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વલ્લભાચાર્ય કૃત मधुराष्ट्कम એ કૃષ્ણમહિમા નું સૌંદર્યરસથી નિતરતું ઊત્કૃષ્ટ નિરુપણ છે!!

अधरं मधुरं वदनं मधुरं नयनं मधुरं हसितं मधुरं ।
हृदयं मधुरं गमनं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरं ॥१॥

“His lips are sweet; His face is sweet;His eyes are sweet; His smile is sweet:His Heart is sweet; His gait is sweet;Every single thing about the Lord of Mathura is completely sweet!

वचनं मधुरं चरितं मधुरं वसनं मधुरं वलितं मधुरं ।
चलितं मधुरं भ्रमितं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरं ॥२॥

“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 of Mathura is completely sweet!”

वेणुर्मधुरो रेणुर्मधुरः पाणिर्मधुरः पादौ मधुरौ ।
नृत्यं मधुरं सख्यं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरं ॥३॥

“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 ofsweetness is sweet.”

गीतं मधुरं पीतं मधुरं भुक्तं मधुरं सुप्तं मधुरं ।
रूपं मधुरं तिलकं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरं ॥४॥

“His song is sweet, His drinking is sweet; His eating is sweet, His sleeping is sweet. His beauty is sweet, His tilaka is sweet. Everything about the Lord is completely sweet.”

करणं मधुरं तरणं मधुरं हरणं मधुरं स्मरणं मधुरं ।
वमितं मधुरं शमितं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरं ॥५॥

“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.”

गुंजा मधुरा माला मधुरा यमुना मधुरा वीची मधुरा ।
सलिलं मधुरं कमलं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरं ॥६॥

“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 are also sweet.Everything is completely sweet about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord of sweetness.”

गोपी मधुरा लीला मधुरा युक्तं मधुरं मुक्तं मधुरं ।
दृष्टं मधुरं शिष्टं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरं ॥७॥

“His foremost devotees, the gopis, are sweet. His pastimes are sweet. Meeting with Him is sweet. Being enjoyed byHim is sweet. Being noticed (seen) by Him is sweet. His character is sweet. Simply everything about the Lord of sweetness is all-sweet.”

गोपा मधुरा गावो मधुरा यष्टिर्मधुरा सृष्टिर्मधुरा ।
दलितं मधुरं फलितं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरं ॥८॥

“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.”

– વલ્લભાચાર્ય

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