Shri Radhika Krishnashtaka
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The Radhika Krishnashtaka is a hymn within the Swaminarayan Sampradaya. It is said that the reciter can get to Krishna via his consort Radha by chanting it. As it is composed of eight verses it is known as ashtak and is embedded into the Satsangi Jivan The BAPS does not recite this but instead recite the Shri Swaminarayan Ashtakam.
Lyrics
नवीनजीमूतसमाना वर्णम , रत्नोल्लसत कुंडल सोभीकरणम ;↵महाकिरीटाग्रमयूरपर्ण, श्री राधिकाकृष्णा महं नमामि (कोरस ) .. १
निधाय पाणीद्वितीयेन वेणुं, निजाधरे शेखरयातरेणुम ; ↵निनादयन्तं च गतौ करेणुम, श्री राधिकाकृष्णमहं नमामि .. २
विशुद्धहेमोज्जवलपित्तवस्त्रम हतारियूथं च विनापि शस्त्रं ;↵व्यर्थीकृतानेकसुरद्विडस्त्रं , श्री राधिकाकृष्णमहं नमामि .. ३
अधर्मतीश्यारदिनसाधुपालं, सद्धर्मवैरासुरसंघकालं ;↵पुष्पादिमालं व्रजराजबालं , श्री राधिकाकृष्णमहं नमामि .. ४
गोपीप्रियारंम्भितरासखेलं , रासेश्वरीरंजनकृतप्रहेलम ;↵स्कन्धोंल्लस सतकुंकुंम चिन्ह चेलं, श्री राधिकाकृष्णा महं नमामि .. ५
वृन्दावने प्रीततया वसन्तं , निजाश्रितानापद ऊद्धरन्तं ; ↵गोगोपगोपीरभिनंदयन्तं , श्री राधिकाकृष्णा महं नमामि .. ६
विष्वद्विषण्ममथदर्पहारं , संसारिजीवांश्रयणीयसंसारम ;↵सदैव सत्पुरुसौख्यकारं , श्री राधिकाकृष्णा महं नमामि ..
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