Ganga Aarti (Om Jai Gange Mata) · गंगा आरती (ॐ जय गंगे माता)

The aarti "Om Jai Gange Mata", sung to the river Ganga as a mother who grants every wish and carries her devotees across.

  1. ॐ जय गंगे माता श्री जय गंगे माता ।om jai gange mata shri jai gange mata |जो नर तुमको ध्याता मनवांछित फल पाता ॥jo nar tumko dhyata manavanchhit phal pata ||

    oṁ jaya gaṃge mātā śrī jaya gaṃge mātā । jo nara tumako dhyātā manavāṃchita phala pātā ॥

    ॐ जय गंगे माता, श्री जय गंगे माता; जो मनुष्य आपका ध्यान करता है, वह मनचाहा फल पाता है।

    Om, glory to Mother Ganga, glory to the holy Mother Ganga; whoever meditates on you gains the fruit their heart desires.

  2. चंद्र सी जोत तुम्हारी जल निर्मल आता ।chandra si jot tumhari jal nirmal ata |शरण पड़े जो तेरी सो नर तर जाता ॥sharan pare jo teri so nar tar jata ||

    caṃdra sī jota tumhārī jala nirmala ātā । śaraṇa paṙe jo terī so nara tara jātā ॥

    आपकी ज्योति चंद्रमा जैसी है, आपका जल निर्मल बहता है; जो आपकी शरण में आता है, वह भवसागर से तर जाता है।

    Your light is like the moon's, your waters flow pure; whoever falls at your feet for refuge is carried across.

  3. पुत्र सगर के तारे सब जग को ज्ञाता ।putra sagar ke tare sab jag ko gyata |कृपा दृष्टि तुम्हारी त्रिभुवन सुख दाता ॥kripa drishti tumhari tribhuvan sukh data ||

    putra sagara ke tāre saba jaga ko jñātā । kṛpā dṛṣṭi tumhārī tribhuvana sukha dātā ॥

    आपने सगर के पुत्रों का उद्धार किया, यह सारा जग जानता है; आपकी कृपा-दृष्टि तीनों लोकों को सुख देती है।

    You saved the sons of Sagara, as all the world knows; your gracious glance gives happiness to the three worlds.

  4. एक ही बार जो तेरी शरणागति आता ।ek hi bar jo teri sharanagati ata |यम की त्रास मिटा कर परम गति पाता ॥yam ki tras mita kar param gati pata ||

    eka hī bāra jo terī śaraṇāgati ātā । yama kī trāsa miṭā kara parama gati pātā ॥

    जो एक बार भी आपकी शरण में आता है, वह यम के भय से छूटकर परम गति पाता है।

    Whoever comes to you for refuge even once is freed from the terror of Yama and reaches the highest state.

  5. आरती मात तुम्हारी जो जन नित्य गाता ।arti mat tumhari jo jan nitya gata |दास वही सहज में मुक्त्ति को पाता ॥das vahi sahaj men muktti ko pata ||

    āratī māta tumhārī jo jana nitya gātā । dāsa vahī sahaja meṃ muktti ko pātā ॥

    हे माता, जो भक्त प्रतिदिन आपकी आरती गाता है, वह सहज ही मुक्ति पाता है।

    Mother, the devotee who sings your aarti every day gains liberation with ease.

About this text

Om Jai Gange Mata is the best-known aarti of the river Ganga, sung on the ghats of Haridwar and Varanasi and in homes on Ganga Dussehra and other days sacred to the river. Its five short stanzas praise her moonlike light and pure waters, recall that she saved the sons of King Sagara, and promise that whoever takes refuge in her even once is freed from the fear of Yama and reaches the highest state. The opening lines are sung again as a refrain after each stanza. Editions differ slightly in wording; most print मुक्त्ति in the last line, a common spelling of मुक्ति (liberation), which this page follows.

How it is recited

It is sung with a lamp at the evening Ganga aarti, on Ganga Dussehra, Ganga Saptami and Kartik Purnima, and after bathing in the river. Customs vary.

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