Om namah Shivaya                              Shri guruve namah

Om namah Shivaya                              Shri guruve namah

Ganga - Vandana

(A hymn to the divine river Ganges  related to Lord Shiva and the water-cult.)

  

    Aum namo maha Gangeshwari ,trailokya shuchikari

Kaldoss-hartri bhavtarini, tripath-gamini namastutey

I bow to thee, Oh! the Goddess Ganges .

Thou art the purifier of the three planes.

The liberator  from  the shackles of Satan.

Accept my salutations, Oh! treader of the three worlds.

 

 Aum namo matar-jahanvi,Vishwa-murtey Bhagirati

Ganga  gangeti pavni,  maha  mahimno  namastutey

I bow to thee, Oh! mother Jahanvi.

Thou art the world-famous Bhagirati,

The  purifying  element of all the streams.

Accept my salutations, Oh! the Great One.

 

Aum namo nitya punya-datri, munishwari –mantreshwari

Pavitranee  gatee-roopinee,  mantra–vahini  namastutey

I bow to thee, Oh! the bestower of charming boons.

Thou art the Regina of hermitage and of secret mantras.

The  purifying agent and the force of mobility .

Accept my salutations, Oh! the vehicle of mantras*.

 ( *secret words / formula).

  Aum namo shudhe mahashudhe,man–mohini tripur-sundari

Jai  jai  shiley  shalinee, shubham–shubhangee  namastutey .

I bow to thee, Oh! the purest of the pure.

Thou art the most charming divine beauty.

Glory to  the modest and to the humblest One.

Accept my salutations, Oh! the good-looking and the gracious One.

 

Aum namo sursari divyani, Varuneshwari-Karuneshwari

Param  pavnee  Vishnu-padee, amriteshwari  namastutey

I bow to thee, Oh! the celestial stream.

Thou art the Queen of waters and the most compassionate,

The divine fluid sourcing  from the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu.

Accept my salutations, Oh! the nectarine Queen.

 

Aum namo jiwan-dayini, Bramha-kamandaleshwari

Mandakinee sidhanee, Shivam Shivanee namastutey

I bow to thee, Oh!  bestower  and activator of  life.

Thou art the Brahman’s (Supreme Being) pitch-dweller.

And the empowered celestial stream known as Mandakini,

Accept my salutations, Oh! consort of   lord Shiva.

     

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Om namah Shivaya                              Shri guruve namah