श्रीश्रीराधामाधवयोर्नामयुगाष्टकम्
Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhavayor Nāma-yugāṣṭakam
A set of eight pairs of names of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava
By Śrīmad Rūpa Gosvāmīpāda
श्रीराधाकृष्णाभ्यां नमः ।
śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇābhyāṁ namaḥ |
Obeisance unto Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.
Śrī Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇapāda introduces this composition in his commentary on Stava-mālā as follows:
evaṁ pṛthak śrī-kṛṣṇo rādhikā ca stute | atha tayor yugalaṁ stotum upakramate | tatra tāvad yugala-nāmāny āha—
“Thus far [in the Stava-mālā], Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Rādhikā have been praised separately [i.e., in poems composed either in praise of Śrī Kṛṣṇa or in praise of Śrī Rādhikā]. Now, the author begins to praise the two as a pair. Therein, he first [in this poem] states names of the pair.
राधामाधवयोरेतद्वक्ष्ये नामयुगाष्टकम् ।
राधादामोदरौ पूर्वं राधिकामाधवौ ततः ॥१॥
rādhā-mādhavayor etad vakṣye nāma-yugāṣṭakam |
rādhā-dāmodarau pūrvaṁ rādhikā-mādhavau tataḥ ||1||
I will state this set of eight pairs
Of names of Rādhā-Mādhava:
First (1) Rādhā-Dāmodara,
Then (2) Rādhikā-Mādhava, …
वृषभानुकुमारी च तथा गोपेन्द्रनन्दनः ।
गोविन्दस्य प्रियसखी गान्धर्वाबान्धवस्तथा ॥२॥
vṛṣabhānu-kumārī ca tathā gopendra-nandanaḥ |
govindasya priya-sakhī gāndharvā-bāndhavas tathā ||2||
(3) The Daughter of Vṛṣabhānu (Vṛṣabhānu-kumārī)
Along with the Son of the cowherds’ king (Gopendra-nandanaḥ),
(4) Govinda’s dear Friend (Govindasya Priya-sakhī),
Along with Gāndharvā’s Friend (Gāndharvā-bandhava), …
निकुञ्जनागरौ गोष्ठकिशोरजनशेखरौ ।
वृन्दावनाधिपौ कृष्णवल्लभाराधिकाप्रियौ॥३॥
nikuñja-nāgarau goṣṭha-kiśora-jana-śekharau |
vṛndāvanādhipau kṛṣṇa-vallabhā-rādhikā-priyau||3||
(5) The Cultured Lovers in the bowers (Nikuñja-nāgarau),
(6) The Crest-jewels of the adolescents in Vraja (Goṣṭha-kiśora-jana-śekharau),
(7) The Monarchs of Vṛndāvana (Vṛndāvanādhipau), and
(8) Kṛṣṇa’s Beloved and Rādhikā’s Dearest (Kṛṣṇa-vallabhā-Rādhikā-priyau).
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Sources
Stava-mālā editions by Śrī Purī Dāsa Mahāśaya, Śrī Rāma Nārāyaṇa Vidyāratna, and Nirṇaya Sāgara Press.