gaṅgāṣṭakaṃ śrīvālmikiviracitam Lyrics in English:
mstah sailasuts-sapatni vasudhs-srngsrahsrsvali
svargsrohaṇa-vaijayanti bhavatim bhsgirathim prsrthaye ।
tvattire vasatah tvadambu pibatastvadvicisu prenkhatah
tvannsma smaratastvadarpitadrsah sysnme sariravyayah ॥ 1॥
tvattire tarukotarsntaragato gange vihango param
tvannire naraksntaksriṇi varam matsyo’thavs kacchapah ।
naivsnyatra madsndhasindhuraghatssamghattaghaṇtsraṇa-
tksrastatra samastavairivanits-labdhastutirbhūpatih ॥ 2॥
ukss paksi turaga uragah ko’pi vs vsraṇo vs’-
vsriṇah sysm janana-maraṇa-klesaduhkhssahisṇuh ।
na tvanyatra pravirala-raṇatkinkiṇi-kvsṇamitram
vsrastribhiscamaramaruts vijito bhūmipslah ॥ 3॥
kskairniskusitam svabhih kavalitam gomsyubhirluṇtitam
srotobhiscalitam tatsmbu-lulitam vicibhirsndolitam ।
divyastri-kara-csrucsmara-marutsamvijyamsnah kads
draksye’ham paramesvari tripathage bhsgirathi svam vapuh ॥ 4॥
abhinava-bisavalli-psdapadmasya visṇoh
madana-mathana-maulermslati-puspamsls ।
jayati jayapatsks kspyasau moksalaksmysh
ksapita-kalikalanks jshnavi nah punstu ॥ 5॥
etattsla-tamsla-ssla-saralavyslola-vallilats-
cchatram sūryakara-pratsparahitam sankhendu-kundojjvalam ।
gandharvsmara-siddha-kinnaravadhū-tungastansspslitam
snsnsya prativssaram bhavatu me gsngam jalam nirmalam ॥ 6॥
gsngam vsri manohsri mursri-caraṇacyutam ।
tripursri-sirascsri pspahsri punstu msm ॥ 7॥
pspspahsri duritsri tarangadhsri
sailapracsri girirsja-guhsvidsri ।
jhanksraksri haripsda-rajopahsri
gsngam punstu satatam subhaksri vsri ॥ 8॥
gangsstakam pathati yah prayatah prabhste
vslmikins viracitam subhadam manusyah ।
praksslya gstra-kalikalmasa-panka-mssu
moksam labhet patati naiva naro bhavsbdhau ॥ 9॥
॥ iti vslmikiviracitam gangsstakam sampūrṇam ॥