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Madhurashtakam | मधुराष्टकम्
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Madhurashtakam Sanskrit Lyrics
अधरं मधुरं वदनं मधुरं नयनं मधुरं हसितं मधुरम् । हृदयं मधुरं गमनं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥१॥ वचनं मधुरं चरितं मधुरं वसनं मधुरं वलितं मधुरम् । चलितं मधुरं भ्रमितं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥२॥ वेणुर्मधुरो रेणुर्मधुरः पाणिर्मधुरः पादौ मधुरौ । नृत्यं मधुरं सख्यं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥३॥ गीतं मधुरं पीतं मधुरं भुक्तं मधुरं सुप्तं मधुरम् । रूपं मधुरं तिलकं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥४॥ करणं मधुरं तरणं मधुरं हरणं मधुरं रमणं मधुरम् । वमितं मधुरं शमितं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥५॥ गुञ्जा मधुरा माला मधुरा यमुना मधुरा वीची मधुरा । सलिलं मधुरं कमलं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥६॥ गोपी मधुरा लीला मधुरा युक्तं मधुरं मुक्तं मधुरम् । दृष्टं मधुरं शिष्टं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥७॥ गोपा मधुरा गावो मधुरा यष्टिर्मधुरा सृष्टिर्मधुरा । दलितं मधुरं फलितं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥८॥
Transliteration
Madhurashtakam English Lyrics
adharaṃ madhuraṃ vadanaṃ madhuraṃ nayanaṃ madhuraṃ hasitaṃ madhuram | hṛdayaṃ madhuraṃ gamanaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||1|| vacanaṃ madhuraṃ caritaṃ madhuraṃ vasanaṃ madhuraṃ valitaṃ madhuram | calitaṃ madhuraṃ bhramitaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||2|| veṇurmadhuro reṇurmadhuraḥ pāṇirmadhuraḥ pādau madhurau | nṛtyaṃ madhuraṃ sakhyaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||3|| gītaṃ madhuraṃ pītaṃ madhuraṃ bhuktaṃ madhuraṃ suptaṃ madhuram | rūpaṃ madhuraṃ tilakaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||4|| karaṇaṃ madhuraṃ taraṇaṃ madhuraṃ haraṇaṃ madhuraṃ ramaṇaṃ madhuram | vamitaṃ madhuraṃ śamitaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||5|| guñjā madhurā mālā madhurā yamunā madhurā vīcī madhurā | salilaṃ madhuraṃ kamalaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||6|| gopī madhurā līlā madhurā yuktaṃ madhuraṃ muktaṃ madhuram | dṛṣṭaṃ madhuraṃ śiṣṭaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||7|| gopā madhurā gāvo madhurā yaṣṭirmadhurā sṛṣṭirmadhurā | dalitaṃ madhuraṃ phalitaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||8||
Meaning
Madhurashtakam English Meaning
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 about the lord of sweetness is sweet. His words are sweet, his deeds are sweet, his clothes are sweet, the turn of his body is sweet; his movements are sweet, his wanderings are sweet. Everything about the lord of sweetness is sweet. His flute is sweet, the dust of his feet is sweet, his hands are sweet, his feet are sweet; his dance is sweet, his friendship is sweet. Everything about the lord of sweetness is sweet. His singing is sweet, his drinking is sweet, his eating is sweet, his sleep is sweet; his form is sweet, his tilaka is sweet. Everything about the lord of sweetness is sweet. His doings are sweet, his carrying across is sweet, his stealing is sweet, his loving play is sweet; what he lets fall is sweet, his calm is sweet. Everything about the lord of sweetness is sweet. His necklace of gunja berries is sweet, his garland is sweet, the Yamuna is sweet, her ripples are sweet; her water is sweet, her lotuses are sweet. Everything about the lord of sweetness is sweet. The gopis are sweet, his play is sweet, his being near is sweet, his letting go is sweet; his glance is sweet, his courtesy is sweet. Everything about the lord of sweetness is sweet. The cowherds are sweet, the cows are sweet, his staff is sweet, his creation is sweet; his crushing of foes is sweet, the fruit he brings is sweet. Everything about the lord of sweetness is sweet.
अर्थ
Madhurashtakam Hindi Meaning
उनके अधर मधुर हैं, मुख मधुर है, नेत्र मधुर हैं, मुस्कान मधुर है; हृदय मधुर है, चाल मधुर है। मधुरता के स्वामी श्रीकृष्ण का सब कुछ मधुर है। उनके वचन मधुर हैं, चरित्र मधुर है, वस्त्र मधुर हैं, अंगों की भंगिमा मधुर है; उनका चलना मधुर है, घूमना मधुर है। मधुरता के स्वामी का सब कुछ मधुर है। उनकी बाँसुरी मधुर है, चरण-रज मधुर है, हाथ मधुर हैं, चरण मधुर हैं; नृत्य मधुर है, मित्रता मधुर है। मधुरता के स्वामी का सब कुछ मधुर है। उनका गाना मधुर है, पीना मधुर है, खाना मधुर है, सोना मधुर है; रूप मधुर है, तिलक मधुर है। मधुरता के स्वामी का सब कुछ मधुर है। उनके कर्म मधुर हैं, पार उतारना मधुर है, चुराना मधुर है, रमण (लीला-विहार) मधुर है; उनका त्यागा हुआ भी मधुर है, उनकी शान्ति भी मधुर है। मधुरता के स्वामी का सब कुछ मधुर है। उनकी गुंजा की माला मधुर है, वनमाला मधुर है, यमुना मधुर है, उसकी लहरें मधुर हैं; उसका जल मधुर है, कमल मधुर हैं। मधुरता के स्वामी का सब कुछ मधुर है। गोपियाँ मधुर हैं, लीला मधुर है, उनका संग मधुर है, उनका छोड़ देना भी मधुर है; उनका देखना मधुर है, उनका शिष्टाचार मधुर है। मधुरता के स्वामी का सब कुछ मधुर है। ग्वाले मधुर हैं, गायें मधुर हैं, उनकी लकुटी मधुर है, उनकी सृष्टि मधुर है; उनका दमन करना मधुर है, फल देना मधुर है। मधुरता के स्वामी का सब कुछ मधुर है।
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Significance
Madhurashtakam Significance
Eight verses on the sweetness of Krishna, the 'lord of sweetness': his lips, face, gait, flute, dance and friendship, the Yamuna, the gopis and the cows are all sweet, and every verse ends 'everything about the lord of sweetness is sweet'. It is traditionally attributed to Vallabhacharya, founder of the Pushti Marg, and is sung in temples and homes everywhere, especially at Janmashtami.
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