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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 17]
bhadrā —the branch known as Bhadrā;  ca —also;  uttarataḥ —to the northern side;  meru-śirasaḥ —from the top of Mount Meru;  nipatitā —having fallen;  giri-śikharāt —from the peak of Kumuda Mountain;  giri-śikharam —to the peak of Nila Mountain;  atihāya —passing over as if not touching;  śṛṅgavataḥ —of the mountain known as Śṛṅgavān;  śṛṅgāt —from the peak;  avasyandamānā —flowing;  uttarān —the northern;  tu —but;  kurūn —the land known as Kuru;  abhitaḥ —on all sides;  udīcyām —in the northern;  diśi —direction;  jaladhim —the ocean of salt water;  abhipraviśati —enters into.
TRANSLATION
The branch of the Ganges known as Bhadrā flows from the northern side of Mount Meru. Its waters fall onto the peaks of Kumuda Mountain, Mount Nila, Śveta Mountain and Śṛṅgavān Mountain in succession. Then it runs down into the province of Kuru and, after crossing through that land, flows into the salt-water ocean in the north.
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तथैवालकनन्दा दक्षिणेन ब्रह्मसदनाद्वहूनि गिरिकूटान्यतिक्रम्य हेमकूटाद्वैमकूटान्यतिरभसतररंहसा लुठयन्ती भारतमभिवर्षं दक्षिणस्यां दिशि जलधिमभिप्रविशति यस्यां स्नानार्थं चागच्छतः पुंसः पदे पदेऽश्वमेधराज- म्बयादीनां फलं न दुर्लभमिति ॥९॥
tathaivālakanandā dakṣiṇena brahma-sadanād bahūni giri-kūṭāny atikramya hemakūṭād dhaimakūṭāny ati-rabhasatara-raṁhasā luṭhayantī bhāratam abhivarṣaṁ dakṣiṇasyāṁ diśi jaladhim abhipraviśati yasyāṁ snānārthaṁ cāgacchataḥ puṁsaḥ pade pade 'śvamedha-rājasūyādīnāṁ phalaṁ na durlabham iti.
tathā eva —similarly;  alakanandā —the branch known as Alaka- nandā;  dakṣiṇena —by the southern side;  brahma-sadanāt —from the city known as Brahmapurī;  bahūni —many;  giri-kūṭāni —the tops of mountains;  atikramya —crossing over;  hemakūṭāt —from Hemakūṭa Mountain;  haimakūṭāni —and Himakūṭa;  ati-rabhasatara —more