis;dwi-prakāratwo kinds;sādhaneteby sadhana;siddhaperfect;āraand;sādhanasadhana;parabeyond;boliyāsaying;gaṇanacounted;siddhaperfect;boli'saying;ākhyaname;tāṅraofthem;gopī-dehagopīs' bodies;hoilaḥare;jāṅraof whom;kori'doing;rāgewith love;jugala-bhajanaworship of the divine couple
Translation
These sakhīs are of two kinds: 1. they who are perfect and remain performing sādhana, and 2. they who are beyond sādhana. These sakhīs are called "siddha" (perfect). Attaining gopīs' bodies, they worship the divine couple with great love.
kṛṣṇato Lord Kṛṣṇa;ākṛṣṭaattracted;munijanasages;tathāso;upaniṣad-gaṇaUpaniṣads;jewho;nānot;loilaḥattained;gopīraof gopīs;swarūpaform;sādhanasadhana;ābeśeentering;bhajeworship;siddhiperfection;tabuthen;nānot;upajeattain;braja-bhāba-prāptithe nature of Vraja;aparūpawonderful
Translation
Many great sages and personified Upaniṣads did not attain gopī forms. Although they worshiped with great sādhana, they did not attain the final perfection of entering the wonderful world of Vraja.
je je śruti-muni-gaṇa gopī haya su-bhajanakorilo sakhīra pada dhari'nitya-sakhī-kṛpā-bale tat-sālokya-lābha-phalesebā kore śrī-rādhā-śrī-hari
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je jewhichever;śruti-muni-gaṇapersonfied Vedas and sages;gopīgopī;hayais;su-bhajanageratworship;korilaḥdid;sakhīraof a sakhi;padafeet;dhari'grasping;nitya-sakhī-kṛpā-baleby the power of the mercy of a nitya-sakhi;tatthat;-sālokya-lābha-phaleattainment of residence on the same planet;sebāservice;koredo;śrī-rādhā-śrī-hariof Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa
Translation
Still, by intense devotional service many great sages and personified Vedas became gopīs. They grasped the feet of a nitya- sakhī, and by the power of that nitya-sakhī's mercy they
attained sālokya-mukti. Thus they attained direct service to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.
debī-gaṇa sei bhābe sakhīra sālokya-lābhekṛṣṇa-sebā kore sakhī ho'yebrajera bidhāna eho gopī binā āra kehonā pāibe braja-juba-dwaye
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debī-gaṇademigoddesses;seithis;bhābenature;sakhīraof a sakhi;sālokya-lābheattainment of residence on the same planet;kṛṣṇa-sebāservice to Lord Kṛṣṇa;koredo;sakhīsakhi;ho'yebe;brajeraof Vraja;bidhānatheway;ehaḥthis;gopīgopī;bināwithout;āraother;kehaḥsomething;nānot;pāibeattain;braja-juba-dwayethe teenage couple of Vraja
Translation
In this way many demigoddesses attained the world of the sakhīs, became sakhīs themselves, and directly served Lord Kṛṣṇa. Without the mercy of a gopī in Vraja no one can attain the youthful divine couple.
About Pañca Sakhī Madhye Cāra Nitya Siddha Rādhikāra
Names four sakhīs among the pañca-sakhī, five chief companions, as Radha's eternally perfect associates — a specific piece of Vraja genealogy within the section's wider survey of the sakhīs surrounding Radha and Krishna.
Who wrote Pañca Sakhī Madhye Cāra Nitya Siddha Rādhikāra?
Pañca Sakhī Madhye Cāra Nitya Siddha Rādhikāra was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Gitamala.
What is the meaning of Pañca Sakhī Madhye Cāra Nitya Siddha Rādhikāra?
Of the five kinds of Śrī Rādhā's sakhī friends, the last four are eternally perfect and never performed sādhana. The first kind, called simply "sakhī", attained residence in the town of Vraja's king by the power of their sādhana.
How many verses does Pañca Sakhī Madhye Cāra Nitya Siddha Rādhikāra have?
Pañca Sakhī Madhye Cāra Nitya Siddha Rādhikāra has 5 verses.
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