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Madhurashtakam

Krishna

Transliteration

Mantra language

The Eight Verses

Adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram,
hridayam madhuram gamanam madhuram madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram. (1)
Vachanam madhuram charitam madhuram vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram,
chalitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram. (2)
Venur madhuro renur madhurah panir madhurah padau madhurau,
nrityam madhuram sakhyam madhuram madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram. (3)
Gitam madhuram pitam madhuram bhuktam madhuram suptam madhuram,
rupam madhuram tilakam madhuram madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram. (4)
Karanam madhuram taranam madhuram haranam madhuram smaranam madhuram,
vamitam madhuram shamitam madhuram madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram. (5)
Gunja madhura mala madhura yamuna madhura vichi madhura,
salilam madhuram kamalam madhuram madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram. (6)
Gopi madhura lila madhura yuktam madhuram muktam madhuram,
drishtam madhuram shishtam madhuram madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram. (7)
Gopa madhura gavo madhura yashtir madhura srishtir madhura,
dalitam madhuram phalitam madhuram madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram. (8)

Meaning

1: His lips are sweet, his face is sweet, his eyes are sweet, his smile is sweet, his heart is sweet, his gait is sweet — everything about the Lord of Madhura is sweet.

2: His words, his deeds, his garments and his posture are sweet; his movements and his wanderings are sweet — everything about the Lord of sweetness is sweet.

3: His flute is sweet, the dust of his feet is sweet, his hands and his feet are sweet; his dancing and his friendship are sweet — everything about the Lord of sweetness is sweet.

4: His singing, his drinking, his eating and his sleeping are sweet; his form and his tilak mark are sweet — everything about the Lord of sweetness is sweet.

5: His actions, his carrying across to the far shore, his stealing and the remembering of him are sweet; his casting aside and his calming are sweet — everything about the Lord of sweetness is sweet.

6: The gunja-berry garland and the flower garland are sweet, the Yamuna and her waves are sweet; her water and her lotuses are sweet — everything about the Lord of sweetness is sweet.

7: The gopis are sweet and his play is sweet; union is sweet and release is sweet; his glance and his gracious ways are sweet — everything about the Lord of sweetness is sweet.

8: The cowherd boys and the cows are sweet, his staff and his creation are sweet; his crushing of evil and his blessings coming to fruit are sweet — everything about the Lord of sweetness is sweet.

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Source: vignanam.org
Licence: classical stotra by Vallabhacharya, public domain
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