Song : Madhurasthakam
Composer : Sri Vallabhacarya
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
gopī madhurā līlā madhurā
yuktaḿ madhuraḿ bhuktaḿ madhuraḿ
hṛṣṭaḿ madhuraḿ śiṣṭaḿ madhuraḿ
madhurādhi-pater akhilaḿ madhuraḿ
His gopis (cowherd girls) 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!
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!