నారాయణీయం దశక 69 - రాసక్రీడా

Overview

Narayaniyam Dashaka 69 is the sixty-ninth ten-verse section of the Narayaniyam, the Sanskrit devotional work composed by Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri in the 16th century CE. This dashaka is titled "Rasa Kreeda" and narrates the divine dance of Lord Krishna with the gopis of Vrindavana as described in the Srimad Bhagavatam. Within the Narayaniyam's overall retelling of the Bhagavatam, this section covers one of the most celebrated episodes of Krishna's life, interpreted in the tradition as a symbol of the soul's union with the divine.

What are the benefits of chanting Narayaniyam Dashaka 69?

• Deepens devotion through meditation on Krishna's Rasa Kreeda
• Cultivates qualities of surrender and love toward Lord Narayana-Krishna
• Purifies the mind through contemplation of the divine play (lila)
• Is recited on festivals associated with Krishna's life and the autumn full moon (Sharad Purnima)

When is the best time to recite this?

The dashaka is recited in the morning and evening. It is particularly significant during Janmashtami, Radhashtami, and Sharad Purnima, which is the traditional occasion of the Rasa Kreeda in the Bhagavatam narrative.

What is the historical and traditional background?

Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri composed the Narayaniyam at the Guruvayur temple in Kerala over 100 days around 1586 CE, producing a 1,000-verse condensation of the Srimad Bhagavatam. The Rasa Kreeda episode originates in the tenth canto of the Bhagavatam and is one of the most commented-upon episodes in Vaishnava theology. Bhattathiri's poetic rendering follows the bhakti-Vedanta framework characteristic of the Kerala school, treating the Rasa as both devotional narrative and philosophical allegory. This dashaka has 11 verses, one more than the standard ten.

Available scripts

This text is available in 14 scripts: devanagari, tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, gujarati, bengali, iast, gurmukhi, oriya, assamese, sinhala, itrans, hk. Use the script selector above to switch between them.

Related Texts

• Narayaniyam Dashaka 1 — the opening dashaka of the same work that provides the philosophical framework within which the Rasa Kreeda is narrated
• Gopika Geetam — the song of the gopis from the Srimad Bhagavatam, the source text that Bhattathiri condensed in this dashaka