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Sarga 35: The Origin of Ganga
Ganga Utpatti
Reaching the banks of the Ganga, Rama asks Vishvamitra to tell her story; the sage relates how Ganga and Uma, daughters of Himavan and Mena, were given to the gods and to Rudra respectively, and how Ganga ascended to heaven for the good of the three worlds.
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Shloka 35.23Word-by-word available
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथा त्रिपथगा नदी। खं गता प्रथमं तात गतिं गतिमतां वर।।1.35.23।।
Meaning
I have told you all this, dear one, of how the three-coursing river first attained the path of the sky, best of the moving.
Shloka 35.24Word-by-word available
सैषा सुरनदी रम्या शैलेन्द्रस्य सुता तदा। सुरलोकं समारूढा विपापा जलवाहिनी।।1.35.24।।
Meaning
This lovely divine river, daughter of the lordly mountain, then ascended to the world of the gods, sinless and flowing with water.