gaṅgāṣṭakam Lyrics in English:
na saktastvam stotum vidhiharihara jahnatanaye
gunotkarsakhyanam tvayi na ghatate nirgunapade ।
ataste samstutyai krtamatiraham devi sudhiyam
vinindyo yadvedascakitamabhigayanti bhavatim ॥ 1॥
tatha’pi tvam papah patitajanatoddharanipune
pravrtto’ham stotum prakrticalaya balakadhiya ।
ato drstotsahe bhavati bhavabharaikadahane
mayi stutye gange kuru parakrpam parvatasute ॥ 2॥
na samsare tavatkalusamiha yavattava payo
dahatyarye sadyo dahana iva suskam trnacayam ।
palayante drstva tava paricaranantakajana
yatha vanya va’nye vanapatibhayad vamanamrgah ॥ 3॥
jana ye te matarnidhanasamaye toyakanikam
mukhe krtva prananjahati surasanghairanuvrta ।
vimane kridanto’marapatipadam yanti niyatam
katha tesam ka va janani tava tire nivasatam ॥ 4॥
sivah sarvaradhyo janani visatapopasamanam
carikartum gange kalikalusabhange pasupatih ।
jatayam sandhatta lalitalaharim tvam suranadi
tvadanya ka vandya paramamahita va tribhuvane ॥ 5॥
janastavanmatarduritabhayato bibhyati srtau
na yavattvattiram nayanapathamayati vimalam ।
yadaptam tvattiram tadanu duritanam na ganana
tato gange! vandya munisamudayastvam na jahati ॥ 6॥
namami tvam gange srutivanaviharaikanipune
jaganmatarmatastripuraharasevye vidhinute ।
tvamevadya durga janahitakrte tvam dravamayi
svayam jata devi tvamasi paramam brahma viditam ॥ 7॥
kada gange ramye tatamadhivasaste sivanute
sive durge matah sakalaphalade devadayite ।
parese sarvese srutisatanute daksatanaye
sada’ham sanjalpannimisamiva nesyami divasan ॥ 8॥
gangastakamidam punyam prabhate yah pathecchucih ।
sarvabhistam tatastasmai dadati suranimnaga ॥ 9॥
iti svami-srimadanantanandasarasvativiracitam gangastakam sampurnam ।