Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.9.4

ko 'pi dhārayitā vegaḿ

patantyā me mahī-tale

anyathā bhū-talaḿ bhittvā

nṛpa yāsye rasātalam

SYNONYMS

kaḥ — who is that person; api — indeed; dhārayitā — who can sustain; vegam — the force of the waves; patantyāḥ — while falling down; me — of me; mahī-tale — upon this earth; anyathā — otherwise; bhū-talam — the surface of the earth; bhittvā — piercing; nṛpa — O King; yāsye — I shall go down; rasātalam — to Pātāla, the lower part of the universe.

TRANSLATION

Mother Ganges replied: When I fall from the sky to the surface of the planet earth, the water will certainly be very forceful. Who will sustain that force? If I am not sustained, I shall pierce the surface of the earth and go down to Rasātala, the Pātāla area of the universe.

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