Narmada Eight Verses

1.

You flow towards the ocean with roving waves and drops of water.

Your water is holy and destroys all sins.

You are the protector of the beings ater removing fear.

Oh great river Narmada I bow down to your lotus feet!

2.

You give divine life to the fishes, which live within your water.

You grant liberation to the bad beings by removing the burden of sins on the earth.

You are the greatest of rivers, which have holy and pure water.

You grant happiness to insects, which live in your water.

Oh great river Narmada I bow down to your lotus feet!

3.

You clean fields and keep them pure.

You prevent the sorrows of the virtuous people who bow down to you.

You have given shelter to Markandeya, the son of Mrukandu sage.

Oh great river Narmada I bow down to your lotus feet!

4.

Your water is worshipped and served by Markandeya, Shaunaka and other sages.

All my fear is eradicated on seeing the holy water.

You protect beings from sorrows that arise out of being born in the ocean of worldly life.

Oh great river Narmada I bow down to your lotus feet!

5.

Unseen beings like Kinnaras, Gods and also evil spirits worship you repeatly.

Many birds chirp on your bank.

You grant happiness to great sages like Vashishtha, Pippalada, Kardama and other sages.

Oh great river Narmada I bow down to your lotus feet!

6.

Just as honeybees hover around the flowers to swallow the fragrance of the flowers, great sages like Sanatkumara, Nachiketa, Kashyapa, Atri and Narada hover around you.

You grant happiness to the lord Sun, the Moon, Rantideva and the lord Indra, for their happiness.

Oh great river Narmada I bow down to your lotus feet!

7.

You destroy several invisible sins as your weapons mark them.

You grant enjoyment and final liberation to beings.

You protect the residence of the creator, protector and destroyer.

Oh great river Narmada I bow down to your lotus feet!

8.

After standing on the bank of celestial river Ganges that flows from the matted locks of lord Shiva, the Kiratas, Brahmans, scholars and also the wicked praised you.

As you destroy all sins and you are only the granter of the happiness of the all beings.

Oh great river Narmada I bow down to your lotus feet!

9.

He who chants with concentration this hymn three times a day (in the morning, noon and evening) will never encounter misfortune.

They will be blessed into the auspicious heaven of Lord Shiva.

Never will they encounter hell; never will they be reborn into the hell.