Madhurastakam
by Sri
Vallabhacarya
(1)
adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram
nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram
hrdayam madhuram gamanam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram
adharam - lips; madhuram - sweet;
vadanam - face; madhuram - sweet;
nayanam - eyes; madhuram - sweet;
hasitam - smile; madhuram - sweet;
hrdayam - heart; madhuram - sweet;
gamanam - gait; madhuram - sweet;
madhura-adhi-pateh - of the Emperor of
sweetness; akhilam - all; madhuram
-
sweet.
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 is sweet about
the Emperor of Sweetness!
(2)
vacanam madhuram caritam madhuram
vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram
calitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram
vacanam - speech; madhuram - sweet;
caritam - character; madhuram -
sweet; vasanam - clothing; madhuram -
sweet; valitam - belly-folds;
madhuram - sweet; calitam - wandering;
madhuram - sweet; bhramitam -
wandering; madhuram - sweet;
madhura-adhi-pateh - of the Emperor of
sweetness; akhilam - all; madhuram -
sweet.
2) His words are sweet, His character is
sweet His dress is sweet, His
belly-folds are sweet His movements are sweet, His wandering is
sweet -
Everything is sweet about the Emperor of
Sweetness!
(3)
venur madhuro renur madhurah
panir madhurah padau madhurau
nrtyam madhuram sakhyam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram
venuh - flute; madhurah - sweet; renuh -
dust; madhura - sweet; paih -
hands; madhura - sweet; padau - feet;
madhurau - sweet (pair); ntyam -
dancing; madhuram - sweet; sakhyam -
friendship; madhuram - sweet;
madhura-adhi-pateh - of the Emperor of
sweetness; akhilam - all; madhuram
-
sweet.
3) His flute is sweet, His foot-dust is
sweet His hands are sweet, His
feet are sweet His dancing is sweet, His friendship is sweet
-
Everything is sweet about the Emperor of
Sweetness!
(4)
gitam madhuram pitam madhuram
bhuktam madhuram suptam madhuram
rupam madhuram tilakam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram
gitam - singing; madhuram - sweet; pitam
- yellow cloth; madhuram -
sweet; bhuktam - eating; madhuram -
sweet; suptam - sleeping; madhuram
- sweet; rupam - beauty; madhuram -
sweet; tilakam - forehead marking;
madhuram - sweet; madhura-adhi-pateh -
of the Emperor of sweetness;
akhilam - all; madhuram - sweet.
4) His singing is sweet, His yellow
cloth is sweet His eating is sweet,
His sleeping is sweet His beauty is sweet, His tilaka is sweet -
Everything is sweet about the Emperor of
Sweetness!
(5)
karanam madhuram taranam madhuram
haranam madhuram ramanam madhuram
vamitam madhuram samitam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram
karanam - deeds; madhuram - sweet;
taranam - deliverance; madhuram -
sweet; haranam - stealing; madhuram -
sweet; ramanam - love-making;
madhuram - sweet; vamitam - offering
oblations; madhuram - sweet;
samitam - tranquility; madhuram - sweet;
madhura-adhi-pateh - of the
Emperor of sweetness; akhilam - all;
madhuram - sweet.
5) His deeds are sweet, His liberating
is sweet His stealing is sweet, His
love-sports are sweet His oblations are
sweet, His tranquility is sweet -
Everything is sweet about the Emperor of
Sweetness!
(6)
gunja madhura mala madhura
yamuna madhura vici madhura
salilam madhuram kamalam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram
gunja - berry necklace; madhura - sweet;
mala - garland; madhura -
sweet; yamuna - the river; madhura -
sweet; vici - ripples; madhura -
sweet; salilam - water; madhuram -
sweet; kamalam - lotuses; madhuram -
sweet; madhura-adhi-pateh - of the
Emperor of sweetness; akhilam - all;
madhuram - sweet.
6) His gunja-berry necklace is sweet,
His flower garland is sweet His
Yamuna river is sweet, His ripples are
sweet His water is sweet, His
lotuses are sweet - Everything is sweet
about the Emperor of Sweetness!
(7)
gopi madhura lila madhura
yuktam madhuram bhuktam madhuram
hrstam madhuram sistam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram
gopi - cowherd girls; madhura - sweet;
lila - pastimes; madhura -
sweet; yuktam - union; madhuram - sweet;
bhuktam - food; madhuram -
sweet; hrstam - delight; madhuram -
sweet; sistam - courtesy; madhuram
- sweet; madhura-adhi-pateh - of the
Emperor of sweetness; akhilam -
all; madhuram - sweet.
(8)
gopa madhura gavo madhura
yastir madhura srstir madhura
dalitam madhuram phalitam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram
gopah - cowherd boyfriends; madhura -
sweet; gavah - cows; madhura -
sweet; yaih - staff; madhura - sweet;
srstih - creation; madhura -
sweet; dalitam - trampling; madhuram -
sweet; phalitam - fruitfulness;
madhuram - sweet; madhura-adhi-pateh -
of the Emperor of sweetness;
akhilam - all; madhuram - sweet.
8) His gopas are sweet, His cows are
sweet His staff is sweet, His
creation is sweet His trampling is sweet, His fruitfulness is sweet
-
Everything is sweet about the Emperor of
Sweetness!