128 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 17

tatra—there (on top of Mount Meru); caturdhé—into four branches:
bhidyamand—being divided; caturbhih—with four; ndmabhih—
names: catuh-disam—the four directions (east, west, north and south);
abhispandanti—profusely flowing; nada-nadi-patim—the reservoir of
all great rivers (the ocean) ; eva—certainly; abhinivisati—enters; sitd-
alakanandaé—Sita and Alakananda; caksuh—Caksu; bhadré—Bhadra;
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 Sita, Alakananda,
Caksu and Bhadra, flow down to the ocean.

TEXT 6
an ¢ aaacararTaaaiava saisa Tara
— S a

TMA waaratn wad seat fef anaaza
Parfaaft 0 & I
sita tu brahma-sadanat kesardcaladi-giri-sikharebhyo ‘dho ‘dhah
prasravanti gandhamdédana-mirdhasu patitvantarena bhadrasva-
varsam pracyam disi kséra-samudram abhipravisati.

sita—the branch known as Sita; tu—certainly; brahma-sadanat—
from Brahmapuri; kesardcala-ddi—of Kesaracala and of other great
mountains; giri—hills; sikharebhyah—from the tops; adhah adhah—
downward; prasravanti—flowing; gandhamddana—of Gandhamadana
Mountain; mirdhasu—on the top; patitva—falling down; antarena—
within; bhadrdsva-varsam—the province known as Bhadraéva; prd-
cyam—in the western; disi—direction; ksara-samudram—the ocean of
salt water; abhipravisati—enters.

TRANSLATION

The branch of the Ganges known as the Sita flows through

Brahmapuri atop Mount Meru, and from there it runs down to the
