Jaya Radha Madhava

Full Translation

Written by Bhaktivinoda Thakura (its formal title is Jaya Radha-Krsna Giti), this beloved song glorifies Krishna as the lover of Radha who enjoys His pastimes in the groves of Vrindavan, the beloved of the gopis, the lifter of Govardhana Hill, the darling son of mother Yashoda, the delight of all Vraja, who wanders the forests along the banks of the Yamuna.

Spiritual Significance

Singing it draws the heart into the intimate mood of Vraja devotion — love for Krishna in the sweet, personal setting of Vrindavan. Srila Prabhupada sang it before his lectures and was sometimes moved to tears, treating it as a doorway into remembrance of the spiritual world.

Cultural Context & History

Composed in Bengali by the 19th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava saint Bhaktivinoda Thakura, it became a centerpiece of ISKCON and Gaudiya kirtan worldwide. It is carried in the Western Kirtan scene by Gaudiya artists such as Vaiyasaki Das.

जय राधा-माधव कुञ्ज-बिहारी, गोपी-जन-वल्लभ गिरि-वर-धारी

Listen & Chant Along

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