“Bhagavati tava teere neera mãtrãshanoham vidhe vishaya trishnah Krishnam ãradhayãmi!”

Adi Sankara Bhagavat Pãdal, in His ‘Gangãshtakam’ sung in Vãrãnasi, says,
“Living on the banks of the Ganga, giving up even ‘bhiksha’ (begging for food) and drinking only the Ganga water and giving up all matters will I not live worshipping Krishna!”

In Vãrãnasi, while singing the sloka on Ganga, the Ãchãrya does not praise the ‘Kshetra devatas’ (gods of the Holy Place) viz. Viswanatha or Visalakshi or Annapoorani but speaks on Krishna. This illuminates Ãchãrya’s Krishna Bhakti!

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