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Gangashtakam
गङ्गाष्टकम्
Gaṅgāṣṭakam
Chant
मज्जन्मातङ्गकुम्भच्युतमदमदिरामोदमत्तालिजालं स्नानैः सिद्धाङ्गनानां कुचयुगविगलत् कुङ्कुमासङ्गपिङ्गम् । सायंप्रातर्मुनीनां कुशकुसुमचयैः छन्नतीरस्थनीरं पायान्नोगाङ्गमम्भः करिकलभकराक्रान्तरंहस्तरङ्गम् ॥४॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- मज्जन्मातङ्गकुम्भच्युतमदमदिरामोदमत्तालिजालं स्नानैः सिद्धाङ्गनानां कुचयुगविगलत् कुङ्कुमासङ्गपिङ्गम् । सायंप्रातर्मुनीनां कुशकुसुमचयैः छन्नतीरस्थनीरं पायान्नो गाङ्गमम्भः करिकलभकराक्रान्तरंहस्तरङ्गम् ॥४॥
- Tinted pink by saffron flowing from the breasts of siddha maidens at their baths, maddened by the scent of rut-water fallen from elephants' temples, its bank-waters veiled morning and evening by heaps of kusha and flowers of munis, may Ganga's water protect us, with waves rushed by calves and elephant-trunks.
The river that bears the marks of sages, maidens, and beasts shows the one current running through all life; devotion sees the sacred not apart from the world's vivid play but shining through it.
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