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Kashi Panchakam
काशीपञ्चकम्
Kāśīpañcakam
Chant
काशीक्षेत्रं शरीरं त्रिभुवनजननी व्यापिनी ज्ञानगङ्गा भक्तिः श्रद्धा गयेयं निजगुरुचरणध्यानयोगः प्रयागः । विश्वेशोऽयं तुरीयः सकलजनमनःसाक्षिभूतोऽन्तरात्मा देहे सर्वं मदीये यदि वसति पुनस्तीर्थमन्यत्किमस्ति ॥५॥
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- काशीक्षेत्रं शरीरं त्रिभुवनजननी व्यापिनी ज्ञानगङ्गा भक्तिः श्रद्धा गयेयं निजगुरुचरणध्यानयोगः प्रयागः । विश्वेशोऽयं तुरीयः सकलजनमनःसाक्षिभूतोऽन्तरात्मा देहे सर्वं मदीये यदि वसति पुनस्तीर्थमन्यत्किमस्ति ॥५॥
- Kashi is the body; the mother of the three worlds is the all-pervading Ganga of knowledge; devotion and faith are Gaya; meditation on the guru's feet is Prayaga; this Vishvesha is the turiya, the inner Self witnessing all minds. If all this dwells in my body, what other pilgrimage remains?
When the outer pilgrimage is mapped onto the inner field, every sacred place is found within. The turiya Self witnessing all minds is the final tirtha beyond which no journey remains.
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