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Song Name: Jaya Rādhā Madhava
Official Name: Sri Krsnaer Vimsottara Sata Nama Song 4
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Gitavali
Language: Bengali

LYRICS:

(1)

jaya rādhā-mādhava kuñja-bihārī
gopī-jana-vallabha giri-vara-dhārī

(2)

yaśodā-nandana braja-jana-rañjana
yāmuna-tīra-vana-cārī

TRANSLATION

1) Kṛṣṇa is the lover of Rādhā. He displays many amorous pastimes in the groves of Vrndavana, He is the lover of the cowherd maidens of Vraja, and the holder of the great hill named Govardhana.

2) He is the beloved son of mother Yasoda, the delighter of the inhabitants of Vraja, and He wanders in the forests along the banks of the River Yamuna!

Remarks/ Extra Information:

Śrīla Prabhupāda was very fond of this sort and sang it just before his lectures. In Allahabad and Gorakhpur, Śrīla Prabhupāda fell into a trance after singing the first two lines, and after some time he came back into external consciousness and said, “Now just chant Hare Krsna.” Śrīla Prabhupāda said that this song is “a picture of Vrndavana. Everything is there–Srimati Rādhārani, Vrndavana, Govardhana, Yasoda, and all the cowherd boys.”