Narada Pancharatra is one of the oldest Grantha which compiles the Vaishnava Sanskrit texts which are mostly dedicated to the worship of Sri Radha Krishn. There are sixty chapters which are divided into five sections.
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May Sri Radha, the forest-dwelling goddess, who delights in Vrindavan, protect me in the forest. May She, the supreme goddess of all, the ruler beyond material existence, always protect me everywhere.
Just as Hanuman is the foremost among monkeys and Garuda is the foremost among birds, likewise, Sri Radhika is the supreme among all fortunate women who love Shri Krishna.
Discussions about Sri Radhika are most wonderful and rare as they are confidential within Vedas, Puranas, historical texts, and supplementary Vedic literature.
Just as Sri Krishn, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is beyond the reach of the material world, similarly, Sri Radhika, also the Supreme Personality of Godhead, exists beyond the influence of the three modes of material nature.
Lord Shiva says: Discussions of Sri Radhika are extraordinary, confidential, rarely heard, grant liberation immediately, pure, the essence of the Vedas, and extremely auspicious.
Simply by uttering the letter ‘Ra’, a devotee attains Bhakti which automatically includes liberation from material bondage, and by uttering the letter ‘Dha’, He runs towards the lotus feet of Sri Hari i.e. He quickly attains the devotional service of the Lord.
Sri Ayodhya is the land of Dharma (righteousness), Srirang’s land is the source of Mukti (liberation), Sri Dwarika is the land of Bhakti (devotion) and Sri Mathura (Braj) is the land of Rasa (nectar).
The result that a person achieves by worshipping Krishn for a long time can be achieved within a very short time by worshipping Radha.
Lord Shiva says, Lord Madhusudan (Krishn) relishes the betel nuts that have been chewed by Shri Radha. They both are actually one and the same personality. There is no difference between them, just as there is no difference between milk and its whiteness.
Lord Shiva says to Parvati Devi: Shri Radha is the mother and Shri Krishn is the father of this universe. Mother Shri Radhika is one hundred times more respectable, worshippable, and important than father Shri Krishn.
Those who, out of great misfortune, blaspheme Shri Radhika, are certainly ‘Vaamachar’ (followers of the left-hand path), foolish, sinful, and envious of Lord Shri Hari.
Saintly persons constantly worship Sri Radha, who delivers the fallen souls of the three worlds. Even Shri Krishn also offers prayers every moment with devotion at the lotus feet of Sri Radha.
Shri Vrindavan Dham is that divine abode where Shri Radha Krishn is engaged in the most intimate ‘Keli’ [eternal love-play].
Shri Radha is Shri Krishn and Shri Krishn is Shri Radha. The combination of Radha-Krishna is an ocean of Ras (Bliss). They are not separate entities. They assume two separate forms for the purpose of leela.
