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Gangashtakam
गङ्गाष्टकम्
Gaṅgāṣṭakam
Chant
कुतो वीचिर्वीचिस्तव यदि गता लोचनपथं त्वमापीता पीताम्बरपुरनिवासं वितरसि । त्वदुत्सङ्गे गङ्गे पतति यदि कायस्तनुभृतां तदा मातः शातक्रतवपदलाभोऽप्यतिलघुः ॥७॥
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Word breakdown
- कुतो वीचिर्वीचिस्तव यदि गता लोचनपथं त्वमापीता पीताम्बरपुरनिवासं वितरसि । त्वदुत्सङ्गे गङ्गे पतति यदि कायस्तनुभृतां तदा मातः शातक्रतवपदलाभोऽप्यतिलघुः ॥७॥
- When a single wave of yours has entered the path of the eye and you are drunk in, you grant dwelling in the city of the yellow-robed Lord. O mother Ganga, if the body of an embodied being falls in your lap, then even gaining Indra's station seems too slight.
One drop entering the eye opens the abode of Vishnu because vision turned inward meets the supreme; when the body surrenders to the sacred stream, even celestial sovereignty appears a small prize beside liberation.
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