Madhurastakam

By Sripad Vallabhacarya

adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram

nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram

hrdayam madhuram gamanam madhuram

madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

"His lips are sweet, His face is sweet. His eyes are sweet, His smile is sweet. His heart is sweet, His walk is sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (1)

vacanam madhuram caritam madhuram

vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram

calitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram

madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

"His words are sweet, His character is sweet. His garments are sweet, His navel is sweet. His movement is sweet, His wanderings are sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (2)

Sripad Vallabhacarya

venur madhuro renur madhurah

panir-madhurah padau madhurau

nrtyam madhuram sakhyam madhuram

madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

" His flute is sweet, His dust is sweet. His hands are sweet, His feet are sweet. His dancing is sweet, His friendship is sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (3)

gitam madhuram pitam madhuram

bhuktam madhuram suptam madhuram

rupam madhuram tilakam madhuram

madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

"His singing is sweet, His yellow dress is sweet. His eating is sweet, His sleeping is sweet. His form is sweet, His tilaka is sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (4)

karanam madhuram taranam madhuram

haranam madhuram ramanam madhuram

vamitam madhuram samitam madhuram

madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

"His activities are sweet, His liberation is sweet. His thieving is sweet, His loving sports are sweet.his offerings are sweet, His peacefulness is sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (5)

gunja madhura mala madhura

yamuna madhura vici madhura

salilam madhuram kamalam madhuram

madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

"His gunja-mala is sweet, His flower-garland is sweet. Is Yamuna is sweet, His ripples are sweet. His water is sweet, His lotuses are sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (6)

gopi madhura lila madhura

yuktam madhuram bhuktam madhuram

hrstam madhuram sistam madhuram

madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

" His Gopis are sweet, His pastimes are sweet. His meeting is sweet, His food is sweet. His happiness is sweet, His etiquette is sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (7)

gopa madhura gavo madhura

sastir madhura srstir madhura

dalitam madhuram phalitam madhuram

madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

"His cowherd boys are sweet, His cows are sweet. His herding-stick is sweet, His creation is sweet. His trampling is sweet, His fruitfulness is sweet.Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (8