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Gangashtakam
गङ्गाष्टकम्
Gaṅgāṣṭakam
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भगवति तव तीरे नीरमात्राशनोऽहं विगतविषयतृष्णः कृष्णमाराधयामि । सकलकलुषभङ्गे स्वर्गसोपानगङ्गे तरलतरतरङ्गे देवि गङ्गे प्रसीद ॥१॥
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Word breakdown
- भगवति तव तीरे नीरमात्राशनोऽहं विगतविषयतृष्णः कृष्णमाराधयामि । सकलकलुषभङ्गे स्वर्गसोपानगङ्गे तरलतरतरङ्गे देवि गङ्गे प्रसीद ॥१॥
- O blessed one, on your bank I live on water alone, free from thirst for sense objects, worshipping Krishna. O Ganga, stairway to heaven, destroyer of all impurity, with ever-moving waves, O goddess, be gracious.
Renunciation at the sacred bank turns outward hunger inward toward the Lord; when craving for objects falls away, worship becomes the natural posture of the mind resting in its source.
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