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Yamunashtakam
यमुनाष्टकम् १
Yamunāṣṭakam 1
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विहाररासखेदभेदधीरतीरमारुतागता गिरामगोचरे यदीयनीरचारुता । प्रवाहसाहचर्यपूतमेदिनीनदीनदाधुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥४॥
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- विहाररासखेदभेदधीरतीरमारुतागता गिरामगोचरे यदीयनीरचारुता ।
- The charm of whose waters is beyond speech, arrived with the steady bank-breeze that dispels the weariness of rasa-lila sport.
- प्रवाहसाहचर्यपूतमेदिनीनदीनदाधुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥४॥
- Purifier of the earth through the companionship of her flow, giver to the river, may Kalinda's daughter ever wash away our mind's impurity.
Her beauty beyond words and breeze on the banks of divine play hint at reality exceeding speech; the current that purifies the earth invites the mind to let go of fatigue and rest in the flow that accompanies all movement.
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