madhura ashtakam (in praise of sweet Lord, Sri Krishna)
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Madhurastakam

adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram
      nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram
hrdayam madhuram gamanam madhuram
madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

"His lips are sweet, His face is sweet. His eyes are sweet, His smile is sweet. His heart is sweet, His walk is sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (1)

vacanam madhuram caritam madhuram
      vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram
calitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram
madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

"His words are sweet, His character is sweet. His garments are sweet, His navel is sweet. His movement is sweet, His wanderings are sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (2)

venur madhuro renur madhurah
panir-madhurah padau madhurau
nrtyam madhuram sakhyam madhuram
madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

" His flute is sweet, His dust is sweet. His hands are sweet, His feet are sweet. His dancing is sweet, His friendship is sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (3)

gitam madhuram pitam madhuram
bhuktam madhuram suptam madhuram
rupam madhuram tilakam madhuram
madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

"His singing is sweet, His yellow dress is sweet. His eating is sweet, His sleeping is sweet. His form is sweet, His tilaka is sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (4)

karanam madhuram taranam madhuram
haranam madhuram smaranam madhuram
vamitam madhuram samitam madhuram
madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

"His activities are sweet, His liberation is sweet. His thieving is sweet, His loving sports are sweet.his offerings are sweet, His peacefulness is sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (5)

gunja madhura mala madhura
yamuna madhura vici madhura
salilam madhuram kamalam madhuram
madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

"His gunja-mala is sweet, His flower-garland is sweet. Is Yamuna is sweet, His ripples are sweet. His water is sweet, His lotuses are sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (6)

gopi madhura lila madhura
yuktam madhuram bhuktam madhuram
hrstam madhuram sistam madhuram
madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

" His Gopis are sweet, His pastimes are sweet. His meeting is sweet, His food is sweet. His happiness is sweet, His etiquette is sweet. Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (7)

gopa madhura gavo madhura
sastir madhura srstir madhura
dalitam madhuram phalitam madhuram
madhuradi-pater akhilam madhuram

"His cowherd boys are sweet, His cows are sweet. His herding-stick is sweet, His creation is sweet. His trampling is sweet, His fruitfulness is sweet.Everything is sweet about the Lord of sweetness." (8)

athAto "brahma" zignAsA - Then thereafter be inquisitive to enquire about "the Absolute"