Canto 5: The Creative ImpetusChapter 17: The Descent of the River Ganges

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.17.10

anye ca nadā nadyaś ca varṣe varṣe santi bahuśo merv-ādi-giri-duhitaraḥ śataśaḥ

SYNONYMS

anye — many others; ca — also; nadāḥ — rivers; nadyaḥ — small rivers; ca — and; varṣe varṣein each tract of land; santiare; bahuśaḥ — of many varieties; meru-ādi-giri-duhitaraḥ — daughters of the mountains beginning with Meru; śataśaḥin the hundreds.

TRANSLATION

Many other rivers, both big and small, flow from the top of Mount Meru. These rivers are like daughters of the mountain, and they flow to the various tracts of land in hundreds of branches.

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