Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Gauracandra · April 16, 2001

So, yesterday I decided to do a big clean up at home. Like most men, rather than cleaning up little by little every day, I tend to let it go to complete squalor and then do one massive clean up Anyways, as I was cleaning up I came across two yellow sheets containing Sri Vallabhacharya’s Madhurashtakam. Several months ago I returned home from work and found an envelope sitting at the base of my door. The envelope was addressed by Rev. Daniel Maziarz, from the Essene School of Life. I have no idea who this guy is or why he left this at my door, or what the Essene School of Life is. But upon opening the envelope I found only two yellow sheets of paper with the Madhurashtakam by Sri Vallabhacharya. Here are the verses, translation, and a brief explanation of the source of this translation.

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Adharam Madhuram Vadanam Madhuram

Madhurashtakam

By Sri Vallabhacharya

Adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram

Nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram

Hrdayam madhuram gamanam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Vacanam madhuram caritam madhuram

Vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram

Calitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Venur madhuro renur madhurah

Panir madhurah padau madhurau

Nrtyam madhuram sakhyam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Gitam madhuram pitam madhuram

Bhuktam madhuram suptam madhuram

Rupam madhuram tilakam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Karanam madhuram taranam madhuram

Haranam madhuram ramanam madhuram

Vamitam madhuram samitam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Gunja madhura mala madhura

Yamuna madhura vici madhura

Salilam madhuram kamalam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Gopi madhura lila madhura

Yuktam madhuram bhuktam madhuram

Hrstam madhuram sistam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Gopa madhura gavo madhura

Yastir madhura srstir madhura

Dalitam madhuram phalitam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Translation

Sweet are the lips, sweet the face,

Sweet the eyes, sweet the smile,

Sweet the heart and sweet the motion –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the words, sweet the deeds,

Sweet the clothes, sweet the pose,

Sweet the gait and sweet the roaming –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the flute, sweet the foot-dust,

Sweet the hands, sweet the feet,

Sweet the dancing, sweet the friendship –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the singing, sweet the yellow cloth,

Sweet the eating, sweet the sleeping,

Sweet the beauty, sweet the tilak –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the deeds, sweet the liberation,

Sweet the stealing, sweet the water-sports,

Sweet the oblations, sweet the tranquility –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the gunja-berry necklace, sweet the flower garland,

Sweet the Yamuna River, sweet the ripples,

Sweet the water, sweet the lotuses,

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the gopis, sweet the pastimes,

Sweet the union, sweet the food,

Sweet the delight, sweet the courtesy –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the gopas, sweet the cows,

Sweet the staff, sweet the creation,

Sweet the trampling, sweet the fruitfulness –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

The above translation is found in the book, ‘The Miracle Plays of Mathura’, by Norvin Hein, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1972. The book is highly complimentary to Vaisnavism. Right before quoting the Madhurashtakam, Hein writes,

“The Vaishnavas of Braj are unashamedly and enthusiastically theistic. They resent the doubt cast by the school of Sankara on the reality of the characteristics of Krishna just as he is painted in their scriptures. They do not merely tolerate the human qualities of their deity: They rejoice in them. The very foibles and naughtiness of the child Krishna are to them a revelation, not an obscuration, of the divine nature, and to celebrate them and delight in them is the very way to salvation.

Since the human traits of Krishna are accepted positively, it follows that the dramas can often emphasize aspects of the divine personality which are seldom stressed in more transcendentalistic theisms. The awesome power and ‘otherness’ of Krishna is only a minor theme. In the theology of the Balkrishna cult and in these plays the stress falls upon one aspect or another of the deity’s beauty and charm. The Madhurashtakam Hymn of Vallabhacarya has given famous expression to this concentration upon the perfect beauty, handsome appearance, and winsome ways of the God….”<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I hope you all enjoyed this. Take care.

Gauracandra

krsna · October 11, 2005

Adharam Madhuram Vadanam Madhuram

Madhurashtakam

By Sri Vallabhacharya

Adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram

Nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram

Hrdayam madhuram gamanam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Vacanam madhuram caritam madhuram

Vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram

Calitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Venur madhuro renur madhurah

Panir madhurah padau madhurau

Nrtyam madhuram sakhyam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Gitam madhuram pitam madhuram

Bhuktam madhuram suptam madhuram

Rupam madhuram tilakam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Karanam madhuram taranam madhuram

Haranam madhuram ramanam madhuram

Vamitam madhuram samitam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Gunja madhura mala madhura

Yamuna madhura vici madhura

Salilam madhuram kamalam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Gopi madhura lila madhura

Yuktam madhuram bhuktam madhuram

Hrstam madhuram sistam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Gopa madhura gavo madhura

Yastir madhura srstir madhura

Dalitam madhuram phalitam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Translation

Sweet are the lips, sweet the face,

Sweet the eyes, sweet the smile,

Sweet the heart and sweet the motion –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the words, sweet the deeds,

Sweet the clothes, sweet the pose,

Sweet the gait and sweet the roaming –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the flute, sweet the foot-dust,

Sweet the hands, sweet the feet,

Sweet the dancing, sweet the friendship –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the singing, sweet the yellow cloth,

Sweet the eating, sweet the sleeping,

Sweet the beauty, sweet the tilak –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the deeds, sweet the liberation,

Sweet the stealing, sweet the water-sports,

Sweet the oblations, sweet the tranquility –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the gunja-berry necklace, sweet the flower garland,

Sweet the Yamuna River, sweet the ripples,

Sweet the water, sweet the lotuses,

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the gopis, sweet the pastimes,

Sweet the union, sweet the food,

Sweet the delight, sweet the courtesy –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the gopas, sweet the cows,

Sweet the staff, sweet the creation,

Sweet the trampling, sweet the fruitfulness –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

______

Such sweet nectar emanating from the lips of a great devotee of the Lord!

krsna · May 1, 2007

Adharam Madhuram Vadanam Madhuram
Madhurashtakam

By Sri Vallabhacharya

Adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram

Nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram

Hrdayam madhuram gamanam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Vacanam madhuram caritam madhuram

Vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram

Calitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Venur madhuro renur madhurah

Panir madhurah padau madhurau

Nrtyam madhuram sakhyam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Gitam madhuram pitam madhuram

Bhuktam madhuram suptam madhuram

Rupam madhuram tilakam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Karanam madhuram taranam madhuram

Haranam madhuram ramanam madhuram

Vamitam madhuram samitam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Gunja madhura mala madhura

Yamuna madhura vici madhura

Salilam madhuram kamalam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Gopi madhura lila madhura

Yuktam madhuram bhuktam madhuram

Hrstam madhuram sistam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Gopa madhura gavo madhura

Yastir madhura srstir madhura

Dalitam madhuram phalitam madhuram

Madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

Translation

Sweet are the lips, sweet the face,

Sweet the eyes, sweet the smile,

Sweet the heart and sweet the motion –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the words, sweet the deeds,

Sweet the clothes, sweet the pose,

Sweet the gait and sweet the roaming –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the flute, sweet the foot-dust,

Sweet the hands, sweet the feet,

Sweet the dancing, sweet the friendship –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the singing, sweet the yellow cloth,

Sweet the eating, sweet the sleeping,

Sweet the beauty, sweet the tilak –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the deeds, sweet the liberation,

Sweet the stealing, sweet the water-sports,

Sweet the oblations, sweet the tranquility –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the gunja-berry necklace, sweet the flower garland,

Sweet the Yamuna River, sweet the ripples,

Sweet the water, sweet the lotuses,

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the gopis, sweet the pastimes,

Sweet the union, sweet the food,

Sweet the delight, sweet the courtesy –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

Sweet the gopas, sweet the cows,

Sweet the staff, sweet the creation,

Sweet the trampling, sweet the fruitfulness –

Complete is the sweetness of the Lord of Sweetness!

______

Such sweet nectar emanating from the lips of a great devotee of the Lord! :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray:

Murali_Mohan_das · May 1, 2007

The envelope was addressed by Rev. Daniel Maziarz, from the Essene School of Life. I have no idea who this guy is or why he left this at my door, or what the Essene School of Life is.

Daniel Maziarz is my father. He was initiated as Dharmadhyaksa Dasa by Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada. You can find him in the Conversations. He wrote a few articles for Back to Godhead, and was a very active campus preacher in the 70's. In the 80's he edited and co-wrote a large coffee-table type book called "Vaishnava India" with Geary Sheridan and other devotees.

Dharma, as he is known by his friends, has been living near the New Dwaraka temple in L.A. for about ten years now, and should be a familiar face at Govinda's.

The "Essene School of Life" is a non-profit organization that Dharma set up to undertake distribution (independent of other organizations) of spiritual principles to interested parties (mostly New Agers). It has been mostly dormant for the last several years.

Please keep my father in your prayers, Prabhus. Currently he is very depressed and is suffering a crisis of faith due to the failure of various materialistic endeavors which he had undertaken. Despite his self-proclaimed status as a "sahajiya", his heart is good, and I know, at his core, he desires to serve the Vaishnavas.

I'm amazed that, this small gesture he made many months ago, when he was in better spirits, is still giving some pleasure to the Vaishnavas. I just left a phone message for him expressing my amazement.

All Glories to the Assembled Devotees!!!!