Krishna is all sweet.

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adharaM madhuraM vadanaM madhuraM nayanaM madhuraM

hasitaM madhuram.h .\\

hR^idayaM madhuraM gamanaM madhuraM

madhuraadhipaterakhilaM madhuram.h .. 1..\\

 

(adharaM) = (n) lip;

(madhuraM) = (n) sweet, pleasant;

(vadanaM) = (n) face;

(nayanaM) = (n) eye;

(hasitaM) = smile;

(hR\^{}idayaM) = (n) heart;

(gamanaM) = act of going;

(adhipatiH) = (m) king or ruler;

(madhuraadhipateH) =

King of `MadhurA' city or better:Lord of all

sweetness!;

(akhilaM) = (n) entire, all pervading;

 

Krishna's lip, face, eye, smile, heart and gait are

all sweet and nice.

Everything about the Lord of sweetness is sweet.

 

Love his lips, his face, his eyes, his smile, his

heart, his walk .

All that is His, of the Lord of Sweetness, I love it,

it's so sweet, it's so sweet .. 1 ..

 

vachanaM madhuraM charitaM madhuraM vasanaM madhuraM

valitaM madhuram.h .\\

chalitaM madhuraM bhramitaM madhuraM

madhuraadhipaterakhilaM madhuram.h .. 2..\\

 

(vachanaM) = (n) word(s)/sentence;

(charitaM) = (n) character;

(vasanaM) = (n) dress;

(valitaM) = body shape/curve;

(chalitaM) = walk/gait;

(bhramitaM) = roaming;

 

His words/utterances, character, dress, bodily form,

gait and roaming about, are all sweet.

Everything about the lord of sweetness is sweet..

 

Love his talk, his acts, his stay, his gait, his move,

his shake, his rove .

 

All that is His, of the Lord of Sweetness, I love it,

it's so sweet, it's so sweet .. 2 ..

 

 

veNurmadhuro reNurmadhuraH paaNirmadhuraH paadau

madhurau .\\

nR^ityaM madhuraM sakhyaM madhuraM

madhuraadhipaterakhilaM madhuram.h .. 3..\\

 

 

(veNurmadhuro) = veNuH(m)+madhuraH(m), flute +sweet;

(reNurmadhuraH) = reNuH(m)+madhraH(m),

sand (of Yamuna) or dust/dirt particle; under

Krishna's feet+sweet

(paaNirmadhuraH) = pANiH(m)+madhuraH, hand+sweet;

(paadau) = (m) two legs;

(nR\^{}ityaM) = (n) dance;

(sakhyaM) = (n) friendship;

 

His flute(its notes), dust under his feet, hand,

feet, dance and friendship/company are all sweet.

Everything about the lord of sweetness is sweet.

 

 

Love his lute, his sand, his hand, his feet, his

dance, his friendship all .

All that is His, of the Lord of Sweetness, I love it,

it's so sweet, it's so sweet .. 3 ..

 

 

giitaM madhuraM piitaM madhuraM bhuktaM madhuraM

suptaM madhuram.h .\\

ruupaM madhuraM tilakaM madhuraM

madhuraadhipaterakhilaM madhuram.h .. 4..\\

 

(giitaM) = (n) song;

(piitaM) = drunk substance.

(another meaning as adjective is yellow);

(bhuktaM) = eaten thing;

(suptaM) = sleeping state;

(ruupaM) = (n) form (beauty);

(tilakaM) = (n) mark on the forehead;

 

His song, drinking act, eating act, sleeping pose,

personality, and the mark on his forehead are all

sweet. Everything about the Lord of sweetness is

sweet.

 

Love his singing, drinking and eating, his sleep, his

freckled beauty .

All that is His, of the Lord of Sweetness, I love it,

it's so sweet, it's so sweet .. 4 ..

 

karaNaM madhuraM taraNaM madhuraM haraNaM madhuraM

ramaNaM madhuram.h .\\

vamitaM madhuraM shamitaM madhuraM

madhuraadhipaterakhilaM madhuram.h .. 5..\\

 

(karaNaM) = (n) action;

(taraNaM) = (n) swimming, crossing;

(haraNaM) = usurping, destroying, grabbing;

(ramaNaM) = (n) sport;

(vamitaM) = vomiting?/warblings/mutterings;

(shamitaM) = controlled(timid) action?;

 

His action, swimming, stealing/snatching, sport,

mutterings and timid actions are all sweet.

Everything about the Lord of sweetness is sweet.

 

Love his deed, his swim, his steal, his charm, his

mutter, his peaceful calm .

All that is His, of the Lord of Sweetness, I love it,

it's so sweet, it's so sweet .. 5 ..

 

guJNjaa madhuraa baalaa * madhuraa yamunaa madhuraa

viichii madhuraa .\\

salilaM madhuraM kamalaM madhuraM

madhuraadhipaterakhilaM madhuram.h .. 6..\\

 

*another version has it as `maalaa'(garland)

 

 

(guJNjaa) = (f) echo (of flute);

(baalaa) = (f) young girl (May be Radha);

(yamunaa) = (f) river Yamuna;

(viichii) = (f) waves;

(salilaM) = (n) water;

(kamalaM) = (n) lotus;

 

His playing on the flute, young girl friend, the

river

Yamuna, its waves, water and the lotus are all sweet.

Everything about the Lord of sweetness is sweet.

 

Love his melody, his coronet, his river with the waves

and water with lotuses galore .

 

All that is His, of the Lord of Sweetness, I love it,

it's so sweet, it's so sweet .. 6 ..

 

gopii madhuraa liilaa madhuraa yuktaM madhuraM muktaM

madhuram.h .\\

dR^ishhTaM madhuraM shishhTaM madhuraM

madhuraadhipaterakhilaM madhuram.h .. 7..\\

 

(gopii) = (f) a cowherd girl;

(liilaa) = (f) pleasing play;

(yuktaM) = the joined/united one company;

(muktaM) = the released/freed one;

(dR\^{}ishhTaM) = that which has been seen;

(shishhTaM) = good behaviour;

 

His cowherd girl friends, their sport, company,

separation, looking at them and their good behaviour

are all sweet. Everything about the Lord of sweetness

is sweet.

 

Love his girls and frolic, his catch and release, his

ogling and his virtuous stance .

All that is His, of the Lord of Sweetness, I love it,

it's so sweet, it's so sweet .. 7 ..

 

 

gopaa madhuraa gaavo madhuraa yashhTirmadhuraa

sR^ishhTirmadhuraa .\\

dalitaM madhuraM phalitaM madhuraM

madhuraadhipaterakhilaM madhuram.h .. 8..\\

 

(gopaa) = (m) the cowherd boys;

(gaavo) = (f) the cows;

(yashhTiH) = (f) stick/sticklike thin body?;

(sR\^{}ishhTiH) = (f) creation;

(dalitaM) = the oppressed one;

(phalitaM) = the ripened one fruit;

 

The cowherd boy friends, the cows, the forms he

creates,

his domination over all and the results therefrom are

all sweet.

Everything about the Lord of sweetness is sweet.

 

Love his cowherds, his cows, his staff, his world, his

tromp, his fruitful romp .

All that is His, of the Lord of Sweetness, I love it,

it's so sweet, it's so sweet .. 8 ..

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.. iti shriimadvallabhaachaaryavirachitaM

madhuraashhTakaM sampuurNaM ..\\

 

(iti) = thus;

(shriimat.h) = respectful prefix;

(vallabhaachaarya) = the poet VallabhAchArya;

(virachita) = composed/created;

(madhuraashhTaka) =

the eight stanza poem known as `madhurAshhTaka';

(sampuurNa) = has come to the end;

 

Everything about the Lord Krishna, whatever he does or

does not, whatever

we see or hear or think of him is sheer sweet bliss!

No wonder since he

is himself the overlord of sweetness/bliss, or put in

another way,

he is sweetness/bliss personified!

 

Send corrections to S. V. Ganesan (deepa (AT) tiac (DOT) net) OR

Avinash Sathaye (sohum (AT) ms (DOT) uky.edu)

 

 

 

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