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Madhurashtakam
Shree Krishna Madhurashtakam (श्री कृष्णमधुराष्टकम), composed by Sri Vallabhacharya (1478 A.D), is a unique stotra, describing the Sweetness of Lord Sri Krishna.
adharaṃ madhuraṃ vadanaṃ madhuraṃ
nayanaṃ madhuraṃ hasitaṃ madhuram ।
hṛdayaṃ madhuraṃ gamanaṃ madhuraṃ
madhurādhipatērakhilaṃ madhuram ॥ 1 ॥
vachanaṃ madhuraṃ charitaṃ madhuraṃ
vasanaṃ madhuraṃ valitaṃ madhuram ।
chalitaṃ madhuraṃ bhramitaṃ madhuraṃ
madhurādhipatērakhilaṃ madhuram ॥ 2 ॥
vēṇu-rmadhurō rēṇu-rmadhuraḥ
pāṇi-rmadhuraḥ pādau madhurau ।
nṛtyaṃ madhuraṃ sakhyaṃ madhuraṃ
madhurādhipatērakhilaṃ madhuram ॥ 3 ॥
gītaṃ madhuraṃ pītaṃ madhuraṃ
bhuktaṃ madhuraṃ suptaṃ madhuram ।
rūpaṃ madhuraṃ tilakaṃ madhuraṃ
madhurādhipatērakhilaṃ madhuram ॥ 4 ॥
karaṇaṃ madhuraṃ taraṇaṃ madhuraṃ
haraṇaṃ madhuraṃ smaraṇaṃ madhuram ।
vamitaṃ madhuraṃ śamitaṃ madhuraṃ
madhurādhipatērakhilaṃ madhuram ॥ 5 ॥
guñjā madhurā mālā madhurā
yamunā madhurā vīchī madhurā ।
salilaṃ madhuraṃ kamalaṃ madhuraṃ
madhurādhipatērakhilaṃ madhuram ॥ 6 ॥
gōpī madhurā līlā madhurā
yuktaṃ madhuraṃ muktaṃ madhuram ।
dṛṣṭaṃ madhuraṃ śiṣṭaṃ madhuraṃ
madhurādhipatērakhilaṃ madhuram ॥ 7 ॥
gōpā madhurā gāvō madhurā
yaṣṭi rmadhurā sṛṣṭi rmadhurā ।
dalitaṃ madhuraṃ phalitaṃ madhuraṃ
madhurādhipatērakhilaṃ madhuram ॥ 8 ॥
॥ iti śrīmadvallabhāchāryavirachitaṃ madhurāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ॥
Meaning
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
His gunja-berry (Chirmi) 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.
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 (etiquette) is sweet, Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.
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 (fruition) is sweet, Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.