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Madhurashtakam
మధురాష్టకమ్
Madhurashtakam is a traditional Krishna devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.
Raghav
adharaṃ madhuraṃ vadanaṃ madhuraṃ, nayanaṃ madhuraṃ hasitaṃ madhuram |
hṛdayaṃ madhuraṃ, gamanaṃ madhuraṃ, madhurādhipaterakhai
laṃ madhuram ||1||
vasanaṃ madhuraṃ, caritaṃ madhuraṃ, vacanaṃ madhuraṃ valitaṃ madhuram,
calitaṃ madhuraṃ, bhramitaṃ madhuraṃ, madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram||2||
veṇarmadhuro reṇurmadhuraḥ pāṇirmadhuraḥ pādau madhurau,
nṛtyaṃ madhuraṃ sakhyaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||3||
gītaṃ madhuraṃ pītaṃ madhuraṃ, bhuktaṃ madhuraṃ suptaṃ madhuram,
rūpaṃ madhuraṃ tilakaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||4||
karaṇaṃ madhuraṃ, taraṇaṃ madhuraṃ, haraṇaṃ madhuraṃ, ramaṇaṃ madhuram,
vamitaṃ madhuraṃ, śamitaṃ madhuraṃ, madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||5||
guñjā madhurā mālā madhurā yamunā madhurā vīcī madhurā,
salilaṃ madhuraṃ, kamalaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||6||
gopī madhurā līlā madhurā, rādhā madhurā milanaṃ madhuram,
dṛṣṭaṃ madhuraṃ śiṣṭaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||7||
gopā madhurā gāvo madhurā, yaṣṭirmadhurā sṛṣṭirmadhurā,
dalitaṃ madhuraṃ, phalitaṃ madhuraṃ, madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram ||8||
|| iti śrīmadvallābhācārya viracita madhurāṣṭakaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ ||
|| śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu ||
Reading & reflection
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Text edition & attribution
Complete text of मधुराष्टकम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 415340, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.