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सम्पूर्णं जगदेव नन्दनवनं सर्वेऽपि कल्पद्रुमाः
गाङ्गं वरि समस्तवारिनिवहाः पुण्याः समस्ताः क्रियाः ।
वाचः प्राकृतसंस्कृताः श्रुतिशिरो वाराणसी मेदिनी
सर्वावस्थितिरस्य वस्तुविषया दृष्टे परब्रह्मणि ॥
– धन्याष्टकं – १०

sampūrṇaṃ jagad-eva nandana-vanaṃ sarve’pi kalpa-drumā:
gāṅgaṃ-vāri samasta-vārinivahā: puṇyā: samastā: kriyā: ।
vāca: prākṛtasaṃskṛtā: śrutiśiro vārāṇasī medinī
sarvāvasthitir-asya vastu-viṣayā dṛṣṭe parabrahmaṇi ।।
– Dhanyāṣṭakam 10

To the one who has realized Brahman in all aspects, the whole world becomes the heavenly garden; all the objects the kalpavṛkṣās (the wishyielding trees); every water-flow the holy Ganges; all his actions, virtue and auspiciousness; the elevated as well as the foolish talks (words) the Vedāntavākyās; the entire earth, Vārānasī. Every thought or awareness of his reveals to Him only Brahman.