Madhurashtakam
Full selected original edition, mechanical Roman and unit-aligned editorial sense summaries.
मधुराष्टकम्
Open interactive reader · पाठ, Roman, bookmarksComplete selected original: 9 reading units. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 415340: eight stanzas and closing dedication. Corrected two evident transcription defects akhilam/venur using the Marathi witness. Seventh-verse Radha variant retained.
Sanskrit Wikisource revision 415340: eight stanzas and closing dedication. Corrected two evident transcription defects akhilam/venur using the Marathi witness. Seventh-verse Radha variant retained.
Scholarly review pending. Hindi and English editorial sense summaries accompany every unit; these are separate from the original.
Unit 1
अधरं मधुरं वदनं मधुरं, नयनं मधुरं हसितं मधुरम् । हृदयं मधुरं, गमनं मधुरं, मधुराधिपतेरखi लं मधुरम् ॥ १ ॥
Roman transliteration · उच्चारण
adharaṃ madhuraṃ vadanaṃ madhuraṃ, nayanaṃ madhuraṃ hasitaṃ madhuram | hṛdayaṃ madhuraṃ, gamanaṃ madhuraṃ, madhurādhipaterakhai laṃ madhuram || 1 ||
Editorial sense · भाव-सार
Krishna’s lips, face, eyes, smile, heart and movement are sweet; everything about the Lord of sweetness is sweet.
कृष्ण के अधर, मुख, नेत्र, हास्य, हृदय और चाल मधुर हैं; मधुरता के स्वामी का सब कुछ मधुर है।
Unit 2
वसनं मधुरं, चरितं मधुरं, वचनं मधुरं वलितं मधुरम्, चलितं मधुरं, भ्रमितं मधुरं, मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥ २ ॥
Roman transliteration · उच्चारण
vasanaṃ madhuraṃ, caritaṃ madhuraṃ, vacanaṃ madhuraṃ valitaṃ madhuram, calitaṃ madhuraṃ, bhramitaṃ madhuraṃ, madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram || 2 ||
Editorial sense · भाव-सार
His garments, conduct, speech, posture, movement and wandering are sweet.
उनके वस्त्र, चरित्र, वचन, मुद्रा, चलना और घूमना मधुर हैं।
Unit 3
वेणुर्मधुरो रेणुर्मधुरः पाणिर्मधुरः पादौ मधुरौ, नृत्यं मधुरं सख्यं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥ ३ ॥
Roman transliteration · उच्चारण
veṇurmadhuro reṇurmadhuraḥ pāṇirmadhuraḥ pādau madhurau, nṛtyaṃ madhuraṃ sakhyaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram || 3 ||
Editorial sense · भाव-सार
His flute, dust, hands, feet, dancing and friendship are sweet.
उनकी बाँसुरी, धूल, हाथ, चरण, नृत्य और मित्रता मधुर हैं।
Unit 4
गीतं मधुरं पीतं मधुरं, भुक्तं मधुरं सुप्तं मधुरम्, रूपं मधुरं तिलकं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥ ४ ॥
Roman transliteration · उच्चारण
gītaṃ madhuraṃ pītaṃ madhuraṃ, bhuktaṃ madhuraṃ suptaṃ madhuram, rūpaṃ madhuraṃ tilakaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram || 4 ||
Editorial sense · भाव-सार
His singing, drinking, eating, sleeping, appearance and tilaka are sweet.
उनका गान, पीना, भोजन, सोना, रूप और तिलक मधुर हैं।
Unit 5
करणं मधुरं, तरणं मधुरं, हरणं मधुरं, रमणं मधुरम्, वमितं मधुरं, शमितं मधुरं, मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥ ५ ॥
Roman transliteration · उच्चारण
karaṇaṃ madhuraṃ, taraṇaṃ madhuraṃ, haraṇaṃ madhuraṃ, ramaṇaṃ madhuram, vamitaṃ madhuraṃ, śamitaṃ madhuraṃ, madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram || 5 ||
Editorial sense · भाव-सार
His action, carrying across, taking away, delight, casting out and pacifying are called sweet. These compact Sanskrit terms admit different contextual devotional interpretations.
उनका करना, पार ले जाना, हरना, रमण, निष्कासन और शमन मधुर कहा गया है; इन बहुअर्थी शब्दों की धार्मिक व्याख्याएँ अलग हो सकती हैं।
Unit 6
गुञ्जा मधुरा माला मधुरा यमुना मधुरा वीची मधुरा, सलिलं मधुरं, कमलं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥ ६ ॥
Roman transliteration · उच्चारण
guñjā madhurā mālā madhurā yamunā madhurā vīcī madhurā, salilaṃ madhuraṃ, kamalaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram || 6 ||
Editorial sense · भाव-सार
Gunja berries, garland, Yamuna, waves, water and lotus are sweet.
गुञ्जा, माला, यमुना, लहर, जल और कमल मधुर हैं।
Unit 7
गोपी मधुरा लीला मधुरा, राधा मधुरा मिलनं मधुरम्, दृष्टं मधुरं शिष्टं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥ ७ ॥
Roman transliteration · उच्चारण
gopī madhurā līlā madhurā, rādhā madhurā milanaṃ madhuram, dṛṣṭaṃ madhuraṃ śiṣṭaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram || 7 ||
Editorial sense · भाव-सार
In this selected witness, the gopis, divine play, Radha, meeting, sight and instruction are sweet. Other recensions read yuktam/muktam in the middle.
इस चयनित पाठ में गोपी, लीला, राधा, मिलन, दर्शन और शिक्षा मधुर हैं। अन्य संस्करण युक्तं/मुक्तं पढ़ते हैं।
Unit 8
गोपा मधुरा गावो मधुरा, यष्टिर्मधुरा सृष्टिर्मधुरा, दलितं मधुरं, फलितं मधुरं, मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥ ८ ॥
Roman transliteration · उच्चारण
gopā madhurā gāvo madhurā, yaṣṭirmadhurā sṛṣṭirmadhurā, dalitaṃ madhuraṃ, phalitaṃ madhuraṃ, madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram || 8 ||
Editorial sense · भाव-सार
Cowherds, cows, the staff, creation, what is broken down and what comes to fruition are sweet.
गोप, गायें, छड़ी, सृष्टि, विनाश और फल भी मधुर हैं।
Unit colophon
इति श्रीमद्वल्लभाचार्यविरचितं मधुराष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् । श्रीकृष्णार्पणमस्तु ।
Roman transliteration · उच्चारण
iti śrīmadvallabhācāryaviracitaṃ madhurāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam | śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu |
Editorial sense · भाव-सार
The colophon attributes the complete hymn to Vallabhacharya and dedicates it to Krishna.
समापन इसे वल्लभाचार्य की पूर्ण रचना कहकर कृष्ण को समर्पित करता है।
Edition & acknowledgements · संस्करण और आभार
Edition and reuse
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Original Eternal Vedic editorial sense summaries; CC BY-SA 4.0. Not a word-for-word scholarly translation.