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Ganga Stotram: A Fine Example of Eco-literature |
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by Prof. Shubha Tiwari |
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When temperatures soar high and higher, when glaciers melt, when cities submerge under water, when infectious diseases make life miserable, we think of pristine Nature, words full of love for Nature and the respite of pure water and air. Water is the most precious, life giving resource of Nature. It is essential for the survival and happiness of creation and creatures. Adi Shankaracharya wrote this highly poetic, musical and rhythmic piece as an Ode to life giving Mother Ganga. The mere sound of this stotram brings gushing water and immense peace to the sensitive mind. It lifts up the mood. We personify elements and treat them as members of family in order to bring them very close to our hearts. Ganga is mother. She is life giving. When we take Ganga as mother, we cannot thing of polluting her or harming her. That is the underlying idea. The Stotram begins with salutations to the river Ganga bringing in all the images of free flowing water, liberation and endless waves. It appears as though we are amidst Ganga. The scriptures sing of her glory. Ganga protects an individual, a society, a race and the thereby the whole creation. The poet seeks protection and safety. He knows about the might of Nature. A human knows nothing in comparison to the might of Nature. Images (c) istock.com |
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01-May-2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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