Madhurashtakam (Madhurāṣṭakam) (Adharaṃ Madhuraṃ Vadanaṃ Madhuraṃ)
adharaṃ madhuraṃ vadanaṃ madhuraṃ nayanaṃ madhuraṃ hasitaṃ madhuram .
hṛdayaṃ madhuraṃ gamanaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram .. 1 ..
(Oh Lord Kṛṣṇa!) your lips are sweet, your face is sweet, your eyes are sweet, your smile is sweet,
your loving heart is sweet, your walk is sweet, everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.
vacanaṃ madhuraṃ caritaṃ madhuraṃ vasanaṃ madhuraṃ valitaṃ madhuram .
calitaṃ madhuraṃ bhramitaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram .. 2 ..
Your words are sweet, your character is sweet, your dressing (garment) is sweet, your posture is sweet,
your movements are sweet, your wandering (roaming) is sweet, everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.
veṇurmadhuro reṇurmadhuraḥ pāṇirmadhuraḥ pādau madhurau .
nṛtyaṃ madhuraṃ sakhyaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram .. 3 ..
Your flute-playing is sweet, your foot-dust is sweet, your hands are sweet, your feet are sweet,
your dancing is sweet, your friendship is sweet, everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.
gītaṃ madhuraṃ pītaṃ madhuraṃ bhuktaṃ madhuraṃ suptaṃ madhuram .
rūpaṃ madhuraṃ tilakaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram .. 4 ..
Your song is sweet, your drinking is sweet, your eating is sweet, your sleeping is sweet,
your beautiful form is sweet, your Tilaka (mark on the forehead) is sweet, everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.
karaṇaṃ madhuraṃ taraṇaṃ madhuraṃ haraṇaṃ madhuraṃ ramaṇaṃ madhuram .
vamitaṃ madhuraṃ śamitaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram .. 5 ..
Your deeds (activities) are sweet, your conquest (liberating) is sweet, your thieving (stealing) is sweet, your love-sports are sweet,
your oblations (offerings) are sweet, your countenance is sweet, everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.
guñjā madhurā mālā madhurā yamunā madhurā vīcī madhurā .
salilaṃ madhuraṃ kamalaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram .. 6 ..
Your gunja-berry (Chirmi) necklace is sweet, your flower garland is sweet, sweet is the Yamuna river, and sweet are her rippling waves,
water of Yamuna is sweet, and sweet are the lotus flowers also, everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.
gopī madhurā līlā madhurā yuktaṃ madhuraṃ muktaṃ madhuram .
dṛṣṭaṃ madhuraṃ śiṣṭaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram .. 7 ..
Your gopis (cowherd girlfriends) are sweet, your plays are sweet, your union is sweet, your deliverance (rescue) is sweet,
your sidelong glances are sweet, your courtesy (etiquette) is sweet, everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.
gopā madhurā gāvo madhurā yaṣṭirmadhurā sṛṣṭirmadhurā .
dalitaṃ madhuraṃ phalitaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram .. 8 ..
Your gopas (cowherd boyfriends) are sweet, your cows are sweet, your cane (herding-stick) is sweet, your creation is sweet,
your victory (trampling) is sweet, your accomplishment (fruition) is sweet, Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.
Madhurashtakam, is a Sanskrit octet in devotion of Lord Krishna, composed by the Hindu Bhakti Saint Sri Vallabhacharya (1479-1531). Sri Vallabhacharya was a Telugu Brahmin who propagated Pushtimarg, which is based on Śuddhādvaita philosophy and emphasizes devotion and service to Lord Krishna.
In Madhurashtakam, Shri Vallabhacharya has described the sweetness of the child form Shri Krishna in the sweetest way. Every part and activity of Shri Krishna is sweet and by their union other living and non-living things also acquire sweetness. Whatever sweetness is there in this world, considering it as a part of the sweetness of Shri Krishna, devotees should constantly remember Shri Krishna.