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Ganga Stuti
Ganga Stuti
Text in Roman script
Devotional text
gagātutī gagādaśaharāto ca
{|| gagātutī ||}
īgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
ovāca --
namaḥ iśavāyai gagāyai iśavadāyai namo namaḥ |
namate ipayai śākaya te namo namaḥ || 1||
namate ivavaipayai āmūya namo namaḥ |
savadevavaipayai namo bheṣajamūtaye || 2||
savaya savayādhīnāṃ ibhaṣaeai namo'tu te |
thāṇujagamasabhūtivaṣahayai namo namaḥ || 3||
bhogopabhogadāiyayai bhogavayai namo namaḥ |
madāikayai namate'tu vagadāyai namo namaḥ || 4||
namaailoyabhūṣāyai jagaāyai namo namaḥ |
namiśulasaṃthāyai tejovayai namo namaḥ || 5||
nadāyai ilagadhāirayai nārāyayai namo namaḥ |
namate ivavamuyāyai revayai te namo namaḥ || 6||
bṛhayai te namate'tu lokadhāyai namo namaḥ |
namate ivavimaāyai nidayai te namo namaḥ || 7||
pṛyai iśavāmṛtāyai ca suvṛṣāyai namo namaḥ |
śātāyai ca viraṭhāyai varadāyai namo namaḥ || 8||
uāyai sukhadoyai ca sajīivayai namo namaḥ |
iṭhāyai dāyai duiratayai namo namaḥ |
ṇatātabhijayai jagamāe namo'tu te || 9||
savapaitapaāyai magalāyai namo namaḥ || 10||
śaraṇāgatadīnātapiraāṇaparāyaṇe |
savayātahare deiva nārāyiṇa namo'tute || 11||
inalapāyai dugahayai daāyai te namo namaḥ |
parāparatare tuyaṃ namate mode sadā || 12||
gage mamāto bhūyā gage me deiva pṛṭhataḥ |
gage me pāvayoreiha viya gage'tu me thitaḥ || 13||
ādau vamate maye ca sava vaṃ gāṃ gate iśave |
vameva mūlakṛitavaṃ iha nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ || 14||
gage vaṃ paramāmā ca iśavatuyaṃ namaḥ iśave |
ya idaṃ paṭhita toṃ bhayā inayaṃ naro'ipa yaḥ || 15||
ṇuyāyā yutaḥ kāyavācasabhavaiḥ |
daśadhāsaṃthataidaṣaiḥ savareva muyate || 16||
savakāmānavānoita eya iṇa ilayate |
yeṭhe māisa isate pae daśamī hatasaṃyutā || 17||
tayāṃ daśayāmetaca toṃ gagājale thataḥ |
yaḥ paṭheśakṛvatu dirao vāipa cāmaḥ || 18||
so'ipa taphalamānoita gagāṃ sapūya yanataḥ |
adaānāmupādānaṃ hasā caivāivadhānataḥ || 19||
paradāropasevā ca kāiyakaṃ iivadhaṃ mṛta |
pāyamanṛtaṃ caiva paiśuyaṃ cāipa savaśaḥ || 20||
asabalāpaca vāmayaṃ yācatuvadha |
parayevibhayānaṃ manasāinaṭicatana || 21||
ivatathāibhinaveśaca mānasaṃ iivadhaṃ mṛta |
etāina daśa pāpāina hara vaṃ mama jāniva || 22||
daśapāpaharā yamāmāśaharā mṛtā |
yaśachataṃ pūva ipatṝnatha ipatāmahā || 23||
urayeva saṃsārāmaeṇānena pūijatā || 24||
namo bhagavayai daśapāpaharāyai gagāyai nārāyayai revayai |
iśavāyai daāyai amṛtāyai ivavaipayai nidayai te namo namaḥ || 25||
isatamakarinaṣaṇāṃ śuvaṇa ineāṃ
karadhṛtakalaśosopalāmayabhīṭā |
ividhahiraharapāṃ sedukoṭīrajuṭāṃ
kilatisatadukūlāṃ jānava tāṃ namāima || 26||
ādāvāidipatāmahaya inagamayāpārapāe jalaṃ
pacāpanagaśāiyano bhagavataḥ pādodakaṃ pāvana |
bhūyaḥ śabhujaṭāivabhūṣaṇamiṇajanomahaṣairayaṃ
kayā kamaṣanāiśanī bhagavatī bhāgīrathī yate || 27||
gagā gageita yo ūyāojanānāṃ śatairipa |
muyate savapāpeyo ivaṇulokaṃ sa gachita || 28||
iita dhamadhathā gagātuitaḥ sapūṇa ||About this stotram
A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.
How to chant
Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.
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