MadhurashhTakam
MadhurashhTakam
I came across the madhurashhTakam when I was working in one of the remote but most beautiful part of India. I feel that I would not have understood the proper meaning which I have to take out of it if I would have read it before.
It is composed by Vallabhacharya a sage and philosopher in south India who founded the Vaishnavate sect in Central and southern part of India. It is related to Madhura Bhakti .
Madhura Bhakti is a worship with Radha-Krishna feeling. Radha-Krishna feeling is nothing but a concept of worshiping The supreme where a devotee worships or loves the supreme as if s/he is loving her/his lover.
It is written to praise Lord Krishna, through the projection of His qualities of. Due to all these qualities Lord Krishna is used to call purna purushha, the Complete Man.
In other way, we can take it as a guide line to reform ourselves, our behaviour. We may or may not believe in the existence of Lord Krishna but the qualities exists. We may say that these are the qualities of a spiritual person. How each and every act of a spiritual person becomes Madhur. Here are some of the verses: (Here the meaning of sweeter as taken by me is the pleasing, which is not only physical beauty but also related to beauty of heart which reflects the face and all the acts)
Adharam Madhuram Vadanam Madhuram
Your Lips are Sweet, Your Face is Sweet
Nayanam Madhuram Hasitam Madhuram
Your Eyes are Sweet, Your Smile is Sweet
Hridayam Madhuram Gamanam Madhuram
Your Heart is Sweet, Your Going is Sweet
Madhuradhipate Akhilam Madhuram
Oh! The Lord of Beauty, Your Everything is Sweet
Vachanam Madhuram Charitam Madhuram
Your Words are Sweet, Your Character is Sweet
Vasanam Madhuram Valitam Madhuram
Your Garments are Sweet, Your Presence is Sweet
Chalitam Madhuram Bhramitam Madhuram
Your Movements are Sweet, Your Roaming is Sweet
Madhuradhipate Akhilam Madhuram
Oh! The Lord of Beauty, Your Everything is Sweet