Ganga 108 Names
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The 108-names hymn to the goddess Ganga.
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What is the best thing to arrange in advance?
Best of all, he says, whether or not you do anything else: obtain pure Gangajal beforehand if you can get it near your home. At least one litre, kept in a washed, clean vessel; and before Paush Purnima, or if it is possible to do it daily then daily in the morning after bathing — that is, doing it one day in advance — consecrate that water with the stotra and satnam of Bhagavati Ganga ji, the stotra and satnam of Bhagavati Kalindi, and the stotra and satnam of Bhagavati Saraswati. Kalindi, he explains, means Yamuna ji.
Why does taking Ganga's name clean a mental sin?
Because it is a mental sin, the speaker says — abuse escaped from your mind, from your heart, or the thought came into your brain — you must do the washing at that very place, purify at that very place; and through the name of Ganga ji that thing will be entirely cleaned. Afterwards the thought that you did abuse should not come into your mind: just as the feeling of abusing arose, so too you should bring the feeling of Bhagavati Ganga's purity.
What is the remedy for one who must cross the Ganga daily?
So if such a dosha is indeed attaching, the speaker tells Amit Kumar ji, then in that situation, if you have to cross over Bhagavati Ganga, if you are doing sadhana and have to go to office, then recite the 108 names of Bhagavati Ganga once every day — it will take two minutes — saying that you may be freed of the dosha that has attached to you.
What should be recited for the Ganga on Ganga Dashehra?
The 108-name stotra of Ganga ji, the satnam and the like, should be recited.
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