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Song Name: Nayikar Siromani Vraje Radha Thakurani
Official Name: Rupanuga Bhajan Darpana Song 16
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Gitamala
Language: Bengali
LYRICS:
(1)
nāyikāra
śiromaṇi braje rādhā ṭhākurāṇī
pańca-bidha sakhī-gaṇa tā'ra
sakhī nitya-sakhī āra prāṇa-sakhī
ataḥ para
priyā-sakhī ei hoilo cāra
(2)
pańcama parama-preṣṭha sakhī-gaṇa
madhye śreṣṭha
boli saba śuno bibaraṇa
kusumikā bindhyābatī dhaniṣṭhādi
braja-satī
sakhī-gaṇa madhyete gaṇana
(3)
śrī-rūpa rati kasturī śrī-guṇa
maṇi-mańjarī
prabhṛti rādhikā-nitya-sakhī
prāṇa-sakhī bahu tāra basanti nāyikā āra
pradhāna tāhāraśaśimukhī
(4)
kurańgākṣī mańjukeśī sumadhyā madanālasī
kamalā mādhurī kāmalatā
kandarpasundarī
āra mādhabī mālatī
āra
śaśikalā rādhā-sebā-rata
(5)
lalitā biśākhā citrā tuńgabidyā
campalatā
indulekhā rańga-debī satī
sudebīti aṣṭa-jana
parama-preṣṭha sakhī-gaṇa
rādhā-kṛṣṇe sebe eka
mati
TRANSLATION
1-2) The transcendental
Goddess, Srimati Radharani,
has five different divisions of girlfriends in Vraja.
She holds Her position as the crown jewel amongst all
of these heroines. Their divisions are: 1) the sakhis,
2) the nitya-sakhis, 3) the prana-sakhis,
4) the priya-sakhis, and 5) the parama-presta-sakhis.
This last division is undoubtedly the best of all, for they are the dearest to
Sri Radha. Please listen carefully as I describe all
of these dear girlfriends of Hers. Counted amongst the
sakhis are gopis such as Kusumika, Vindhyavati and Dhanista who are very chaste in Vraja-dhama.
3) The nitya-sakhis
include Sri Rupa Manjari,
Sri Rati Manjari, Sri Guna Manjari, and others. Radharani's prana-sakhis are
numerous, including Sri Basanti, and Sri Nayika, and the principle gopi is
Sri Sasi-mukhi.
4) The priya-sakhis
include Kurangaksi, Manjukesi,
Sumadhya, Madanalasi,
Kamala, Madhuri, Kama-lata,
Kandarpa-sundari, Madhavi, Malati, and Sasi-kala, who are
all fondly attached to rendering service to Srimati Radharani.
5) There are eight parama-presta-sakhis, whose only concern is to serve Radha-Krsna with every aspect of their existence,
whole-heartedly and selflessly. They are Lalita, Visakha, Citra, Tunga-visya, Campaka-lata, Indu-lekha, Ranga-devi and Sudevi, who are
the chastest of all the sahkis.
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UPDATED: July 4, 2009