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Gangashtakam
गङ्गाष्टकम्
Gaṅgāṣṭakam
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भगवति भवलीलामौलिमाले तवाम्भः कणमणुपरिमाणं प्राणिनो ये स्पृशन्ति । अमरनगरनारीचामरमरग्राहिणीनां विगतकलिकलङ्कातङ्कमङ्के लुठन्ति ॥२॥
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- भगवति भवलीलामौलिमाले तवाम्भः कणमणुपरिमाणं प्राणिनो ये स्पृशन्ति । अमरनगरनारीचामरमरग्राहिणीनां विगतकलिकलङ्कातङ्कमङ्के लुठन्ति ॥२॥
- O blessed one, garland on the crest of the sport of becoming, beings who touch even a drop of your water the size of an atom roll on the lap of celestial maidens who fan them, free from the dread of Kali's stain.
A single contact with the purifying current can lift the soul above the age's darkness; what washes the body in sacred water also loosens the mind's clinging to the stains of time.
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