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गुरुगङ्गाष्टकम् Gurugangashtakam

gurugaṅgāṣṭakam

Gurugangashtakam (गुरुगङ्गाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Gaṅgā. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

गुरुगङ्गाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।मातर्नन्दिकतीर्थसुन्दरभवे शैवैरुपास्ये शिवेनिःशेषाघनिवारिणि त्वमुदिरे सौन्दर्यरत्नाकरे ।देवानीकसुसेविते सुखकरे संसारतापापहेदीनं सुज्ञजनालिसेवितपदे त्वं मां पवित्रं कुरु ॥ १॥

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |mātarnandikatīrthasundarabhave śaivairupāsye śiveniḥśeṣāghanivāriṇi tvamudire saundaryaratnākare |devānīkasusevite sukhakare saṃsāratāpāpahedīnaṃ sujñajanālisevitapade tvaṃ māṃ pavitraṃ kuru || 1||

Verse 2

रोगार्दितं संसृतितापतप्तं षट्कर्महीनं त्वघसम्प्लुतं माम् ।न चापगान्या भुवने त्वदन्या नाघं प्रकर्तुं जननी च तां गतम् ॥ २॥

rogārditaṃ saṃsṛtitāpataptaṃ ṣaṭkarmahīnaṃ tvaghasamplutaṃ mām |na cāpagānyā bhuvane tvadanyā nāghaṃ prakartuṃ jananī ca tāṃ gatam || 2||

Verse 3

जगज्जननि त्वद्यशो भुवि महत्समुद्यत्सदाजनावलिपवित्रतां प्रकुरुतेऽत्र बिन्दुस्तव ।इति श्रवणतो मतिर्मम तवाम्बुसंसेवनेपवित्रमकरोषि चेज्जननि तां कथं ते सुते ॥ ३॥

jagajjanani tvadyaśo bhuvi mahatsamudyatsadājanāvalipavitratāṃ prakurute'tra bindustava |iti śravaṇato matirmama tavāmbusaṃsevanepavitramakaroṣi cejjanani tāṃ kathaṃ te sute || 3||

Verse 4

त्वदम्बुसेवनात्सदा निराकुला भविन्त तेखगा मृगाः सुरर्षयो नरोत्तमाः सुरासुराः ।सुभक्तियुक्तचेतसा नरस्त्वदम्बुसेवनंकरोति यः स याति धाम वैष्णवं सुरार्थितम् ॥ ४॥

tvadambusevanātsadā nirākulā bhavinta tekhagā mṛgāḥ surarṣayo narottamāḥ surāsurāḥ |subhaktiyuktacetasā narastvadambusevanaṃkaroti yaḥ sa yāti dhāma vaiṣṇavaṃ surārthitam || 4||

Verse 5

असवो यदि यान्ति त्वत्तटे स नरो धन्यतया दिवं प्रयाति ।हरिनाम इवात्र त्वत्तटं न विमुञ्चन्ति कदापि मानवाः ॥ ५॥

asavo yadi yānti tvattaṭe sa naro dhanyatayā divaṃ prayāti |harināma ivātra tvattaṭaṃ na vimuñcanti kadāpi mānavāḥ || 5||

Verse 6

तव तीरनिवासवर्जिता न जनिर्जगतीतले मता सा ।न यथा हरिनामवर्जिता रसनाया विषवल्लरी मता सा ॥ ६॥

tava tīranivāsavarjitā na janirjagatītale matā sā |na yathā harināmavarjitā rasanāyā viṣavallarī matā sā || 6||

Verse 7

विरजागुरुगङ्गे मे सितासिते यत्र सङ्गते तत्र ।यः प्लावयति शरीरं स याति भक्त्या सुमाणिकं धाम ॥ ७॥

virajāgurugaṅge me sitāsite yatra saṅgate tatra |yaḥ plāvayati śarīraṃ sa yāti bhaktyā sumāṇikaṃ dhāma || 7||

Verse 8

त्वद्दर्शनात्त्वत्स्मरणात्तवाम्बुसंसेवनान्माणिकपादसम्भवे ।यत्सौकृतं तत्कथने न शक्त्या ब्रह्मादयस्तत्र कियानहं नरः ॥ ८॥

tvaddarśanāttvatsmaraṇāttavāmbusaṃsevanānmāṇikapādasambhave |yatsaukṛtaṃ tatkathane na śaktyā brahmādayastatra kiyānahaṃ naraḥ || 8||

Verse 9

गुरुगङ्गाष्टकमिदं पठतां सर्वसिद्धिदम् ।पठितव्यं सर्वकाले शयने च विशेषतः ॥ ९॥

gurugaṅgāṣṭakamidaṃ paṭhatāṃ sarvasiddhidam |paṭhitavyaṃ sarvakāle śayane ca viśeṣataḥ || 9||

Verse 10

इति गुरुगङ्गाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti gurugaṅgāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति गुरुगङ्गाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Gurugangashtakam is a stotra addressed to Gaṅgā, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: गुरुगङ्गाष्टकम् (gurugaṅgāṣṭakam)). Source: Ashtaka.

Gurugangashtakam (गुरुगङ्गाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Gaṅgā. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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