Madhuraashtakam
adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram
nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram
hrdayam madhuram gamanam madhuram
madhuraadhipater akhilam madhuram
His lips are sweet; His face is sweet;
His eyes are sweet; His smile is sweet:
His Heart is sweet; His gait is sweet;
Every single thing about the Lord of Mathura is completely sweet!
vachanam madhuram caritam madhuram
vasanam madhuram dalitam madhuram
calitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram
madhurAdhipatim akhilam madhuram
His words are sweet; His acts are sweet; His dress is sweet;
His posture is sweet. His walk is sweet, and His wanderings are sweet.
Every single thing about the Lord of Mathura is completely sweet!
venur madhuro renur madhurah
panir madhurah padau madhurau
nrtyam madhuram sakhyam madhuram
madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram
His flute is sweet; the dust of His lotus feet is sweet.
His hands are sweet; His feet are sweet. His dancing is sweet;
His friendship is sweet. Everything about the Supreme Lord of
sweetness is sweet.
gitam madhurai pitam madhuram
bhuktam madhuram suptam madhuram
rupam madhuram tilakam madhuram
madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram
His song is sweet, His drinking is sweet; His eating is sweet, His
sleeping is sweet. His beauty is sweet, His tilaka is sweet. Every
thing about the Lord is completely sweet.
dharanam madhuram taranam madhuram
haranam madhuram ramanam madhuram
camitam madhuram zamitam madhuram
madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram
His acts are sweet, His delivering is sweet,
His stealing is sweet, His enjoyment is sweet.
His heartfelt outpourings are sweet, His peace
is sweet. Everything about the Supreme Lord
is fully sweet.
gunja madhura mala madhura
yamuna madhura vichi madhura
salilam madhuram kamalam madhuram
madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram
His Gunja necklace is sweet, as is His garland.
His Yamuna River is sweet, her waves are sweet,
and her waters are sweet. The lotus flowers are also sweet.
Everything is completely sweet about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord of sweetness.
gopi madhura leela madhura
yuktam madhuram bhuktam madhuram
drishtam madhuram shistam madhuram
madhuradhipater akhilaa madhuram
His foremost devotees, the gopis, are sweet. His pastimes
are sweet. Meeting with Him is sweet. Being enjoyed by
Him is sweet. Being noticed (seen) by Him is sweet. His
character is sweet. Simply everything about the Lord of
sweetness is all-sweet.
gopa madhura gavo madhura
yastir madhura shristir madhura
dalitaa madhuram phalitam madhuram
madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram
madhuradhipater akhilam madhuram
His cowherd friends are sweet; His cows are sweet.
His cane is sweet; His creation is sweet, His
destruction is sweet, and His fruition is sweet.
Everything about the Supreme Lord is totally sweet.