Sri Madhurastakam

  (1) 

adharaḿ madhuraḿ vadanaḿ madhuraḿ 

nayanaḿ madhuraḿ hasitaḿ madhuraḿ 

hṛdayaḿ madhuraḿ gamanaḿ madhuraḿ 

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhuraḿ   

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) 

vacanaḿ madhuraḿ caritaḿ madhuraḿ 

vasanaḿ madhuraḿ valitaḿ madhuraḿ 

calitaḿ madhuraḿ bhramitaḿ madhuraḿ 

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhuraḿ   

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)

 veṇur madhuro reṇur madhuraḥ 

pāṇir madhuraḥ pādau madhurau 

nṛtyaḿ madhuraḿ sakhyaḿ madhuraḿ 

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhuraḿ  

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)

 gītaḿ madhuraḿ pītaḿ madhuraḿ 

bhuktaḿ madhuraḿ suptam madhuraḿ 

rūpaḿ madhuraḿ tilakaḿ madhuraḿ 

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhuraḿ

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)

 karaṇaḿ madhuraḿ taraṇaḿ madhuraḿ 

haraṇaḿ madhuraḿ ramaṇaḿ madhuraḿ 

vamitaḿ madhuraḿ śamitaḿ madhuraḿ 

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhuraḿ  

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)

 guñjā madhurā mālā madhurā 

yamunā madhurā vīcī madhurā 

salilaḿ madhuraḿ kamalaḿ madhuraḿ 

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhuraḿ 

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) 

gopī madhurā līlā madhurā 

yuktaḿ madhuraḿ bhuktaḿ madhuraḿ 

hṛṣṭaḿ madhuraḿ śiṣṭaḿ madhuraḿ 

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhuraḿ   

His gopis (cowherd boys) are sweet, His pastimes are sweet, His union is sweet, His food is sweet, His delight is sweet, His courtesy is sweet — Everything is sweet about the Emperor of sweetness! 

(8) 

gopā madhurā gāvo madhurā yaṣṭir 

madhurā sṛṣṭir madhurā dalitaḿ 

madhuraḿ phalitaḿ madhuraḿ 

madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhuraḿ   

    His gopas (cowherd boys) 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!

Written by Vallabhacarya