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तुङ्गाष्टकम् १ Shri Tunga Ashtakam

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Shri Tunga Ashtakam (तुङ्गाष्टकम् १): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Gaṅgā, by vAsudevAnandasarasvatI TembesvAmi. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

तुङ्गाष्टकम् १

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Verse 1

तुङ्गा तुङ्गतरङ्गवेगसुभगा गङ्गासमा निम्नगारोगान्ताऽवतु सह्यसंज्ञितनगाज्जातापि पूर्वाब्धिगा ।रागाद्यान्तरदोषहृद्वरभगा वागादिमार्गातिगायोगादीष्टसुसिद्धिदा हतभगा स्वङ्गा सुवेगापगा ॥ १॥

tuṅgā tuṅgataraṅgavegasubhagā gaṅgāsamā nimnagārogāntā'vatu sahyasaṃjñitanagājjātāpi pūrvābdhigā |rāgādyāntaradoṣahṛdvarabhagā vāgādimārgātigāyogādīṣṭasusiddhidā hatabhagā svaṅgā suvegāpagā || 1||

Verse 2

स्वसा कृष्णावेणीसरित उत वेणीवसुमणीप्रभापूतक्षोणीचकितवरवाणीसुसरणिः ।अशेषाघश्रेणीहृदखिलमनोध्वान्ततरणिर्दृढास्वर्निश्रेणिर्जयति धरणीवस्त्ररमणी ॥ २॥

svasā kṛṣṇāveṇīsarita uta veṇīvasumaṇīprabhāpūtakṣoṇīcakitavaravāṇīsusaraṇiḥ |aśeṣāghaśreṇīhṛdakhilamanodhvāntataraṇirdṛḍhāsvarniśreṇirjayati dharaṇīvastraramaṇī || 2||

Verse 3

दृढं बध्वा क्षिप्ता भवजलनिधौ भद्रविधुताभ्रमच्चित्तास्त्रस्ता उपगत सुपोता अपि गताः ।अधोधस्तान्भ्रान्तान्परमकृपया वीक्ष्य तरणिःस्वयं तुङ्गा गङ्गाभवदशुभभङ्गापहरणी ॥ ३॥

dṛḍhaṃ badhvā kṣiptā bhavajalanidhau bhadravidhutābhramaccittāstrastā upagata supotā api gatāḥ |adhodhastānbhrāntānparamakṛpayā vīkṣya taraṇiḥsvayaṃ tuṅgā gaṅgābhavadaśubhabhaṅgāpaharaṇī || 3||

Verse 4

वर्धा सधर्मा मिलितात्र पूर्वतो भद्रा कुमुद्वत्यपि वारुणीतः ।तन्मध्यदेशेऽखिलपापहारिणी व्यालोकि तुङ्गाऽखिलतापहारिणी ॥ ४॥

vardhā sadharmā militātra pūrvato bhadrā kumudvatyapi vāruṇītaḥ |tanmadhyadeśe'khilapāpahāriṇī vyāloki tuṅgā'khilatāpahāriṇī || 4||

Verse 5

भद्रया राजते कीत्र्या या तुङ्गा सह भद्रया ।सन्निधिं सा करोत्वेतं श्रीदत्तं लघुसन्निधिम् ॥ ५॥

bhadrayā rājate kītryā yā tuṅgā saha bhadrayā |sannidhiṃ sā karotvetaṃ śrīdattaṃ laghusannidhim || 5||

Verse 6

गङ्गास्नानं तुङ्गापानं भीमातीरे यस्य ध्यानंलक्ष्मीपुर्या भिक्षादानं कृष्णातीरे चानुष्ठानम् ।सिंहाख्याद्रौ निद्रास्थानं सेवा यस्य प्रीत्या ध्यानंसद्भक्तायाक्षय्यं दानं श्रीदत्तास्यास्यास्तु ध्यानम् ॥ ६॥

gaṅgāsnānaṃ tuṅgāpānaṃ bhīmātīre yasya dhyānaṃlakṣmīpuryā bhikṣādānaṃ kṛṣṇātīre cānuṣṭhānam |siṃhākhyādrau nidrāsthānaṃ sevā yasya prītyā dhyānaṃsadbhaktāyākṣayyaṃ dānaṃ śrīdattāsyāsyāstu dhyānam || 6||

Verse 7

(गोमूत्रिकाबन्ध)तुङ्गापगा महाभङ्गा पातु पापविनाशिनी ।रागातिगा महागङ्गा जन्तुतापविनाशिनी ॥ ७॥

(gomūtrikābandha)tuṅgāpagā mahābhaṅgā pātu pāpavināśinī |rāgātigā mahāgaṅgā jantutāpavināśinī || 7||

Verse 8

(हारबन्धः)हर परमरये समस्तमदामयान्खलबलदलनेऽघमप्यमले मम ।हरसि रसरसे समस्तमनामलंकुरु गुरुकरुणां समस्तमते मयि ॥ ८॥

(hārabandhaḥ)hara paramaraye samastamadāmayānkhalabaladalane'ghamapyamale mama |harasi rasarase samastamanāmalaṃkuru gurukaruṇāṃ samastamate mayi || 8||

Verse 9

वेगातुङ्गापगाघं हरतु रथरया देवदेवर्षिवन्द्यावारं वारं वरं यज्जलमलमलघुप्राशने शस्तशर्म ।श्रीदत्तो दत्तदक्षः पिबति बत बहु स्याः पयः पद्मपत्राक्षीं तामेतामितार्थां भज भज भजतां तारकां रम्यरम्याम् ॥ ९॥

vegātuṅgāpagāghaṃ haratu ratharayā devadevarṣivandyāvāraṃ vāraṃ varaṃ yajjalamalamalaghuprāśane śastaśarma |śrīdatto dattadakṣaḥ pibati bata bahu syāḥ payaḥ padmapatrākṣīṃ tāmetāmitārthāṃ bhaja bhaja bhajatāṃ tārakāṃ ramyaramyām || 9||

Verse 10

इति श्रीवासुदेवानन्दसरस्वतीविरचितं तुङ्गाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīvāsudevānandasarasvatīviracitaṃ tuṅgāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति तुङ्गाष्टकम् १ सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Tunga Ashtakam is a stotra addressed to Gaṅgā, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: तुङ्गाष्टकम् १ (tuṅgāṣṭakam 1)). vAsudevAnandasarasvatI TembesvAmi. Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Tunga Ashtakam (तुङ्गाष्टकम् १): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Gaṅgā, by vAsudevAnandasarasvatI TembesvAmi. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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