ततः शतगुणं पुण्यं गङ्गांभश्चुलुकाशनात्
The merit from sipping even a handful of Ganga water is a hundred times greater than that.
ततो ऽधिकफलं गङ्गातोयपानादवाप्यते
Even greater fruit is obtained by drinking the water of the Ganga.
स्वच्छन्दं यः पिबेदंभस्तस्य मुक्तिः करे स्थिता
Whoever freely drinks this water, for him liberation is held in his hand.
नार्मदं दशभिर्मासैर्गाङ्गं वर्षेण जीर्यति
The water of the Narmada loses its potency in ten months, but that of the Ganga in a year.
तदुत्तरफलावाप्तिर्गङ्गायामस्थियोगतः
After that, the fruit is attained by the presence of Ganga water with the bones.
यः पिबेत्तु यथेष्ठं हि गङ्गाम्भः स विशिष्यते
Whoever drinks Ganga water as much as he wishes, he excels.
स स्वर्गं ज्ञानममलं योगं मोक्षं च विन्दति
He attains heaven, pure knowledge, yoga, and liberation.
गोमूत्रयावकाहाराद्गाङ्गपानं विशिष्यते
Drinking Ganga water surpasses subsisting on cow's urine and barley gruel.
यदुक्तं हि पुराणेषु मुनिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः
That which has been spoken in the Purāṇas by sages who perceive the truth,
गङ्गासंदर्शनात्तद्वत्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
Just as one is freed from all sins by seeing the Gaṅgā,
पुमांस्तारयते गङ्गां वीक्ष्य स्पृष्ट्वावगाह्य च
A person is uplifted by seeing, touching, or bathing in the Gaṅgā,
पुमान्पुनाति पुरुषाञ्छतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
A person purifies hundreds and thousands of people,
शुभानामाश्रमाणां च गङ्गादर्शनजं फलम्
And the fruit gained from seeing the Gaṅgā in auspicious hermitages,
निर्घृणत्वं च नश्यन्ति गङ्गादर्शन मात्रतः
Even cruelty is destroyed merely by seeing the Gaṅgā,
दांभिकत्वं नृणां गङ्गादर्शनादेव नश्यति
Hypocrisy in people is destroyed solely by seeing the Gaṅgā,
भक्त्या यदिच्छति नरः शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्
If a person desires, with devotion, the eternal and imperishable state,
अन्यत्र यद्भवेत्पुण्यं तद्गङ्गादर्शनाद्भवेत्
Whatever merit may be found elsewhere, that is obtained by seeing the Gaṅgā,
तद्भवेदेव गङ्गाया दर्शनाद्भक्तिभावतः
That indeed is attained from seeing the Gaṅgā with a devotional attitude,
स्नानात्संस्पर्शना सेव्य यत्फलं लभते नरः
The fruit which a person obtains from bathing, touching, or serving,
अथ ते स्मरणस्यापि गङ्गाया भूपभामिनि
And even from remembering the Gaṅgā, O queen among kings,
अशुभैः कर्मभिर्युक्तान्मज्जमानान्भवार्णवे
Those who are submerged in the ocean of worldly existence, bound by unwholesome deeds,
योजनानां सहस्रेषु गङ्गां स्मरति यो नरः
Whoever remembers the Gaṅgā even from thousands of yojanas away,
स्मरणादेव गङ्गायाः पापसंघातपञ्जरम्
By remembering the Gaṅgā, the cage of accumulated sins,
गच्छंस्तिष्ठन्स्वपन्ध्यायञ्जाग्रद्भुञ्जन् हसन् रुदन्
Whether walking, standing, sleeping, meditating, awake, eating, laughing, or crying,
सहस्रयोजनस्थाश्च गङ्गां भक्त्या स्मरन्ति ये
Those who remember the Gaṅgā with devotion, even from thousands of yojanas away,
ये च स्मरन्ति वै गङ्गां गङ्गाभक्तिपराश्च ये
And those who remember the Gaṅgā, and those who are devoted to the Gaṅgā,
भवनानि विचित्राणि विचित्राभरणाः स्त्रियः
There are splendid dwellings and women adorned with wondrous ornaments.
मनसा संस्मरेद्यस्तु गङ्गां दूरस्थितो नरः
Whoever, though far away, remembers the Ganga in his mind—
गङ्गा गङ्गा जपन्नाम योजनानां शते स्थितः
Or utters the name 'Ganga, Ganga' even while a hundred yojanas distant—
कीर्तनान्मुच्यते पापाद्दर्शनान्मङ्गलं लभेत्
By praising her, one is freed from sin; by seeing her, one attains auspiciousness.