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The Descent of the River Ganges
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nearby peaks of the Kesarācala Mountains, which stand almost as high as Mount Meru itself. These mountains are like a bunch of filaments around Mount Meru. From the Kesarācala Mountains, the Ganges falls to the peak of Gandhamādana Mountain and then flows into the land of Bhadrāśva-varṣa. Finally it reaches the ocean of salt water in the west.
TEXT 7
एवं माल्यवच्छिखरान्निष्पतन्ती ततो ऽनुपरतवेगा केतुमालमभि चक्षुः प्रतीच्यां दिशि सरित्पतिं प्रविशति ॥७॥
evam mālyavac-chikharān niṣpatanti tato 'nuparata-vegā ketumālam abhi cakṣuḥ pratīcyām diśi sarit-patim praviśati.
evam —in this way;  mālyavat-śikharāt —from the top of Mālyavān Mountain;  niṣpatanti —falling down;  tataḥ —thereafter;  anuparata-vegā —whose force is uninterrupted;  ketumālam abhi —into the land known as Ketumāla-varṣa;  cakṣuḥ —the branch known as Cakṣu;  pratīcyām —in the West;  diśi —direction;  sarit-patim —the ocean;  praviśati —enters into.
TRANSLATION
The branch of the Ganges known as Cakṣu falls onto the summit of Mālyavān Mountain and from there cascades onto the land of Ketumāla-varṣa. The Ganges flows incessantly through Ketumāla-varṣa and in this way also reaches the ocean of salt water in the West.
TEXT 8
मद्रा चोत्तरतो मेरुशिरसो निपतिता गिरिशिखराद्विरिशिखरमतिहाय शृङ्गवतः शृङ्गादवसन्दमाना उत्तरांस्तु कुरूनभित उदीच्यां दिशि जलधिमभिप्रविशति ॥८॥
bhadrā cottarato meru-śiraso nipatitā giri-śikharād giri-śikharam atihāya śṛngavataḥ śṛngād avasyandamānā uttarāms tu kurūn abhita udīcyām diśi jaladhim abhipraviśati.