Madhurashtakam in Gujarati
મધુરાષ્ટકમ્
Madhurashtakam is an eight-verse Sanskrit hymn to Lord Krishna by Shri Vallabhacharya, founder of the Pushti Marg. Below is the complete Madhurashtakam in Gujarati script, every line also in English letters, with the meaning of each verse in simple English.
- Gujarati script
- 8 verses
- 4 min
- Shri Vallabhacharya
- Best on Wednesday
Recite line by line, listen, count with a mala. The reader opens in Gujarati.
અધરં મધુરં વદનં મધુરં નયનં મધુરં હસિતં મધુરમ્। Adharam Madhuram Vadanam Madhuram Nayanam Madhuram Hasitam Madhuram
હૃદયં મધુરં ગમનં મધુરં મધુરાધિપતેરખિલં મધુરમ્॥ Hridayam Madhuram Gamanam Madhuram Madhuradhipater Akhilam Madhuram
Meaning
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 about the Lord of Sweetness is sweet.
- અધરં Adharam
- lips
- મધુરં Madhuram
- sweet
- વદનં Vadanam
- face
- નયનં Nayanam
- eyes
- હસિતં Hasitam
- smile, laughter
- હૃદયં Hridayam
- heart
- ગમનં Gamanam
- gait, the way he walks
- મધુરાધિપતેઃ Madhuradhipateh
- of the Lord of sweetness
- અખિલં Akhilam
- everything, the whole
વચનં મધુરં ચરિતં મધુરં વસનં મધુરં વલિતં મધુરમ્। Vachanam Madhuram Charitam Madhuram Vasanam Madhuram Valitam Madhuram
ચલિતં મધુરં ભ્રમિતં મધુરં મધુરાધિપતેરખિલં મધુરમ્॥ Chalitam Madhuram Bhramitam Madhuram Madhuradhipater Akhilam Madhuram
Meaning
His words are sweet, his deeds are sweet, his garments are sweet, his graceful pose is sweet. His movements are sweet, his wanderings are sweet. Everything about the Lord of Sweetness is sweet.
- વચનં Vachanam
- words, speech
- મધુરં Madhuram
- sweet
- ચરિતં Charitam
- conduct, life-story
- વસનં Vasanam
- garments
- વલિતં Valitam
- the graceful bend of his body
- ચલિતં Chalitam
- movements
- ભ્રમિતં Bhramitam
- wandering, roaming
- મધુરાધિપતેઃ Madhuradhipateh
- of the Lord of sweetness
- અખિલં Akhilam
- everything
વેણુર્મધુરો રેણુર્મધુરઃ પાણિર્મધુરઃ પાદૌ મધુરૌ। Venur Madhuro Renur Madhurah Panir Madhurah Padau Madhurau
નૃત્યં મધુરં સખ્યં મધુરં મધુરાધિપતેરખિલં મધુરમ્॥ Nrityam Madhuram Sakhyam Madhuram Madhuradhipater Akhilam Madhuram
Meaning
His flute is sweet, the dust of his feet is sweet, his hands are sweet, his feet are sweet. His dance is sweet, his friendship is sweet. Everything about the Lord of Sweetness is sweet.
- વેણુઃ Venur
- flute
- મધુરઃ Madhurah
- sweet
- રેણુઃ Renur
- dust (of his feet)
- પાણિઃ Panir
- hand
- પાદૌ Padau
- his two feet
- મધુરૌ Madhurau
- (both) sweet
- નૃત્યં Nrityam
- dance
- સખ્યં Sakhyam
- friendship
- મધુરાધિપતેઃ Madhuradhipateh
- of the Lord of sweetness
- અખિલં Akhilam
- everything
ગીતં મધુરં પીતં મધુરં ભુક્તં મધુરં સુપ્તં મધુરમ્। Geetam Madhuram Peetam Madhuram Bhuktam Madhuram Suptam Madhuram
રૂપં મધુરં તિલકં મધુરં મધુરાધિપતેરખિલં મધુરમ્॥ Rupam Madhuram Tilakam Madhuram Madhuradhipater Akhilam Madhuram
Meaning
His singing is sweet, his drinking is sweet, his eating is sweet, his sleeping is sweet. His form is sweet, his tilak is sweet. Everything about the Lord of Sweetness is sweet.
- ગીતં Geetam
- song, singing
- મધુરં Madhuram
- sweet
- પીતં Peetam
- drinking (also read as his yellow garment)
- ભુક્તં Bhuktam
- eating
- સુપ્તં Suptam
- sleeping
- રૂપં Rupam
- form, beauty
- તિલકં Tilakam
- tilak mark on the brow
- મધુરાધિપતેઃ Madhuradhipateh
- of the Lord of sweetness
- અખિલં Akhilam
- everything
કરણં મધુરં તરણં મધુરં હરણં મધુરં રમણં મધુરમ્। Karanam Madhuram Taranam Madhuram Haranam Madhuram Ramanam Madhuram
વમિતં મધુરં શમિતં મધુરં મધુરાધિપતેરખિલં મધુરમ્॥ Vamitam Madhuram Shamitam Madhuram Madhuradhipater Akhilam Madhuram
Meaning
His deeds are sweet, his saving grace is sweet, his stealing is sweet, his play is sweet. What he gives forth is sweet, his stillness is sweet. Everything about the Lord of Sweetness is sweet.
- કરણં Karanam
- deeds, actions
- મધુરં Madhuram
- sweet
- તરણં Taranam
- carrying devotees across, deliverance
- હરણં Haranam
- stealing (butter, and hearts)
- રમણં Ramanam
- play, delight
- વમિતં Vamitam
- what he gives forth, his generosity
- શમિતં Shamitam
- calmness, his stillness
- મધુરાધિપતેઃ Madhuradhipateh
- of the Lord of sweetness
- અખિલં Akhilam
- everything
'Vamitam' and 'shamitam' are read in several ways by commentators; we give a common devotional reading.
ગુઞ્જા મધુરા માલા મધુરા યમુના મધુરા વીચી મધુરા। Gunja Madhura Mala Madhura Yamuna Madhura Vichi Madhura
સલિલં મધુરં કમલં મધુરં મધુરાધિપતેરખિલં મધુરમ્॥ Salilam Madhuram Kamalam Madhuram Madhuradhipater Akhilam Madhuram
Meaning
His gunja-berry necklace is sweet, his garland is sweet, the Yamuna is sweet, her waves are sweet. Her water is sweet, her lotuses are sweet. Everything about the Lord of Sweetness is sweet.
- ગુઞ્જા Gunja
- his necklace of gunja berries
- મધુરા Madhura
- sweet
- માલા Mala
- garland
- યમુના Yamuna
- the river Yamuna
- વીચી Vichi
- waves
- સલિલં Salilam
- water
- કમલં Kamalam
- lotus
- મધુરાધિપતેઃ Madhuradhipateh
- of the Lord of sweetness
- અખિલં Akhilam
- everything
ગોપી મધુરા લીલા મધુરા યુક્તં મધુરં મુક્તં મધુરમ્। Gopi Madhura Leela Madhura Yuktam Madhuram Muktam Madhuram
દૃષ્ટં મધુરં શિષ્ટં મધુરં મધુરાધિપતેરખિલં મધુરમ્॥ Drishtam Madhuram Shishtam Madhuram Madhuradhipater Akhilam Madhuram
Meaning
The gopis are sweet, his play is sweet, union with him is sweet, release by him is sweet. His glance is sweet, his gracious ways are sweet. Everything about the Lord of Sweetness is sweet.
- ગોપી Gopi
- the gopis, cowherd maidens
- મધુરા Madhura
- sweet
- લીલા Leela
- divine play
- યુક્તં Yuktam
- union, being with him
- મુક્તં Muktam
- release, liberation
- દૃષ્ટં Drishtam
- his glance
- શિષ્ટં Shishtam
- courtesy, gracious conduct
- મધુરાધિપતેઃ Madhuradhipateh
- of the Lord of sweetness
- અખિલં Akhilam
- everything
ગોપા મધુરા ગાવો મધુરા યષ્ટિર્મધુરા સૃષ્ટિર્મધુરા। Gopa Madhura Gavo Madhura Yashtir Madhura Srishtir Madhura
દલિતં મધુરં ફલિતં મધુરં મધુરાધિપતેરખિલં મધુરમ્॥ Dalitam Madhuram Phalitam Madhuram Madhuradhipater Akhilam Madhuram
Meaning
The cowherd boys are sweet, the cows are sweet, his staff is sweet, his creation is sweet. His subduing of evil is sweet, the fruit he grants is sweet. Everything about the Lord of Sweetness is sweet.
- ગોપા Gopa
- the cowherd boys, his friends
- મધુરા Madhura
- sweet
- ગાવઃ Gavo
- the cows
- યષ્ટિઃ Yashtir
- his herding staff
- સૃષ્ટિઃ Srishtir
- creation
- દલિતં Dalitam
- his crushing (of the wicked)
- ફલિતં Phalitam
- fruition, the fruits he grants
- મધુરાધિપતેઃ Madhuradhipateh
- of the Lord of sweetness
- અખિલં Akhilam
- everything
About Madhurashtakam
Shri Vallabhacharya (1479–1531) was a philosopher and saint from a Telugu family. He taught the path of Pushti, loving surrender to Krishna by grace, and his tradition is centred on Shrinathji at Nathdwara. Tradition says he composed Madhurashtakam after a vision of the child Krishna. The hymn is short and repeats itself almost like a children's song, yet its lines cover Krishna's whole Vrindavan life: his face and form, his play, his flute, the Yamuna, the gopis and the cows.
Questions
Is this the same Madhurashtakam that is sung in Hindi?
Yes. These are the same Sanskrit words, written in Gujarati letters so you can read them aloud. It is a transliteration, not a translation into Gujarati. The meaning of each verse is given in English.
How was the Gujarati text prepared?
We keep one checked Devanagari edition (Madhurashtakam of Shri Vallabhacharya; text as given by sanskritdocuments.org (madhurst.itx), cross-checked against Sanskrit Wikisource (मधुराष्टकम्), shlokam.org and JKYog) and write it in Gujarati letters with fixed spelling rules, so every verse matches the original letter for letter. The English-letter line is the common singing spelling.