mārganti yat te mukha-padma-nīḍaiś
mārganti yat te mukha-padma-nīḍaiś
chandaḥ-suparṇair ṛṣayo vivikte
yasyāgha-marṣoda-sarid-varāyāḥ
padaṁ padaṁ tīrtha-padaḥ prapannāḥ
We have taken shelter of your lotus feet, a place of pilgrimage, which gives rise to the Gaṅgā, best of rivers and the destroyer of sin, and which sages seek in their minds by the following the bird of the Vedas situated in the nest of your lotus mouth.
Those who desire to see your lotus feet, by taking shelter of the two ladders of happiness constructed by your mercy to attain direct vision of your lotus feet, are intelligent. They are the real jñānīs. We have surrendered to your lotus feet, a place of pilgrimage, which the sages seek. By what means do they search? They search by the birds of the Vedas which are sitting in the nest of your lotus mouth. Homeless people looking for shelter at the base of some tree, wandering here and there, follow the flight of birds which enter their nest at night. Thus they attain the base of the tree which is the home of birds. Similarly sages worship you and attain you after understanding the conclusion of the Vedas which spring from your mouth and which are confirmed by you. This is one ladder. The second ladder is then described. We surrender to your feet which are the place of emanation (padam) of the best of rivers, the Gaṅgā (varāyāḥ), whose water destroys all sins. This means that by worshipping the Gaṅgā they attain your feet from which the Gaṅgā emanates.
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yac chraddhayā śrutavatyā ca bhaktyā
sammṛjyamāne hṛdaye ’vadhāya
jñānena vairāgya-balena dhīrā
vrajema tat te ’ṅghri-saroja-pīṭham
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