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Chapter 17: The Descent of the River Ganges

Verse 10 of 23
SB 5.17.10

अन्ये च नदा नद्यश्च वर्षे वर्षे सन्ति बहुशो मेर्वादिगिरि दुहितरः शतशः.

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

Synonyms

anyemany others; caalso; nadāḥrivers; nadyaḥsmall rivers; caand; varṣe varṣein each tract of land; santiare; bahuśaḥof many varieties; meru-ādi-giri-duhitaraḥdaughters 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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