Madhurashtakam...Krishna's Sweetness hailed

Shree Krishna Madhurashtakam ( ), composed by Sri Vallabhacharya

Shree Krishna Madhurashtakam ( ) was originally written in Sanskrit and is easily understood. Only one word, madhuram, is repeated seven times each in this ashtakam. Ashta means 8, this stotra has 8 verses in it.

Shree Krishna Madhurashtakam ( ) uses just one adjective, "madhuram", meaning sweet or beautiful

Adharam madhuram Vadanam madhuram nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram.

Hridayam madhuram gamanam madhuram madhuradhipaterakhilam madhuram.

His lips are sweet, His face is sweet, His eyes are sweet, His smile is sweet, His loving heart is sweet, His gait (walk) is sweet, Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

Vachanam madhuram charitam madhuram Vasanam madhuram Valitam madhuram

Chalitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram madhuradhipate rakhilam madhuram.

His words are sweet, His character is sweet, His dress (garment) is sweet, His posture is sweet, His movements are sweet, His wandering (roaming) is sweet, Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

Venurmadhuro renurmadhurah Panirmadhurah Padau madhurau

Nrityam madhuram Sakhyam madhuram madhuradhipate rakhilam madhuram.

His flute-playing 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 completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

Gitam Madhuram Pitam madhuram Bhuktam madhuram Suptam madhuram

Rupam madhuram Tilakam madhuram Madhuradhipate rakhilam madhuram

His song is sweet, His drinking is sweet, His eating is sweet, His sleeping is sweet, His beautiful form is sweet, His Tilaka (mark on the forehead) is sweet, Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

Karanam madhuram taranam madhuram haranam madhuram ramanam madhuram

Namitam madhuram samitam madhuram madhuradhipate rakhilam madhuram.

His deeds (activities) are sweet, His conquest (liberating) is sweet, His thieving (stealing) is sweet, His love-sports are sweet, His oblations (offerings) are sweet, His countenance is sweet, Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

Gunja madhura. Mala madhura.Yamuna madhura vichi madhura

Salilam madhuram Kamalam madhuram madhuradhipate rakhilam madhuram.|

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His gunja-berry necklace is sweet, His flower garland is sweet, sweet is the Yamuna river, and sweet are her rippling waves, her water is sweet, and sweet are the lotus flowers also, Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

|Gopi madhura lila madhura yuktam madhuram muktam madhuram

Drishtam madhuram sishta madhuram madhuradhipate rakhilam madhuram.

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His gopis (cowherd girlfriends) are sweet, His pastimes (plays) are sweet, His union (meeting him) is sweet, His deliverance (rescue) is sweet, His sidelong glances are sweet, His courtesy is sweet, Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

|Gopa madhura gavo madhura yashtirmadhura srishtirmadhura

Dalitam madhuram phalitam madhuram madhuradhipate rakhilam madhuram.

His gopas (cowherd boyfriends) are sweet, His cows are sweet, His cane (herding-stick) is sweet, His creation is sweet, His victory (trampling) is sweet, His accomplishment is sweet, Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness

( ) End of Madhurashtakam

Lakshmi