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गङ्गाष्टपदी Gangashtapadi

gaṅgāṣṭapadī

Gangashtapadi (गङ्गाष्टपदी): a stotra to Gaṅgā, by Jayadeva. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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Verse 1

॥ श्रीगङ्गायै नमः ॥॥ रामगंरारागे यत्तिताले ॥मधुमथनमूर्तिवरमिन्दुकरकार्मुकंवहसि वहद्वारि सुप्तरङ्गे तरङ्गे ।हरिचरणनखत्रिपुरगजदृतनिर्गताब्रह्मजलपात्रकृतसङ्गे ।नमो देवि गङ्गे नमोमातर्गङ्गे ।हर निखिलमघमलकनन्दने ॥ ध्रुवपदं०॥ १॥

|| śrīgaṅgāyai namaḥ |||| rāmagaṃrārāge yattitāle ||madhumathanamūrtivaramindukarakārmukaṃvahasi vahadvāri suptaraṅge taraṅge |haricaraṇanakhatripuragajadṛtanirgatābrahmajalapātrakṛtasaṅge |namo devi gaṅge namomātargaṅge |hara nikhilamaghamalakanandane || dhruvapadaṃ0|| 1||

Verse 2

त्वमसि जनपावनी चतुरुदधिगामिनी सप्तरुचिकेलिसुकीर्तिसारेकनकगिरिलम्बिता सकलमुनिवन्दिता हर मुकुटशिरा कुसुममाले ।नमो देवि गङ्गे नमो मातर्गङ्गे ॥ २॥

tvamasi janapāvanī caturudadhigāminī saptarucikelisukīrtisārekanakagirilambitā sakalamunivanditā hara mukuṭaśirā kusumamāle |namo devi gaṅge namo mātargaṅge || 2||

Verse 3

तीर्थवरकारिणी स्वर्गजोद्धारिणी हेमशैलपाषाणभेदेन तारयसि नागरं पूरयसि सागरम् ।सङ्गतविन्ध्यगिरिग्राहे ।नमो देवि गङ्गे नमो मातर्गङ्गे ॥ ३॥

tīrthavarakāriṇī svargajoddhāriṇī hemaśailapāṣāṇabhedena tārayasi nāgaraṃ pūrayasi sāgaram |saṅgatavindhyagirigrāhe |namo devi gaṅge namo mātargaṅge || 3||

Verse 4

इह निखिल सुरगणैरिह निखिल मुनिगणैरिह निखिलवेदैरुदारे ।स्तूयसे गीयसे गायसे जाह्नवि सुकीर्तितेति संसारसारे ।नमो देवि गङ्गे नमोमातर्गङ्गे ॥ ४॥

iha nikhila suragaṇairiha nikhila munigaṇairiha nikhilavedairudāre |stūyase gīyase gāyase jāhnavi sukīrtiteti saṃsārasāre |namo devi gaṅge namomātargaṅge || 4||

Verse 5

शुभसलिलविधृतपुलिनमुपकुर्वती तव नाम निर्मलालापम् ।सेविता चिन्तिता यास्तावगाहिता मज्जिता मम हरसि पापम् ।नमो देवि गङ्गे नमो मातर्गङ्गे ॥ ५॥

śubhasalilavidhṛtapulinamupakurvatī tava nāma nirmalālāpam |sevitā cintitā yāstāvagāhitā majjitā mama harasi pāpam |namo devi gaṅge namo mātargaṅge || 5||

Verse 6

सगरसुतसङ्गमे लसितवरसुन्दरीदूतिके दुष्कृतिदुरापे ।निरयगतिबाधिके निर्वाणपदसाधिके ।भक्तजनदलितसन्तापे नमो देवि गङ्गे ॥ ६॥

sagarasutasaṅgame lasitavarasundarīdūtike duṣkṛtidurāpe |nirayagatibādhike nirvāṇapadasādhike |bhaktajanadalitasantāpe namo devi gaṅge || 6||

Verse 7

गण्डूषजलसत्तरङ्गकरनिकरमकरगम्भीरतोयेतटिनि सुधारसि परपाङ्खरसि सघनसाधनोपाये ।नमो देवि गङ्गे ॥ ७॥

gaṇḍūṣajalasattaraṅgakaranikaramakaragambhīratoyetaṭini sudhārasi parapāṅkharasi saghanasādhanopāye |namo devi gaṅge || 7||

Verse 8

इति रामलक्ष्मणै कौशिकानुज्ञया सुरसरित्कृतनमस्कारे ।वहति सुकृतमुदारं धीरजयदेवविरचितं कवतारयसि नव जलधिपारे ।नमो देवि गङ्गे नमो मातङ्गगे ॥ ८॥

iti rāmalakṣmaṇai kauśikānujñayā surasaritkṛtanamaskāre |vahati sukṛtamudāraṃ dhīrajayadevaviracitaṃ kavatārayasi nava jaladhipāre |namo devi gaṅge namo mātaṅgage || 8||

Verse 9

॥ इति जयदेवविरचितगीतगोविन्दे कविश्रीजयदेवकृतौगङ्गाष्टपदी सम्पूर्णा ॥

|| iti jayadevaviracitagītagovinde kaviśrījayadevakṛtaugaṅgāṣṭapadī sampūrṇā ||

॥ इति गङ्गाष्टपदी सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Jayadeva.

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About Gangashtapadi

Gangashtapadi is a stotra addressed to Gaṅgā, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: गङ्गाष्टपदी (gaṅgāṣṭapadī)). Jayadeva. Source: Stotra.

Gangashtapadi (गङ्गाष्टपदी): a stotra to Gaṅgā, by Jayadeva. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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