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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 17]
tatra —there (on top of Mount Meru);  caturdhā —into four branches;  bhidyamānā —being divided;  caturbhiḥ —with four;  nāmabhiḥ —names;  catuḥ-diśam —the four directions (east, west, north and south);  abhispandantī —profusely flowing;  nada-nadī-patim —the reservoir of all great rivers (the ocean);  eva —certainly;  abhiniviśati —enters;  sītā-alakanandā —Sītā and Alakanandā;  cakṣuḥ —Cakṣu;  bhadrā —Bhadrā;  iti —known by these names.
TRANSLATION
On top of Mount Meru, the Ganges divides into four branches, each of which gushes in a different direction [east, west, north and south]. These branches, known by the names Sītā, Alakanandā, Cakṣu and Bhadrā, flow down to the ocean.
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सीता तु ब्रह्मसदनात्केसराचलादिगिरिशिखरेभ्यो ऽधोऽधः प्रस्रवन्ती गन्धमादनमूर्धसु पतित्वान्तरेण भद्राश्ववर्षं प्राच्यां दिशि क्षारसमुद्रम भिप्रविशति ॥ ६ ॥
sītā tu brahma-sadanāt kesarācalādi-giri-śikharebhyo 'dho 'dhaḥ prasravantī gandhamādana-mūrdhasu patitvāntareṇa bhadrāśva- varṣam prācyām diśi kṣāra-samudram abhipraviśati.
sītā —the branch known as Sītā;  tu —certainly;  brahma-sadanāt —from Brahmapurī;  kesarācala-ādi —of Kesarācala and of other great mountains;  giri —hills;  śikharebhyaḥ —from the tops;  adhaḥ adhaḥ —downward;  prasravantī —flowing;  gandhamādana —of Gandhamādana Mountain;  mūrdhasu —on the top;  patitvā —falling down;  antareṇa —within;  bhadrāśva-varṣam —the province known as Bhadrāśva;  prācyām —in the western;  diśi —direction;  kṣāra-samudram —the ocean of salt water;  abhipraviśati —enters.
TRANSLATION
The branch of the Ganges known as the Sītā flows through Brahmapurī atop Mount Meru, and from there it runs down to the