Text 8] The Descent of the River Ganges 129
nearby peaks of the Kesaracala Mountains, which stand almost as
high as Mount Meru itself. These mountains are like a bunch of
filaments around Mount Meru. From the Kesaracala Mountains,
the Ganges falls to the peak of Gandhamadana Mountain and then
flows into the land of Bhadrasva-varsa. Finally it reaches the ocean
of salt water in the west.
TEXT 7

ot Measured dat = sqaaan qa aa:
seiteat fafa aftate sfaarta ill
evar malyavac-chikharan nispatanti tato ‘nuparata-vega ketumdlam
abhi caksuh praticydm disi sarit-patim pravisati.

evam—in this way: mdlyavat-sikharat—from the top of Malyavan
Mountain; nispatanti—falling down: tatah—thereafter: anuparata-
vega—whose force is uninterrupted: ketumdlam abhi—into the land
known as Ketumiala-varsa; caksuh—the branch known as Caksu:
praticyam—in the West; disi—direction; sarit-patim—the ocean; pra-
visati—enters into.

TRANSLATION

The branch of the Ganges known as Caksu falls onto the summit
of Malyavan Mountain and from there cascades onto the land of
Ketumila-varsa. The Ganges flows incessantly through Ketumala-
varsa and in this way also reaches the ocean of salt water in the
West.

TEXT 8

aa ara Aoi fanaa hieraafkRraatter aaa:
TACAASAAl Std Feats sdieat Ry aofsahatsata
KAT
bhadra cottarato meru-Siraso nipatita giri-sikharad giri-sikharam
atihaya srigavatah smigad avasyandamané uttarams tu kurin abhita
udicyam disi jaladhim abhipravisati.
