Canto 5: The Creative Impetus | Chapter 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 varṣe — in each tract of land; santi — are; bahuśaḥ — of many varieties; meru-ādi-giri-duhitaraḥ — daughters of the mountains beginning with Meru; śataśaḥ — in 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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