మధురాష్టకం (అధరం మధురం)

మధురాష్టకం (అధరం మధురం)
రాగం: మిశ్ర కమాజు
తాళం: ఆది
రచయిత: వల్లభాచార్య
గానం : యం.యస్.సుబ్బులక్ష్మి

అధరం మధురం వదనం మధురం

నయనం మధురం హసితం మధురం
హృదయం మధురం గమనం మధురం
మధురాధిపతేరఖిలం మధురం

వచనం మధురం చరితం మధురం
వసనం మధురం వలితం మధురం
చలితం మధురం భ్రమితం మధురం
మధురాధిపతేరఖిలం మధురం

వేణుర్మధురో రేణుర్మధురః
పాణిర్మధురః పాదౌ మధురం
నృత్యం మధురం సఖ్యం మధురం
మధురాధిపతేరఖిలం మధురం

గీతం మధురం పీతం మధురం
భుక్తం మధురం సుప్తం మధురం
రూపం మధురం తిలకం మధురం
మధురాధిపతేరఖిలం మధురం

కరణం మధురం తరణం మధురం
హరణం మధురం స్మరణం మధురం
వమితం మధురం శమితం మధురం
మధురాధిపతేరఖిలం మధురం

గుంజా మధురా మాలా మధురా
యమునా మధురా వీచీ మధురా
సలిలం మధురం కమలం మధురం
మధురాధిపతేరఖిలం మధురం

గోపీ మధురా లీలా మధురా
యుక్తం మధురం ముక్తం మధురం
దృష్టం మధురం శిష్టం మధురం
మధురాధిపతేరఖిలం మధురం

గోపా మధురా గావో మధురా
యష్ఠిర్మధురా సృష్ఠిర్మధురా
దళితం మధురం ఫలితం మధురం
మధురాధిపతేరఖిలం మధురం

Meaning

Sweet are thine lips, Krishna,
So is thine sweet cherubic face,
Sweet are thine jet black eyes, Krishna
So is thine soulful laugh,
Sweet is thine loving heart, Krishna
So is thine beautiful gait,
Hey king of all sweetness in this world(Also Oh King Of Mathura),
Everything about Thee is sweet.

Sweet are thine sweetest words, Krishna,
So is thine divine story.
Sweet is the place of your stay , Krishna,
So is thine greatness,
Sweet are thine movements, Krishna,
So is thine confusion.
Hey king of all sweetness in this world,Oh King Of Mathura
Everything about Thee is sweet.

Sweet is thine flute , Krishna,
So is thine foot-dust,
Sweet are thine hands Krishna,
So are thine feet.
Sweet is thine dance Krishna,
So is thine friendship.
Hey king of all sweetness in this world,Oh King Of Mathura
Everything about Thee is sweet

Sweet is thine song, Krishna,
So is what you drink,
Sweet is what you eat, Krishna,
So is your sleep,
Sweet are thine looks , Krishna,
So is thine Thilaka,
Hey king of all sweetness in this world,Oh King Of Mathura
Everything about Thee is sweet.

Sweet are thine deeds, Krishna,
So is thine path of salvation,
Sweet is thine theft , Krishna,
So is thine play of love,
Sweet are thine oblations, Krishna,
So is thine tranquility,
Hey king of all sweetness in this world,Oh King Of Mathura
Everything about Thee is sweet

Sweet is thine necklace of berries, Krishnam
So is thine garland,
Sweet is thine river Yamuna, Krishna,
So are the ripples in the river,
Sweet is thine water , Krishna,
So is the lotus in the water,
Hey king of all sweetness in this world,Oh King Of Mathura
Everything about Thee is sweet

Sweet are thine Gopis , Krishna,
So is thine playful sport,
Sweet are thine right thoughts,Krishna,
So is thine salvation,
Sweet is what you see, Krishna,
So is what is left out,
Hey king of all sweetness in this world,Oh King Of Mathura
Everything about Thee is sweet

Sweet are thine Gopas , Krishna,
So are thine cows,
Sweet is thine staff, Krishna,
So is thine creation,
Sweet is what you trample , Krishna,
So are thine jokes,
Hey king of all sweetness in this world,Oh King Of Mathura
Everything about Thee is sweet

(Mahaprabhu Srimad Vallabhacharya (1479-1531)is one of the greatest sage-philosophers of India. He belonged to a Telugu family and was one of the foremost followers of Bhakti Marga. He established his philosophy of Pushti Marga in north India during the 16th century.His bhakti was much more than devotion. It was becoming mad in the thought of God. According to him, the devotee does not see anything except his Lord everywhere. ‘Madhurashtakam’, written by him, sees sweetness in his Lord inch by inch. This translation into verse has taken the liberty of adding the name of the Lord here and there so that the meaning is very clear and the translation becomes a verse.