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gaṅgā aṣṭakaṃ 2
Ganga Ashtakam 2
Ashtakam Latin
bhagavati bhavalīlāmaulimāle tavāmbhaḥ
kaṇamaṇuparimāṇaṃ prāṇino ye spṛśanti |
amaranagaranārīcāmaragrāhiṇīnāṃ
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vigatakalikalaṅkātaṅkamaṅke luṭhanti || 1 ||
brahmāṇḍaṃ khaṇḍayantī haraśirasi jaṭāvallimullāsayantī
svarlokādāpatantī kanakagiriguhāgaṇḍaśailāt skhalantī |
kṣoṇīpṛṣṭe luṭhantī duritacayacamūrnirbharaṃ bhartsayantī
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pāthodhiṃ pūrayantī suranagarasaritpāvanī naḥ punātu || 2 ||
majjanmātaṅgakumbhacyutamadamadirāmodamattālijālaṃ
snānaiḥ siddhāṅganānāṃ kucayugavigalatkuṅkumāsaṅgapiṅgam |
sāyaṃ prātarmunīnāṃ kuśakusumacayaiśchinnatīrasthanīraṃ
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pāyānno gāṅgamambhaḥ karikaramakarākrāntarahastaraṅgam || 3 ||
ādāvādipitāmahasya niyamavyāpārapātre jalaṃ
paścātpannagaśāyino bhagavataḥ pādodakaṃ pāvanam |
bhūyaḥ śambhujaṭāvibhūṣaṇamaṇirjahnormaharṣeriyaṃ
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kanyā kalmaṣanāśinī bhagavatī bhāgīrathī pātu mām || 4 ||
śailendrādavatāriṇī nijajale majjajjanottāriṇī
pārāvāravihāriṇī bhavabhayaśreṇīsamutsāriṇī |
śeṣāṅgairanukāriṇī haraśirovallīdalākāriṇī
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kāśīprāntavihāriṇī vijayate gaṅgā manohāriṇī || 5 ||
kuto vīcī vīcistava yadi gatā locanapathaṃ
tvamāpītā pītāmbarapuravāsaṃ vitarasi |
tvadutsaṅge gaṅge patati yadi kāyastanubhṛtāṃ
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tadā mātaḥ śāntakratavapadalābho'pyatilaghuḥ || 6 ||
bhagavati tava tīre nīramātrāśano'haṃ
vigataviṣayatṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇamārādhayāmi |
sakalakaluṣabhaṅge svargasopānasaṅge
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taralatarataraṅge devi gaṅge prasīda || 7 ||
mātarjāhnavi śambhusaṅgamilite maulau nidhāyāñjaliṃ
tvattīre vapuṣo'vasānasamaye nārāyaṇāṅghridvayam |
sānandaṃ smarato bhaviṣyati mama prāṇaprayāṇotsave
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bhūyādbhaktiravicyutā hariharādvaitātmikā śāśvatī || 8 ||
gaṅgāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhetprayato naraḥ |
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sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || 9 ||
iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau gaṅgāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |