𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌭𑌵𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌮𑍗𑌲𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌲𑍇 𑌤𑌵𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌃
𑌕𑌣𑌮𑌣𑍁𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌣𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌿𑌨𑍋 𑌯𑍇 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑍃𑌶𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 ।
𑌅𑌮𑌰𑌨𑌗𑌰𑌨𑌾𑌰𑍀𑌚𑌾𑌮𑌰𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌹𑌿𑌣𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌂
𑌵𑌿𑌗𑌤𑌕𑌲𑌿𑌕𑌲𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌤𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌮𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍇 𑌲𑍁𑌠𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 ॥ 1 ॥
𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌂 𑌖𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀 𑌹𑌰𑌶𑌿𑌰𑌸𑌿 𑌜𑌟𑌾𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌸𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀
𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌪𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀 𑌕𑌨𑌕𑌗𑌿𑌰𑌿𑌗𑍁𑌹𑌾𑌗𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌶𑍈𑌲𑌾𑌤𑍍 𑌸𑍍𑌖𑌲𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀 ।
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍋𑌣𑍀𑌪𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍇 𑌲𑍁𑌠𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌚𑌯𑌚𑌮𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌰𑌂 𑌭𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀
𑌪𑌾𑌥𑍋𑌧𑌿𑌂 𑌪𑍂𑌰𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌨𑌗𑌰𑌸𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌨𑍀 𑌨𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌾𑌤𑍁 ॥ 2 ॥
𑌮𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌤𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌕𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌚𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌮𑌦𑌮𑌦𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌮𑍋𑌦𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌜𑌾𑌲𑌂
𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌨𑍈𑌃 𑌸𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌚𑌯𑍁𑌗𑌵𑌿𑌗𑌲𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌸𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌪𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌸𑌾𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌨𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌶𑌕𑍁𑌸𑍁𑌮𑌚𑌯𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌛𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌤𑍀𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌨𑍀𑌰𑌂
𑌪𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌨𑍋 𑌗𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌃 𑌕𑌰𑌿𑌕𑌰𑌮𑌕𑌰𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌰𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑍍 ॥ 3 ॥
𑌆𑌦𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌦𑌿𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌮𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌨𑌿𑌯𑌮𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌰𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇 𑌜𑌲𑌂
𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌗𑌶𑌾𑌯𑌿𑌨𑍋 𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑍋𑌦𑌕𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌨𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌭𑍂𑌯𑌃 𑌶𑌮𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌜𑌟𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍂𑌷𑌣𑌮𑌣𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌹𑍍𑌨𑍋𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌷𑍇𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌂
𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌕𑌲𑍍𑌮𑌷𑌨𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌨𑍀 𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑍀 𑌭𑌾𑌗𑍀𑌰𑌥𑍀 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 4 ॥
𑌶𑍈𑌲𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌦𑌵𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 𑌨𑌿𑌜𑌜𑌲𑍇 𑌮𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌨𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀
𑌪𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 𑌭𑌵𑌭𑌯𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍀𑌸𑌮𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 ।
𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍈𑌰𑌨𑍁𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 𑌹𑌰𑌶𑌿𑌰𑍋𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍀𑌦𑌲𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀
𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍀𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌵𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾 𑌮𑌨𑍋𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 ॥ 5 ॥
𑌕𑍁𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑍀𑌚𑍀 𑌵𑍀𑌚𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌵 𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌗𑌤𑌾 𑌲𑍋𑌚𑌨𑌪𑌥𑌂
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌾𑌪𑍀𑌤𑌾 𑌪𑍀𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌰𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌤𑌰𑌸𑌿 ।
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌦𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌪𑌤𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌕𑌾𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍁𑌭𑍃𑌤𑌾𑌂
𑌤𑌦𑌾 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌵𑌪𑌦𑌲𑌾𑌭𑍋𑌽𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿𑌲𑌘𑍁𑌃 ॥ 6 ॥
𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌤𑌵 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍇 𑌨𑍀𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌶𑌨𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌂
𑌵𑌿𑌗𑌤𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌯𑌤𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌃 𑌕𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌮𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌧𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌿 ।
𑌸𑌕𑌲𑌕𑌲𑍁𑌷𑌭𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌸𑍋𑌪𑌾𑌨𑌸𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇
𑌤𑌰𑌲𑌤𑌰𑌤𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌿 𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍀𑌦 ॥ 7 ॥
𑌮𑌾𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌾𑌹𑍍𑌨𑌵𑌿 𑌶𑌮𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌸𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑌿𑌲𑌿𑌤𑍇 𑌮𑍗𑌲𑍗 𑌨𑌿𑌧𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌲𑌿𑌂
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍇 𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌷𑍋𑌽𑌵𑌸𑌾𑌨𑌸𑌮𑌯𑍇 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌸𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌤𑍋 𑌭𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑌮 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌾𑌣𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌵𑍇
𑌭𑍂𑌯𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌚𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌾 𑌹𑌰𑌿𑌹𑌰𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍈𑌤𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌕𑌾 𑌶𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍀 ॥ 8 ॥
𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌕𑌮𑌿𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌯𑌃 𑌪𑌠𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌤𑍋 𑌨𑌰𑌃 ।
𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌪𑌾𑌪𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍁𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌂 𑌸 𑌗𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌿 ॥ 9 ॥
𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌹𑌂𑌸𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌕𑌾𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌶𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍗 𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌕𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑍍 ।
Roman (IAST) Transliteration
bhagavati bhavalīlāmaulimāle tavāmbhaḥ
kaṇamaṇuparimāṇaṃ prāṇino ye spṛśanti |
amaranagaranārīcāmaragrāhiṇīnāṃ
vigatakalikalaṅkātaṅkamaṅke luṭhanti || 1 ||
brahmāṇḍaṃ khaṇḍayantī haraśirasi jaṭāvallimullāsayantī
svarlokādāpatantī kanakagiriguhāgaṇḍaśailāt skhalantī |
kṣoṇīpṛṣṭe luṭhantī duritacayacamūrnirbharaṃ bhartsayantī
pāthodhiṃ pūrayantī suranagarasaritpāvanī naḥ punātu || 2 ||
majjanmātaṅgakumbhacyutamadamadirāmodamattālijālaṃ
snānaiḥ siddhāṅganānāṃ kucayugavigalatkuṅkumāsaṅgapiṅgam |
sāyaṃ prātarmunīnāṃ kuśakusumacayaiśchinnatīrasthanīraṃ
pāyānno gāṅgamambhaḥ karikaramakarākrāntarahastaraṅgam || 3 ||
ādāvādipitāmahasya niyamavyāpārapātre jalaṃ
paścātpannagaśāyino bhagavataḥ pādodakaṃ pāvanam |
bhūyaḥ śambhujaṭāvibhūṣaṇamaṇirjahnormaharṣeriyaṃ
kanyā kalmaṣanāśinī bhagavatī bhāgīrathī pātu mām || 4 ||
śailendrādavatāriṇī nijajale majjajjanottāriṇī
pārāvāravihāriṇī bhavabhayaśreṇīsamutsāriṇī |
śeṣāṅgairanukāriṇī haraśirovallīdalākāriṇī
kāśīprāntavihāriṇī vijayate gaṅgā manohāriṇī || 5 ||
kuto vīcī vīcistava yadi gatā locanapathaṃ
tvamāpītā pītāmbarapuravāsaṃ vitarasi |
tvadutsaṅge gaṅge patati yadi kāyastanubhṛtāṃ
tadā mātaḥ śāntakratavapadalābho'pyatilaghuḥ || 6 ||
bhagavati tava tīre nīramātrāśano'haṃ
vigataviṣayatṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇamārādhayāmi |
sakalakaluṣabhaṅge svargasopānasaṅge
taralatarataraṅge devi gaṅge prasīda || 7 ||
mātarjāhnavi śambhusaṅgamilite maulau nidhāyāñjaliṃ
tvattīre vapuṣo'vasānasamaye nārāyaṇāṅghridvayam |
sānandaṃ smarato bhaviṣyati mama prāṇaprayāṇotsave
bhūyādbhaktiravicyutā hariharādvaitātmikā śāśvatī || 8 ||
gaṅgāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhetprayato naraḥ |
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || 9 ||
iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau gaṅgāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |
Sanskrit — Devanagari (original)
भगवति भवलीलामौलिमाले तवाम्भः
कणमणुपरिमाणं प्राणिनो ये स्पृशन्ति ।
अमरनगरनारीचामरग्राहिणीनां
विगतकलिकलङ्कातङ्कमङ्के लुठन्ति ॥ 1 ॥
ब्रह्माण्डं खण्डयन्ती हरशिरसि जटावल्लिमुल्लासयन्ती
स्वर्लोकादापतन्ती कनकगिरिगुहागण्डशैलात् स्खलन्ती ।
क्षोणीपृष्टे लुठन्ती दुरितचयचमूर्निर्भरं भर्त्सयन्ती
पाथोधिं पूरयन्ती सुरनगरसरित्पावनी नः पुनातु ॥ 2 ॥
मज्जन्मातङ्गकुम्भच्युतमदमदिरामोदमत्तालिजालं
स्नानैः सिद्धाङ्गनानां कुचयुगविगलत्कुङ्कुमासङ्गपिङ्गम् ।
सायं प्रातर्मुनीनां कुशकुसुमचयैश्छिन्नतीरस्थनीरं
पायान्नो गाङ्गमम्भः करिकरमकराक्रान्तरहस्तरङ्गम् ॥ 3 ॥
आदावादिपितामहस्य नियमव्यापारपात्रे जलं
पश्चात्पन्नगशायिनो भगवतः पादोदकं पावनम् ।
भूयः शम्भुजटाविभूषणमणिर्जह्नोर्महर्षेरियं
कन्या कल्मषनाशिनी भगवती भागीरथी पातु माम् ॥ 4 ॥
शैलेन्द्रादवतारिणी निजजले मज्जज्जनोत्तारिणी
पारावारविहारिणी भवभयश्रेणीसमुत्सारिणी ।
शेषाङ्गैरनुकारिणी हरशिरोवल्लीदलाकारिणी
काशीप्रान्तविहारिणी विजयते गङ्गा मनोहारिणी ॥ 5 ॥
कुतो वीची वीचिस्तव यदि गता लोचनपथं
त्वमापीता पीताम्बरपुरवासं वितरसि ।
त्वदुत्सङ्गे गङ्गे पतति यदि कायस्तनुभृतां
तदा मातः शान्तक्रतवपदलाभोऽप्यतिलघुः ॥ 6 ॥
भगवति तव तीरे नीरमात्राशनोऽहं
विगतविषयतृष्णः कृष्णमाराधयामि ।
सकलकलुषभङ्गे स्वर्गसोपानसङ्गे
तरलतरतरङ्गे देवि गङ्गे प्रसीद ॥ 7 ॥
मातर्जाह्नवि शम्भुसङ्गमिलिते मौलौ निधायाञ्जलिं
त्वत्तीरे वपुषोऽवसानसमये नारायणाङ्घ्रिद्वयम् ।
सानन्दं स्मरतो भविष्यति मम प्राणप्रयाणोत्सवे
भूयाद्भक्तिरविच्युता हरिहराद्वैतात्मिका शाश्वती ॥ 8 ॥
गङ्गाष्टकमिदं पुण्यं यः पठेत्प्रयतो नरः ।
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ॥ 9 ॥
इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्यस्य श्रीगोविन्दभगवत्पूज्यपादशिष्यस्य श्रीमच्छङ्करभगवतः कृतौ गङ्गाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।
bhagavati bhavalīlāmaulimāle tavāmbhaḥ
kaṇamaṇuparimāṇaṃ prāṇino ye spṛśanti |
amaranagaranārīcāmaragrāhiṇīnāṃ
vigatakalikalaṅkātaṅkamaṅke luṭhanti || 1 ||
brahmāṇḍaṃ khaṇḍayantī haraśirasi jaṭāvallimullāsayantī
svarlokādāpatantī kanakagiriguhāgaṇḍaśailāt skhalantī |
kṣoṇīpṛṣṭe luṭhantī duritacayacamūrnirbharaṃ bhartsayantī
pāthodhiṃ pūrayantī suranagarasaritpāvanī naḥ punātu || 2 ||
majjanmātaṅgakumbhacyutamadamadirāmodamattālijālaṃ
snānaiḥ siddhāṅganānāṃ kucayugavigalatkuṅkumāsaṅgapiṅgam |
sāyaṃ prātarmunīnāṃ kuśakusumacayaiśchinnatīrasthanīraṃ
pāyānno gāṅgamambhaḥ karikaramakarākrāntarahastaraṅgam || 3 ||
ādāvādipitāmahasya niyamavyāpārapātre jalaṃ
paścātpannagaśāyino bhagavataḥ pādodakaṃ pāvanam |
bhūyaḥ śambhujaṭāvibhūṣaṇamaṇirjahnormaharṣeriyaṃ
kanyā kalmaṣanāśinī bhagavatī bhāgīrathī pātu mām || 4 ||
śailendrādavatāriṇī nijajale majjajjanottāriṇī
pārāvāravihāriṇī bhavabhayaśreṇīsamutsāriṇī |
śeṣāṅgairanukāriṇī haraśirovallīdalākāriṇī
kāśīprāntavihāriṇī vijayate gaṅgā manohāriṇī || 5 ||
kuto vīcī vīcistava yadi gatā locanapathaṃ
tvamāpītā pītāmbarapuravāsaṃ vitarasi |
tvadutsaṅge gaṅge patati yadi kāyastanubhṛtāṃ
tadā mātaḥ śāntakratavapadalābho'pyatilaghuḥ || 6 ||
bhagavati tava tīre nīramātrāśano'haṃ
vigataviṣayatṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇamārādhayāmi |
sakalakaluṣabhaṅge svargasopānasaṅge
taralatarataraṅge devi gaṅge prasīda || 7 ||
mātarjāhnavi śambhusaṅgamilite maulau nidhāyāñjaliṃ
tvattīre vapuṣo'vasānasamaye nārāyaṇāṅghridvayam |
sānandaṃ smarato bhaviṣyati mama prāṇaprayāṇotsave
bhūyādbhaktiravicyutā hariharādvaitātmikā śāśvatī || 8 ||
gaṅgāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhetprayato naraḥ |
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || 9 ||
iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau gaṅgāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |
🕉️ This is the original Sanskrit rendered in Grantha script.
Pronunciation is identical to the Sanskrit Devanagari version.