Madhuraashtakam, by Saint Vallbhacharya
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[Contributed by Michael Tandy]

adharam madhuram vadanam  madhuram
nayanam madhuram hasitam  madhuram
hRdayam madhuram gamanam  madhuram
madhuraadhipater akhilam  madhuram 

vacanaM 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 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 madhuraM 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 vIcI 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 there
are also sweet. Everything is completely sweet about
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord of 
sweetness."

gopI madhurA lIlA madhurA
yuktaM madhuraM bhuktaM madhuram
dRSTaM madhuraM ziSTaM madhuraM
madhurAdhipater akhilaM 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 sRSTir madhurA
dalitaM madhuraM phalitaM 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."