मधुराष्टकम् | Madhurashtakam | The Sweet Lord Krishna | Ambili

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The thought behind the composition in 'Bhakti mixed with Love', being a typical frame of devotion and dedication in the Bhakti movement. In the loved bhakti frame, the devotee falls in love with the almighty and to the devotee, all the attributes and actions of God appears sweet, as those appear to a lover.
The Madhurāṣṭakam deals with the qualities and deeds of Krishna, all of which have been conceptualized as being dipped in madhu, meaning honey or nectar. In the eyes of the devotee, everything that pertains to the deity is sweet and graceful, he being the adhipati (sovereign) of all sweetness.
The body of the Madhurāṣṭakam includes many qualities, attributes and motifs associated with Krishna, including the venu flute, cows, the Yamuna river, gopis, and Krishna's lila. These symbols and motifs related to the life and deeds of Krishna have been labelled as 'sweet' in the astakam.

अधरं मधुरं (His) lips are sweet
वदनं मधुरं (His) face is sweet
नयनं मधुरं (His) eyes are sweet
हसितं मधुरम् ‌। (His) smile is sweet
हृदयं मधुरं (His) heart is sweet
गमनं मधुरं (His) gait (walk) is sweet
मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ‌॥ १ ॥ Everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness
वचनं मधुरं (His) words are sweet
चरितं मधुरं (His) character and deeds are sweet
वसनं मधुरं (His) dress (garment) is sweet
वलितं मधुरम्‌ । (His) posture is sweet
चलितं मधुरं (His) movements are sweet
भ्रमितं मधुरं (His) wandering is sweet
मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम्‌ ॥ २ ॥ Everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness
वेणुर्मधुरो (His) flute-playing is sweet
रेणुर्मधुरः (His) foot-dust is sweet
पाणिर्मधुरः (His) hands are sweet
पादौ मधुरौ । (His) feet are sweet
नृत्यं मधुरं (His) dancing is sweet
सख्यं मधुरं (His) friendship (company) is sweet
मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम्‌ ॥ ३ ॥ Everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness
गीतं मधुरं (His) song is sweet
पीतं मधुरं (His) drinking is sweet
भुक्तं मधुरं (His) eating is sweet
सुप्तं मधुरम्‌ । (His) sleeping is sweet
रूपं मधुरं (His) beautiful form is sweet
तिलकं मधुरं (His) Tilaka (Sandalwood paste mark on the forehead) is sweet
मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ‌॥ ४ ॥ Everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness
करणं मधुरं (His) deeds are sweet
तरणं मधुरं (His) conquest (liberating) is sweet
हरणं मधुरं (His) stealing is sweet
रमणं मधुरम् ‌। (His) love-sports are sweet
वमितं मधुरं (His) oblations (offerings) are sweet
शमितं मधुरं (His) countenance is sweet
मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम्‌ ॥ ५ ॥ Everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness
गुञ्जा मधुरा (His) gunja-berry necklace is sweet
माला मधुरा (His) flower garland is sweet
यमुना मधुरा Yamuna river is sweet
वीची मधुरा । vīcī madhurā and sweet are Yamuna's rippling waves
सलिलं मधुरं Her water is sweet
कमलं मधुरं and sweet are the lotus flowers also
मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ‌॥ ६ ॥ Everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness
गोपी मधुरा (His) gopis (damsels of Vraja) are sweet
लीला मधुरा (His) frolickings are sweet
युक्तं मधुरं (His) union (meeting) is sweet
मुक्तं मधुरम् ‌। (His) deliverance is sweet
दृष्टं मधुरं (His) sidelong glances are sweet
शिष्टं मधुरं (His) etiquette is sweet
मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ‌॥ ७ ॥ Everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness
गोपा मधुरा (His) gopas (cowherd friends) are sweet
गावो मधुरा (His) cows are sweet
यष्टिर्मधुरा (His) cane (herding-stick) is sweet
सृष्टिर्मधुरा । (His) creation is sweet
दलितं मधुरं (His) destruction is sweet
फलितं मधुरं (His) accomplishment (fruition) is sweet
मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम्‌ ॥ ८ ॥ Everything is sweet about the Lord of Sweetness