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𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌕𑌂
Gangashtakam
Ashtakam Grantha
𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌤𑌵 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍇 𑌨𑍀𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌶𑌨𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌮𑍍
𑌵𑌿𑌗𑌤𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌯𑌤𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌃 𑌕𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌮𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌧𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌿 ।
𑌸𑌕𑌲 𑌕𑌲𑍁𑌷𑌭𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌸𑍋𑌪𑌾𑌨𑌸𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇
𑌤𑌰𑌲𑌤𑌰𑌤𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌿 𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍀𑌦 ॥ 1 ॥
𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌭𑌵𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌾 𑌮𑍗𑌲𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌲𑍇 𑌤𑌵𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌃
𑌕𑌣𑌮𑌣𑍁𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌣𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌿𑌨𑍋 𑌯𑍇 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑍃𑌶𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 ।
𑌅𑌮𑌰𑌨𑌗𑌰𑌨𑌾𑌰𑍀 𑌚𑌾𑌮𑌰 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌹𑌿𑌣𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌂
𑌵𑌿𑌗𑌤 𑌕𑌲𑌿𑌕𑌲𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌤𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌮𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍇 𑌲𑍁𑌠𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 ॥ 2 ॥
𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌂 𑌖𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀 𑌹𑌰𑌶𑌿𑌰𑌸𑌿 𑌜𑌟𑌾𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌸𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀
𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌪𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀 𑌕𑌨𑌕𑌗𑌿𑌰𑌿𑌗𑍁𑌹𑌾𑌗𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌶𑍈𑌲𑌾𑌤𑍍 𑌸𑍍𑌖𑌲𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀 ।
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍋𑌣𑍀𑌪𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌠𑍇 𑌲𑍁𑌠𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌚𑌯𑌚𑌮𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌰𑌂 𑌭𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀
𑌪𑌾𑌥𑍋𑌧𑌿𑌂 𑌪𑍂𑌰𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌨𑌗𑌰𑌸𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌨𑍀 𑌨𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌾𑌤𑍁 ॥ 3 ॥
𑌮𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌤𑌙𑍍𑌗 𑌕𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌚𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤 𑌮𑌦𑌮𑌦𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌮𑍋𑌦𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌜𑌾𑌲𑌂
𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌨𑍈𑌃 𑌸𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌚𑌯𑍁𑌗 𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌸𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌪𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌸𑌾𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌨𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌶𑌕𑍁𑌸𑍁𑌮𑌚𑌯𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌛𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌤𑍀𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌨𑍀𑌰𑌂
𑌪𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌨𑍋 𑌗𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌃 𑌕𑌰𑌿𑌕𑌲𑌭 𑌕𑌰𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤 𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑍍 ॥ 4 ॥
𑌆𑌦𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌦𑌿 𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌮𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌨𑌿𑌯𑌮 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌰 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇 𑌜𑌲𑌂
𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌗𑌶𑌾𑌯𑌿𑌨𑍋 𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑍋𑌦𑌕𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌨𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌭𑍂𑌯𑌃 𑌶𑌮𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌜𑌟𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍂𑌷𑌣 𑌮𑌣𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌹𑍍𑌨𑍋𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌷𑍇𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌂
𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌕𑌲𑍍𑌮𑌷𑌨𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌨𑍀 𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑍀 𑌭𑌾𑌗𑍀𑌰𑌥𑍀 𑌦𑍃𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 ॥ 5 ॥
𑌶𑍈𑌲𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌦𑌵𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 𑌨𑌿𑌜𑌜𑌲𑍇 𑌮𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌨𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀
𑌪𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 𑌭𑌵𑌭𑌯𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍀 𑌸𑌮𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 ।
𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍈𑌰𑌨𑍁𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 𑌹𑌰𑌶𑌿𑌰𑍋𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍀𑌦𑌲𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀
𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍀𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌵𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾 𑌮𑌨𑍋𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 ॥ 6 ॥
𑌕𑍁𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑍀𑌚𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍀𑌚𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌵 𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌗𑌤𑌾 𑌲𑍋𑌚𑌨𑌪𑌥𑌂
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌾𑌪𑍀𑌤𑌾 𑌪𑍀𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌰𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌤𑌰𑌸𑌿 ।
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌦𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌪𑌤𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌕𑌾𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍁𑌭𑍃𑌤𑌾𑌂
𑌤𑌦𑌾 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌵𑌪𑌦𑌲𑌾𑌭𑍋𑌽𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿𑌲𑌘𑍁𑌃 ॥ 7 ॥
𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍈𑌲𑍋𑌕𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌸𑌕𑌲𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌵𑌧𑍂𑌧𑍗𑌤𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌤𑍋𑌯𑍇
𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍂𑌪𑍇 𑌹𑌰𑌿𑌚𑌰𑌣𑌰𑌜𑍋𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗𑍇 ।
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌵 𑌜𑌲𑌕𑌣𑌿𑌕𑌾 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌹𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌿 𑌪𑌾𑌪𑍇
𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍁𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌃 𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌜𑌗𑌦𑌘𑌹𑌰𑍇 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌿 𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍀𑌦 ॥ 8 ॥
𑌮𑌾𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌾𑌹𑍍𑌨𑌵𑍀 𑌶𑌮𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌸𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑌿𑌲𑌿𑌤𑍇 𑌮𑍗𑌲𑍗 𑌨𑌿𑌧𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌲𑌿𑌂
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍇 𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌷𑍋𑌽𑌵𑌸𑌾𑌨𑌸𑌮𑌯𑍇 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌸𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌤𑍋 𑌭𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑌮 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌾𑌣𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌵𑍇
𑌭𑍂𑌯𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌚𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌾 𑌹𑌰𑌿𑌹𑌰𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍈𑌤𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌕𑌾 𑌶𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍀 ॥ 9 ॥
𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌕𑌮𑌿𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌯𑌃 𑌪𑌠𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌤𑍋 𑌨𑌰𑌃 ।
𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌪𑌾𑌪𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍁𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌂 𑌸 𑌗𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌿 ॥ 10 ॥
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sakala kaluṣabhaṅge svargasopānasaṅge
taralatarataraṅge devi gaṅge prasīda || 1 ||
bhagavati bhavalīlā maulimāle tavāmbhaḥ
kaṇamaṇuparimāṇaṃ prāṇino ye spṛśanti |
amaranagaranārī cāmara grāhiṇīnāṃ
vigata kalikalaṅkātaṅkamaṅke luṭhanti || 2 ||
brahmāṇḍaṃ khaṇḍayantī haraśirasi jaṭāvallimullāsayantī
svarlokādāpatantī kanakagiriguhāgaṇḍaśailāt skhalantī |
kṣoṇīpṛṣṭhe luṭhantī duritacayacamūrnirbharaṃ bhartsayantī
pāthodhiṃ pūrayantī suranagarasaritpāvanī naḥ punātu || 3 ||
majjanmātaṅga kumbhacyuta madamadirāmodamattālijālaṃ
snānaiḥ siddhāṅganānāṃ kucayuga vilasatkuṅkumāsaṅgapiṅgam |
sāyaṃ prātarmunīnāṃ kuśakusumacayaiśchinnatīrasthanīraṃ
pāyānno gāṅgamambhaḥ karikalabha karākrānta raṅgastaraṅgam || 4 ||
ādāvādi pitāmahasya niyama vyāpāra pātre jalaṃ
paścātpannagaśāyino bhagavataḥ pādodakaṃ pāvanam |
bhūyaḥ śambhujaṭāvibhūṣaṇa maṇirjahnormaharṣeriyaṃ
kanyā kalmaṣanāśinī bhagavatī bhāgīrathī dṛśyate || 5 ||
śailendrādavatāriṇī nijajale majjajjanottāriṇī
pārāvāravihāriṇī bhavabhayaśreṇī samutsāriṇī |
śeṣāṅgairanukāriṇī haraśirovallīdalākāriṇī
kāśīprāntavihāriṇī vijayate gaṅgā manohāriṇī || 6 ||
kuto vīcirvīcistava yadi gatā locanapathaṃ
tvamāpītā pītāmbarapuravāsaṃ vitarasi |
tvadutsaṅge gaṅge patati yadi kāyastanubhṛtāṃ
tadā mātaḥ śāntakratavapadalābho'pyatilaghuḥ || 7 ||
gaṅge trailokyasāre sakalasuravadhūdhautavistīrṇatoye
pūrṇabrahmasvarūpe haricaraṇarajohāriṇi svargamārge |
prāyaścitaṃ yadi syāttava jalakaṇikā brahmahatyādi pāpe
kastvāṃ stotuṃ samarthaḥ trijagadaghahare devi gaṅge prasīda || 8 ||
mātarjāhnavī śambhusaṅgamilite maulau nidhāyāñjaliṃ
tvattīre vapuṣo'vasānasamaye nārāyaṇāṅghridvayam |
sānandaṃ smarato bhaviṣyati mama prāṇaprayāṇotsave
bhūyādbhaktiravicyutā hariharādvaitātmikā śāśvatī || 9 ||
gaṅgāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhetprayato naraḥ |
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || 10 ||