Rādhā Bhajane Jadi Mati Nāhi Bhelā
rādhā-bhajane jadi mati nāhi bhelā
kṛṣṇa-bhajana taba akāraṇa gelā
rādhā-bhajane - worship of Rādhā; jadi - if; mati - mind; nāhi - not; bhelā - is; kṛṣṇa-bhajana - worship of Kṛṣṇa;taba - your; akāraṇa - suddenly; gelā - goes.
If you do not wish to worship Rādhā, then the worship of Kṛṣṇa will suddenly flee from you.
ātapa rohita sūraya nāhi jāni
rādhā-birahita mādhaba nāhi māni
ātapa - sunlight; rohita - without; sūraya - sun;nāhi - not; jāni - I know; rādhā-birahita - without Rādhā; mādhaba - Kṛṣṇa;
nāhi - not; māni - I know.
I know the sun does is never without sunlight. I know Kṛṣṇa is never without Rādhā.
kebala mādhaba pūjaye sa ajñānī
rādhā anādara koro-i abhimānī
kebala - alone; mādhaba - k; pūjaye - worship;sa - that; ajñānī - fool; rādhā - Rādhā; anādara - without worship;koro-i - does; abhimānī - proud.
Anyone who worships Kṛṣṇa without Rādhā is a fool. Anyone who disrespects Rādhā is arrogant.
kabaṅhi nāhi korobi tāṅkora saṅga
citte icchasi jadi braja-rasa-raṅga
kabaṅhi - at any time; nāhi - not; korobi - will do;tāṅkora - of him; saṅga - association; citte - in the heart; icchasi - youdesire; jadi - if; braja - of Vraja; rasa - nectar; raṅga - pastimes.
Please never associate with such persons, if in your heart you wish to taste the nectar of Vraja.
rādhikā-dāsī jadi hoya abhimāna
śīghra-i mila-i taba gokula-kāna
rādhikā-dāsī - Rādhā's maidservant; jadi - if; hoya - is; abhimāna - idea; śīghra-i - quickly; mila-i - meet; taba - ofyou; gokula-kāna - Gokula's Kṛṣṇa.
If you think of yourself as Rādhā's maidservant, you will quickly meet Gokula's Kṛṣṇa.
brahmā śiba nārada śruti nārāyaṇī
rādhikā-pada-raja pūjaye māni'
brahmā - Brahma; śiba - Siva; nārada - Narada; śruti - theVedas; nārāyaṇī - Laksmi; rādhikā-pada - Rādhā's feet; raja - dust; pūjaye - worship; māni' - honoring.
Brahmā, Śiva, Nārada, Lakṣmī, and the Vedas personified all worship the dust of Rādhā's feet.
umā ramā satyā śacī candrā rukmiṇī
rādhā-abatāra sabe - āmnāya-bāṇī
umā - Paravati; ramā - Laksmi; satyā - Satyabhama;śacī - Saci; candrā - candravali; rukmiṇī - Rukmini; rādhāabatāra - incarnations of Śrī Rādhā; sabe - all; āmnāya - of the Vedas; bāṇī - the words.
Pārvatī, Lakṣmī, Satyabhāmā, Śacī, Candrāvalī, and Rukmiṇī are all incarnations of Śrī Rādhā. This the Vedas say.
heno rādhā-paricarjā jāṅkara dhana
bhakatibinoda tāṅ'ra māgaye caraṇa
henaḥ - like this; rādhā-paricarjā - worship of Rādhāt; jāṅkara - of whom; dhana - wealth; bhakatibinoda - Bhaktivinoda; tāṅ'ra - of him; māgaye - begs; caraṇa - the feet.
Bhaktivinoda begs to stay at the feet of persons whose only treasure is the worship of Śrī Rādhā.
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Rādhā Bhajane Jadi Mati Nāhi Bhelā was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Gitavali.
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Rādhā Bhajane Jadi Mati Nāhi Bhelā has 8 verses.