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Yamunashtakam
यमुनाष्टकम् १
Yamunāṣṭakam 1
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मलापहारिवारिपूरभूरिमण्डितामृताभृशं प्रपातकप्रभञ्जनातिपण्डितानिशम् । सुनन्दनन्दनाङ्गसङ्गरागरञ्जिता हिताधुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥२॥
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- मलापहारिवारिपूरभूरिमण्डितामृताभृशं प्रपातकप्रभञ्जनातिपण्डितानिशम् ।
- Greatly adorned with floods of sin-removing waters, very full of nectar, exceedingly skilled night and day in waterfalls and in the breaking of pride.
- सुनन्दनन्दनाङ्गसङ्गरागरञ्जिता हिताधुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥२॥
- Tinted by the rapture of contact with the limbs of Nanda's good son, benevolent, may Kalinda's daughter ever wash away our mind's impurity.
Tinted by Krishna's limbs, her waters show that the Lord's presence colors every sacred stream; the nectar that removes sin works through love's contact, purifying the mind that turns toward the beloved of Nanda.
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