Sunday, December 26, 2010

The Madhurashtakam by Shripad Vallabhacharya ji

adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram

nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram |

hridayam madhuram gamanam madhuram

madhur-adhipater akhilam madhuram ||1||


Sri Krishna is Nothing But Madhurya

His lips are sweet, His face is sweet,

His eyes are sweet, His smile is sweet.

He has a lovingly tender heart and His gait is also very gentle.

Everything is absolutely sweet about the Madhuradhipati or the Lord of sweetness.1


vachanam madhuram charitam madhuram

vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram |

chalitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram

madhur-adhipater akhilam madhuram ||2||


Krishna Wanders Around Sweetly

His words are sweet, His temperament is sweet,

His clothes are evocative, His flirtatious gestures are sweet

His delicate movements are sweet and He wanders around sweetly,

Everything is absolutely sweet about the Madhuradhipati or the Lord of sweetness.2


venur madhuro renur madhurah

panir madhurah padau madhurao |

nrityam madhuram shakhyam madhuram

madhur-adhipater akhilam madhuram ||3||


The Mellifluous Flute-play of Krishna

The Sweet Dust of Sri Krishna's Feet

His flute-play is melodious, the dust of his feet is sweet,

His lotus-hands are sweet, His feet are sweet,

His dance is ecstatic and His friendship is also very sweet.

Everything is absolutely sweet about the Madhuradhipati or the Lord of sweetness.3


gitam madhuram pitam madhuram

bhuktam madhuram suptam madhuram |

rupam madhuram tilakam madhuram

madhur-adhipater akhilam madhuram ||4||


Sri Krishna is Ineffably Beautiful & His Tilaka is Attractive

His singing exudes sweetness, His drinking is sweet,

His eating is sweet, His sleeping is sweet.

His beautiful form is attractive and His tilaka (sectarian mark on the forehead) is sweet,

Everything is absolutely sweet about the Madhuradhipati or the Lord of sweetness.4


karanam madhuram taranam madhuram

haranam madhuram ramanam madhuram |

vamitam madhuram shamitam madhuram

madhur-adhipater akhilam madhuram ||5||


Sri Krishna Captivates Us

His deeds are sweet and so is the path of His salvation,

The way he captivates our hearts is sweet and recollecting His playful dalliance is sweet,

His oblations (offerings) are sweet and His serenity is also very sweet.

Everything is absolutely sweet about the Madhuradhipati or the Lord of sweetness.5


gunja madhura mala madhura

yamuna madhura veechi madhura |

salilam madhuram kamalam madhuram

madhur-adhipater akhilam madhuram ||6||


Sri Krishna is Adorned with the Vanamala

His necklace made of gunja berries is sweet and so is His vanamala or flower garland,

His Yamuna is sweet and its rippling waves are sweet.

Its waters are sweet and so are lotuses blooming in the river.

Everything is absolutely sweet about the Madhuradhipati or the Lord of sweetness.6


gopi madhura lila madhura

yuktam madhuram muktam madhuram |

dhrishtam madhuram shishtam madhuram

madhur-adhipater akhilam madhuram ||7||


The Gopis Are Passionately Drawn by Sri Krishna

His gopis (enraptured cowherdesses with whom he sported in his youth) are sweet, His divine play is sweet,

The joy of belonging to Him is sweet and so is the pathos of longing for Him.

His sidelong glances are sweet and His graceful manners are also sweet.

Everything is absolutely sweet about the Madhuradhipati or the Lord of sweetness.7


gopa madhura gavo madhura

yastir madhura shristhir madhura |

dalitam madhuram phalitam madhuram

madhur-adhipater akhilam madhuram ||8||


The Gopas & Cows are Sri Krishna's Wealth

His gopas (cowherd friends) are sweet, His cows are sweet

His lakuti (a small club especially held by Krishna) is sweet, His creation is sweet,

His triumph (trampling) is sweet and its fruition is also very sweet.

Everything is absolutely sweet about the Madhuradhipati or the Lord of sweetness.8


Iti srimad vallabhacharya critam madhurashtakam sampoornam ||


Sripad Vallabacharya & Shri Nath ji Thakur
Thus ends the madhurashtakam, an octet of eight stanzas, composed by Sripad Vallabhacharya.

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