Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.13.52

srotobhih saptabhir yā vai

svardhunī saptadhā vyadhāt

saptānām prītaye nānā

sapta-srotah pracakshate

SYNONYMS

srotobhih — by currents; saptabhih — by seven (divisions); yā — the river; vai — certainly; svardhunī — the sacred Ganges; saptadhā — seven branches; vyadhāt — created; saptānām — of the seven; prītaye — for the satisfaction of; nānā — various; sapta-srotah — seven sources; pracakshate — known by name.

TRANSLATION

The place is called Saptasrota ["divided by seven"] because there the waters of the sacred Ganges were divided into seven branches. This was done for the satisfaction of the seven great rishis.

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