KASHI PANCHAKAM OF SRI SANKARACHARYA
With the commentary Tattva Prakasika
by Swami Tattvavidananda Sarasvati
Kashi Panchakam Verse – 5
काशीक्षेत्रं शरीरं त्रिभुवनजननी व्यापिनी ज्ञानगंगा
भक्तिः श्रद्धा गयेयं निजगुरुचरणद्ध्यानयोगः प्रयागः।
विश्वेशोऽयं तुरीयस्सकलाजनमनस्साक्षिभूतोऽन्तरात्मा
देहे सर्वं मदीये यदि वसति पुनः तीर्थमन्यत्किमस्ति ॥५॥
kāśīkṣetraṃ śarīraṃ tribhuvanajananī vyāpinī jñānagaṃgā,
bhaktiḥ śraddhā gayeyaṃ nijagurucaraṇaddhyānayogaḥ prayāgaḥ |
viśveśo'yaṃ turīyassakalājanamanassākṣibhūto'ntarātmā,
dehe sarvaṃ madīye yadi vasati punaḥ tīrthamanyatkimasti ||
Body is the pilgrimage center of Kasi. The all-pervading flows of knowledge is the Ganges, the mother of the three worlds. Devotion and faith are this city of Gaya. The communion of meditation on the feet of one’s preceptor is the city of Prayaga..5
(commentary at the URL)
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