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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 13]
TEXT 52
स्रोतोमिः सप्तमिर्या वै स्वर्धुनी सप्तधा व्यघात् । सप्तानां प्रीतये नाना सप्तस्रोतः प्रचक्षते ॥५२॥
srotobhiḥ saptabhir yā vai svardhunī saptadhā vyadhāt saptānām prītaye nāmā sapta-srotaḥ pracakṣate
srotobhiḥ —by currents;  saptabhiḥ —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;  nāmā —various;  sapta-srotaḥ —seven sources;  pracakṣate —known by name.
TRANSLATION
The place is called Saptasrota (divided by seven) because there the waters of the sacred Ganges divide into seven branches. This was done for the satisfaction of the seven great rṣis.
TEXT 53
स्नात्वानुसवनं तस्मिन्दुत्वा चाग्नीन्यथाविधि । अब्मक्ष उपशान्तात्मा स आस्ते विगतैषणः ॥५३॥
snātvānusavanam tasmin hutvā cāgnīn yathāvidhi abbhakṣa upaśāntātmā sa āste vigataiṣaṇaḥ
snātvā —by taking bath;  anusavanam —regularly three times (morning, noon and evening);  tasmin —in that Ganges divided into seven;  hutvā —by performing the  Agni-hotra  sacrifice;  ca —also;  agnīn —in the fire;  yathā-vidhi —just according to the tenets of the scripture;  abbhakṣaḥ —fasting by drinking only water;  upaśānta —completely controlled;  ātmā —the gross senses and the subtle mind;  saḥ —Dhṛtarāṣtra;  āste —would be situated;  vigata —devoid of;  eṣaṇaḥ —thoughts in relation with family welfare.
TRANSLATION
On the banks at Saptasrota, Dhṛtarāṣtra is now engaged in beginning aṣṭāṇga-yoga by bathing three times daily, in the morning, noon and evening, by performing the  Agnihotra  sacrifice with fire and by drinking only water. This helps one control the mind and the senses and frees one completely from thoughts of familial affection.