Madhurāṣṭakam VERSE 1
अधरं मधुरं वदनं मधुरं
नयनं मधुरं हसितं मधुरं
हृदयं मधुरं गमनं मधुरं
मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम्
adharaṃ madhuraṃ vadanaṃ madhuraṃ
nayanaṃ madhuraṃ hasitaṃ madhuraṃ
hṛdayaṃ madhuraṃ gamanaṃ madhuraṃ
madhurādhi-pater akhilaṃ madhuram
SYNONYMS
adharam: His lips | madhuram: sweet | vadanam: His face | nayanam: His eyes | hasitam: His smile | hṛdayam: His heart | gamanam: His gait | madhura-adhi-pateḥ: of the Emperor of Sweetness | akhilam: everything |
TRANSLATION
His lips are sweet, His face is sweet, His eyes are sweet, His smile is sweet, His heart is sweet, His gait is sweet and everything is sweet about the Emperor of Sweetness!