`How   did   she   spread   out   into   the   three   worlds   and   finally
empty   into   the   great   ocean   ?   '   (11).
 
caE¢dtaE   ramvaÀyEn   ¢váa¢mæOaE   mham¤¢n:   .
v¦¢ÑG|   jÓm   c   gÄñaya   v³mEvaEpc@mE   ¡12¡

caE¢dt:

prompted by

ramvaÀyEn

the words of Rama

¢váa¢mæO:

Viswamitra

mham¤¢n:

the eminent sage

v¦¢ÑG|

the growth

jÓm

the birth

c

and

gÄñaya:

of the Ganga

v³|

relating

ev

also

upc@mE

commenced

 
That   great   sage   Viswamitra,   prompted   by   the   words   of   Rama,
commenced   relating   the   birth   and   growth   of   Ganga   (12).
 
SWlEÓd#aE   ¢hmva°am   Dat¥namakraE   mhan¯   .
tÞy   kÓya¹y|   ram   ãpENap#¢tm|   B¤¢v   ¡13¡ 

SWlEÓd#:

best of mountains

¢hmvan¯

Himavan

nam

known as

Dat¥na|

all the ores

Aakr:

repository of

mhan¯

great

tÞy

to him

kÓya¹y|

two daughters

ram

O! Rama!

ãpEN

in form

Ap#¢tm|

unrivalled

B¤¢v	in the world

`O!Rama!   The   great   Himalayas   is   the   king   among   mountains
and   the   repository   of   all   metallic   ores;   he   had   two   daughters,
who   were   unequalled   in   beauty   in   the   world   (13).  
ya   mEâѤ¢hta   ram   tyaEmaIta   s¤mÒyma   .
naØna   t¤   mEnka   nam   pÏn£   ¢hmvt:   ¢p#ya   ¡14¡

ya

who

mEâѤ¢hta

the daughter of Meru

ram

O! Rama!

tyaE:

of those two

mata

mother

s¤mÒyma

of slender waist

naØna

named

t¤

verily

mEnka

Menaka

nam	well known

pÏn£	wife (of Himavan)

¢hmvt:

of Himavan

¢p#ya

dear

O!   Rama!   The   daughter   of   Mount   Meru,   Menaka   by   name,   of
slender-waist,   and   the   dear   wife   of   Himavan,   is   the   mother   of
these   two   girls   (14).  
tÞya|   gÄña   smBvj¯ÇyE¿a   ¢hmvt:   s¤ta   .
uma   nam   ¢¹t£ya{B¥°aØna   tÞyWv   raGv   ¡15¡

tÞya|

in her

gÄña

Ganga

smBvt¯

was born

ÇyE¿a

the elder

¢hmvt:

to Himavan

s¤ta

daughter

uma

Uma

nam

famous

¢¹t£ya

second

AB¥t¯

was

naØna

named

tÞy

to him

ev

also

raGv	O! Raghava!

 
O!   Raghava!   In   her,   Ganga   was   the   elder   daughter   to   Himavan.
For   him,   the   second   (daughter)   was   Uma,   by   name   (15).
 
AT   ÇyE¿a|   s¤ra:   svI   dEvtaTI¢ck£xIya   .
SWlEÓd#|   vryamas¤gIÄña|   ¢æOpTga|   nd£|   ¡16¡

AT

then

ÇyE¿a|

the elder

s¤ra:

the gods

svI

all

dEvtaTI¢ck£xIya

for achieving their end

SWlEÓd#|

the king of the mountains

vryamas¤:

sought

gÄña|

Ganga

¢æOpTga|

one who courses in a threefold path

nd£|

river

 
When   things   were   like   this,   all   the   gods,   for   achieving
their   end,   sought   the   elder   (daughter)   Ganga,   who   courses
in   a   three-fold   path,   from   the   king   of   the   mountains   (16).
 
ddaW   DmIN   ¢hmva|Þtnya|   laEkpavn£m¯   .
ÞvÅCÓdpTga|   gÄña|   æOWlaEÀy¢htkaØyya   ¡17¡

ddaW

gave away

DmIN	through righteous acts

¢hmvan¯

Himavan

tnya|

daughter

laEkpavn£m¯

purifier of the worlds

ÞvÅCÓdpTga|

taking any course she wished

gÄña|

Ganga

æOWlaEÀy¢htkaØyya

desirous of the welfare of all the three worlds

Desirous   of   doing   welfare   to   the   three   worlds,   through   an
act   of   righteousness,   Himavan   gave   away   his   daughter   Ganga,
who   is   the   purifier   of   the   worlds   and   taking   any   course   as
she   wished   (17).
 
p#¢tg¦/   ¢æOlaEkaTI|   ¢æOlaEk¢htka¢rN:   .
gÄñamaday   tE{gÅCÓk]taTInaÓtraÏmna   ¡18¡

p#¢tg¦/

having acepted

¢æOlaEkaTI|

for the good of the three worlds

¢æOlaEk¢htka¢rN:

those intent on the welfare of the three worlds

gÄña|

Ganga

Aaday

taking

tE

they

AgÅCn¯

left

k]taTIn

having satisfaction of accomplishing the task

AÓtraÏmna

inner being

 
Those   (gods),   intent   on   doing   good   to   the   three   worlds,
accepting   Ganga   for   the   sake   of   the   three   worlds,   left
with   minds   satisfied   on   attainig   their   objective   (18).
 
ya   caÓya   SWlѤ¢hta   kÓya{{s£d#G¤nÓdn   .
ug#|   sa   v#tmaÞTay   tpÞtEpE   tpaEDna   ¡19¡

ya

who

c

and

AÓya

the other

SWlѤ¢hta

the daughter of the mountain

kÓya

maiden

Aas£t¯

was

rG¤nÓdn

O! Delight of the Raghu race!

ug#|	very intense

sa

she

v#t|

penance

AaÞTay

observing

tp:	austerities

tEpE

performed

tpaEDna

having penance alone as her wealth

 
O!   Delight   of   the   Raghu   race!   The   other   daughter   of   the
mountain,   who   was   a   maid,   engaged   herself   in severe penance,
observing   vows   and   considering   penance  alone  as  her wealth (19).  
ug#EN   tpsa   y¤³a|   ddaW   SWlvr:   s¤tam¯   .
âd#ayap#¢tãpay   uma|   laEknmÞk]tam¯   ¡20¡

ug#EN

severe

tpsa

penance

y¤³a|

associated with

ddaW	gave (in marriage)

SWlvr:

the chief among mountains

s¤tam¯

daughter

âd#ay

to Rudra

Ap#¢tãpay

of unparalleled charm

uma|

Uma

laEknmÞk]ta|

revered by the entire world

The   chief   among   mountains   gave   (in   marriage)   his   daughter
Uma,   who   was   engaged   in   severe   penance   and   revered   by
the entire   world   to   Rudra   of   umparalleled   charm   (20).
 
etE   tE   SWlrajÞy   s¤tE   laEknmÞk]tE   .
gÄña   c   s¢rta|   ½E¿a   uma   dEv£   c   raGv   ¡21¡ 

etE

these

tE

two

SWlrajÞy

of the king of mountains

tE

daughters

laEknmÞk]tE

revered by the world

gÄña

Ganga

c

and

s¢rta|

among rivers

½E¿a	the superior

uma

Uma

dEv£

goddess

c

and

raGv	O! Raghava!

 
O!   Raghava!   These   two   are   revered   by   the   world,   the   best
among   rivers   Ganga   and   Goddess   Uma,   who   are   the   daughters
of   the   king   of   mountains   (21).
 
etäOE   svImaÁyat|   yTa   ¢æOpTga   nd£   .
K|   gta   p#Tm|   tat   g¢t|   g¢tmta|   vr   ¡22¡

ett¯

this

tE

to you

svI|

all

AaÁyat|

narrated

yTa	for what reason

¢æOpTga

three-stranded

nd£

river

K|	in the upper world

gta

attained

p#Tm|

at first

tat

child!

g¢t|

pottering

g¢tmta|

of those of lovely gait

vr

superior

O!   Dear!   O!   Best   among   those   of   pretty   gait!   For   what
reason   the   three-stranded   river   first   entered   the   upper
world,   all   about   that   (episode) has been narrated to you    (22).
 
sWxa   s¤rnd£   rØya   SWlEÓd#Þy   s¤ta   tda   .
s¤rlaEk|   smaãFa   ¢vpapa   jlva¢hn£   ¡23¡ 

sa

that

exa

this

s¤rnd£

heavenly river

rØya

beautiful

SWlEÓd#Þy

of the best among mountains

s¤ta

daughter

tda	in those days

s¤rlaEk|

the upper world

smaâFa

ascended

¢vpapa

free from all sins

jlva¢hn£

with copious water

 
That   beautiful   river,   the   daughter   of   the   best   among
mountains,   free   from   all   sins,   with   copious   water,   having
become   a   heavenly   river,   ascended   to   the   upper   world,   in
those   days   (23).
 
iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE   p·¢æO|S:  sgI:¡35¡
Thus   ends   Canto   35   of   the   Bala   Kanda   of  the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work  Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki