gaṅgāṣṭakam 2 kālidāsakṛtam Lyrics in English:
sriganesaya namah ॥
katyaksini karotayah kati kati dvipidvipanam tvacah
kakolah kati pannagah kati sudhadhamnasca khanḍa kati ।
kim ca tvam ca kati trilokajananitvadvaripurodare
majjajjantukadambakam samudayatyekaikamadaya yat ॥ 1॥
devi tvatpulinaṅgane sthitijusam nirmaninam jñaninam
svalpaharanibaddhasuddhavapusam tarnam gṛham sreyase ।
nanyatra ksitimanḍalesvarasataih samraksito bhupateh
prasado lalanaganairadhigato bhogindrabhogonnatah ॥ 2॥
tattattirthagataih kadarthanasataih kim tairanarthasritai-
rjyotistomamukhaih kimisavimukhairyajñairavajñaddatai ।
sute kesavavasavadivibudhagarabhiramam sriyam gaṅge
devi bhavattate yadi kutivasah prayasam vina ॥ 3॥
gaṅgatiramupetya sitalasilamalambya hemacalim
yairakarni kutuhalakulataya kallolakolahalah ।
te sṛnvanti suparvaparvatasilasimhasanadhyasanah
saṅgitagamasuddhasiddharamanimamjiradhiradhvanim ॥ 4॥
duram gaccha sakacchagam ca bhavato nalokayamo
mukham re paraka varaka sakamitarairnakapradairgamyatam ।
sadyah prodyatamandamarutarajahprapta kapolasthale
gaṅgambhahkanika vimuktaganikasaṅgaya sambhavyate ॥ 5॥
visnoh saṅgatikarini harajatajutatavicarini
prayascittanivarini jalakanaih punyaudhavistarini ।
bhubhṛtkandaradarini nijajale majjajjanottarini
sreyah svargaviharini vijayate gaṅga manoharini ॥ 6॥
vacalam vikalam khalam sritamalam kamakulam vyakulam
canḍalam taralam nipitagaralam dosavilam cakhilam ।
kumbhipakagatam tamantakakaradakṛsya kastarayen-
matarjahnunarendranandini tava svalpodabindum vina ॥ 7॥
slesamaslesanayanale’mṛtabile sakakule vyakule
kanthe ghargharaghosanadamaline kaye ca sammilati ।
yam dhyayannpi bharabhaṅgurataram prapnoti muktim narah
snatusvetasi jahnvi nivasatam samsarasantapahṛt ॥ 8॥
iti srimatkalidasaviracitam gaṅgastakastotram sampurnam ॥