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- Read on →: madhu puṣpa-rasaṁ sūdayati khaṇḍayatīti madhusūdanaḥ
madhu puṣpa-rasaṁ sūdayati khaṇḍayatīti madhusūdanaḥ |
(Unknown source)“One who destroys, that is, takes away, madhu, that is, the nectar of flowers, is [called] madhusūdana.
- Read on →: madhu-klībañ ca mādhvīke kṛta-karma-śubhāśubhe
madhu-klībañ ca mādhvīke kṛta-karma-śubhāśubhe |
bhaktānāṁ karmaṇāñ caiva sūdanaṁ madhusūdanam ||
pariṇāmāśubhaṁ karma bhrāntānāṁ madhuraṁ madhu |
karoti sūdanaṁ yo hi sa eva madhusūdanaḥ ||
(Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa; cited in Śabda-kalpa-druma)“In the name Madhusūdana, madhu in neuter gender refers to honey-wine and to auspicious and inauspicious karma that has been performed, and the sūdana [i.e., destruction] is of [these] karmas of bhaktas. He who performs the destruction (sūdana) of madhu, that is, the [sometimes initially] ‘sweet’ results of the inauspicious karma of the ignorant is [called] Madhusūdana.”
- Read on →: cittake kavalita kare anyāveśā rahita karāi mādhuryera ekaṭi svabhāva
cittake kavalita kare anyāveśā rahita karāi mādhuryera ekaṭi svabhāva |
(Makaranda-kaṇā-vyākhyā of Utkalikā-vallarī by Ananta Dāsa Bābājī)“Seizing the heart and making it free from absorption in all else is a natural quality of mādhurya.”
- Read on →: rañjakatvaṁ hi mādhuryaṁ cetaso druti-kāraṇam
rañjakatvaṁ hi mādhuryaṁ cetaso druti-kāraṇam |
sambhoge vipralambhe ca tad evātiśayocitam ||
(Alaṅkāra-kaustubha: 6.16)“Mādhurya means delightfulness which is a cause [alt., means] of melting of the heart. It is most suitable in union, separation, and elsewhere [i.e., in instances of lamentation (karuṇa) and so forth].”
- Read on →: mādhuryaṁ nāma ceṣṭānāṁ sarvāvasthāsu cārutā
mādhuryaṁ nāma ceṣṭānāṁ sarvāvasthāsu cārutā ||
(Ujjvala-nīlāmaṇī: 11.19)[Mādhurya as an alaṅkāra-anubhāva:] “Loveliness of movements in all circumstances is called mādhurya.”
- Read on →: rūpaṁ kim apy anirvācyaṁ tanor mādhuryam ucyate
rūpaṁ kim apy anirvācyaṁ tanor mādhuryam ucyate ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 10.36)[Mādhurya as an uddīpana-vibhāva:] “Some sort of indescribable appearance [i.e., beauty] of the body is called mādhurya.”