SB 5.17.10

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fifth Canto - Chapter 17: The Descent of the River Ganges

SB 5.17.9 - SB 5.17.11

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 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.

SB 5.17.9 - SB 5.17.11