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कावेर्यष्टकम् १ Kaveryashtakam

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Kaveryashtakam (कावेर्यष्टकम् १): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Gaṅgā, from the ṟahasyam. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

कावेर्यष्टकम् १

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Verse 1

मरुद्वृधे मान्यजलप्रवाहेकवेरकन्ये नमतां शरण्ये ।मान्ये विधेर्मानसपुत्रि सौम्येकावेरि कावेरि मम प्रसीद ॥ १॥

marudvṛdhe mānyajalapravāhekaverakanye namatāṃ śaraṇye |mānye vidhermānasaputri saumyekāveri kāveri mama prasīda || 1||

Verse 2

देवेशवन्द्ये विमले नदीशिपरात्परे पावनि नित्यपूर्णे ।समस्तलोकोत्तमतीर्थपादेकावेरि कावेरि मम प्रसीद ॥ २॥

deveśavandye vimale nadīśiparātpare pāvani nityapūrṇe |samastalokottamatīrthapādekāveri kāveri mama prasīda || 2||

Verse 3

वेदानुवेद्ये विमलप्रवाहेविशुद्धयोगीन्द्रनिवासयोग्ये ।रङ्गेशभोगायतनात्तपारेकावेरि कावेरि मम प्रसीद ॥ ३॥

vedānuvedye vimalapravāheviśuddhayogīndranivāsayogye |raṅgeśabhogāyatanāttapārekāveri kāveri mama prasīda || 3||

Verse 4

भक्तानुकम्पे ह्यतिभाग्यलब्धेनित्ये जगन्मङ्गलदानशीले ।निरञ्जने दक्षिणदेशगङ्गेकावेरि कावेरि मम प्रसीद ॥ ४॥

bhaktānukampe hyatibhāgyalabdhenitye jaganmaṅgaladānaśīle |nirañjane dakṣiṇadeśagaṅgekāveri kāveri mama prasīda || 4||

Verse 5

कलिप्रमादाखिलदोषनाशेकारुण्यपूर्णे कमलायताक्षे ।कदम्बकल्हारसुगन्धिपूरेकावेरि कावेरि मम प्रसीद ॥ ५॥

kalipramādākhiladoṣanāśekāruṇyapūrṇe kamalāyatākṣe |kadambakalhārasugandhipūrekāveri kāveri mama prasīda || 5||

Verse 6

अनन्तदिव्यामलमोक्षदात्रिदुरन्तसंसारविमोचनाङ्घ्र्येसह्याचलोत्पन्नविश्वस्वरूपेकावेरि कावेरि मम प्रसीद ॥ ६॥

anantadivyāmalamokṣadātridurantasaṃsāravimocanāṅghryesahyācalotpannaviśvasvarūpekāveri kāveri mama prasīda || 6||

Verse 7

देवालयापूरितदिव्यतीरेसमस्तलोकोत्तमतीर्थमूर्धेकाश्मीरभूःकल्पितचोलदेशेकावेरि कावेरि मम प्रसीद ॥ ७॥

devālayāpūritadivyatīresamastalokottamatīrthamūrdhekāśmīrabhūḥkalpitacoladeśekāveri kāveri mama prasīda || 7||

Verse 8

प्रसीद कल्याणगुणाभिरामेप्रसीद कावेरि मम प्रसीदप्रसीद कामादिहरे पवित्रेकावेरि कावेरि मम प्रसीद ॥ ८॥

prasīda kalyāṇaguṇābhirāmeprasīda kāveri mama prasīdaprasīda kāmādihare pavitrekāveri kāveri mama prasīda || 8||

Verse 9

काकारो कल्मषं हन्तिवेकारो वाञ्छितप्रदःरीकारो मोक्षदो नॄणांकावेरीत्युच्यते बुधैः ॥ ९॥

kākāro kalmaṣaṃ hantivekāro vāñchitapradaḥrīkāro mokṣado nṝṇāṃkāverītyucyate budhaiḥ || 9||

Verse 10

॥ इति कावेर्यष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

|| iti kāveryaṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||

॥ इति कावेर्यष्टकम् १ सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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About Kaveryashtakam

Kaveryashtakam is a stotra addressed to Gaṅgā, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: कावेर्यष्टकम् १ (kāveryaṣṭakam 1)). Source: ṟahasyam.

Kaveryashtakam (कावेर्यष्टकम् १): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Gaṅgā, from the ṟahasyam. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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