![]() ![]() Thus says the devotee: “The Lord of Mathura, Krishna, is sweet, sweet and nothing but sweet! Even ambrosia and nectar may satiate after some time, but concerning the sweetness of the Divine Lord, one cannot have enough of it. It is evident from the ashtakam that the devotee is fascinated to have a look at not only the beautiful divine sweet form of Lord Krishna but also the very existence of the Lord - by way of His moves, plays, pastimes, etc. Hence, Madhurāṣṭakam plays an instrumental role in the realisation of the Lord. These acts enable the devotee to enter into the divine presence of Sri Krishna and to experience the Lord’s real essence (svarupa) which are in fact, succinctly laid down by the Madhurāṣṭakam. The devotional hymn “Madhurāṣṭakam” of Sri Vallabhacarya was created to lead the devotee in Pustimarga, the Path of Grace, which involves a constant love-filled devotion to Krishna by various acts of homage, such as singing (kirtana), remembering (smarana), conceptualising and beholding (darshana) a beatific image of the deity and offering of services (seva). ![]() With tenderness and teasing, and the beauty of his dark body, Krishna enflames the desire of the individuated soul for union with the Divine. His madhurya or sweet love is richly shared with the gopis of Vrindavan. Krishna exudes madhurya (sweetness) through his acts and his gestures, his words and his flute, his clothes and his sports. Shri Vallabhacharya posits Krishna as the paragon of sweetness and hence gives him epithets such as madhupati (Lord of Sweetness). According to ancient texts and accounts when Sri Krishna himself appeared in front of Vallabhacharya, on midnight of Sravana Sukla Ekadasi, Vallabhacharya composed the Madhurashtakam in praise of the lord. Sri Vallabhacharya propagated Pushtimarg, which emphasizes on the unconditional bhakti and seva of Krishna. Madhurashtakam uses just one adjective, madhuram, meaning sweet or beautiful etc., to describe the lovely attributes of Lord Sri Krishna’s beautiful form, who is the master of Sweetness and Sweetness personified. ![]() Ashta means 8, this stotra has 8 verses in it. ![]() Only that one word, madhuram: sweetness, is repeated seven times each in this ashtakam. Shree Krishna Madhurashtakam (श्री कृष्णमधुराष्टकम), composed by Sri Vallabhacharya (1478 A.D), is a unique stotra, describing the Sweetness of Lord Sri Krishna. ![]()
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