Due   to   the   assemblage   of   the   groups   of   gods   and   the   sheen
of   their   ornaments,   the   cloudless   firmament   shone   as   if
bearing   a   hundred   blazing   Suns   (22).
 
¢S|S¤maraErggNWm£nWr¢p   c   c·lW:   .
¢v濫ë¢rv   nXæOWrakaSmBväOda      ¡ 23¡

¢S|S¤mar

crocodiles

urggNW:

hordes of serpents

m£nW:

fishes

A¢p

also

c

and

c·lW:

jumping

¢v濫ë:

streaks of lightning

iv

like

nXæOW:

stars

AakaS|

the sky

ABvt¯

shone

tda

then

The   skies   looked   as   if   packed   with   lightning   flashes and
brilliant   stars     due   to   the   crocodiles,   the   snakes   and   the fishes
that   hurtled   in   the   downflow,   with   all   these   hopping   about (23)

paÎf¤rW:   s¢llaEÏp£fW:   k£yImaNW:   smÓtt:   .
SardaB#W¢rvak£NI|   ggn|   h|ss|ÔlvW:            ¡ 24¡

paÎf¤rW:

white

s¢llaEÏp£fW:

the foaming of the waters

k£yImaNW:

spreading

smÓtt:

everywhere

SardaB#W:

clouds in the autumn season

iv	in the manner of

Aak£NI|

suffused

ggn|

the sky

h|ss|ÔlvW:

with flocks of swans

With   foam   spreading   all   over   due   to   the   expanding   water
surface,   the   skies   resembled   the   autumnal   clouds   with   flocks
of   white   swans   spreading   all   over   (24).  
¢cdd#ttr|   ya¢t   k¢zl|   ¢cdaytm¯     .
¢vtt|   ¢cѤÑGt|   ¢cïa¢t   SnW:   SnW:   ¡ 25¡

¢ct¯	in certain places

d#ttr|

with great speed

ya¢t

the flow

k¢zl|

crooked

¢ct¯	at certain places

Aaytm¯

straight

¢vtt|

fallen down

¢ct¯	at some places

uÑGt|

rising up

¢ct¯	at certain places

ya¢t

went

SnW:

slowly

SnW:

slowly

 
The   (flow   of)   Ganga   was very rapid in  some places, meandering
in   others   (curving),   straight   in   yet   other   places,   going   into
lower   levels   and   sometimes   rising   to   higher   levels   in   other
palces,   and   moving   sluggishly   (25).  
s¢llEnWv   s¢ll|   ¢cd×yaht|   p¤n:     .
m¤h^ãÒvIpT|   gÏva   ppat   vs¤Da|   p¤n:   ¡ 26¡

s¢llEn

by water

ev

also

s¢ll|

water

¢ct¯	at some places

A×yaht|

the currents dashing against one another

p¤n:

again

m¤h^:

repeatedly

UÒvIpT|

rising high

gÏva	having coursed

ppat

fell

vs¤Da|

on the earth (ground)

p¤n:

again

 
In   some   places   there   were   currents   and   cross-currents repeatedly,   then   the   waters   rose   high   and   again   fell   on the   earth   (26).  
¢vÝN¤padat¯   p¢rB#¾|   Ôlav¢yÏvEÓѤmÎflm¯    .
tÅCÄðr¢SraEB#¾|   B#¾|   B¥¢mtlE   p¤n:        ¡
ÛyraEct   tda   taEy|   ¢nmIl|   gtkÚmxm¯   ¡ 27¡

¢vÝN¤padat¯

from the feet of Lord Vishnu

p¢rB#¾|

originating

Ôlav¢yÏva

crossing

iÓѤmÎflm¯

the lunar world

tt¯

that

SÄðr¢SraEB#¾|

emereging from the matted locks of Lord Siva

B#¾|	issuing out

B¥¢mtlE

on the earth

p¤n:

again

ÛyraEct

shone

tda

then

taEy|

waters

¢nmIl|

clear

gtkÚmxm¯

capable of destroying all sins

 
Originating   from   the   feet   of   Lord   Vishnu,   crossing   the lunar
world,   escaping   from   the   matted   hair   of   Lord   Siva   and
falling   on   the   earth,   those   waters   then   shone   crystal   clear   
and   was   capable   of   destroying   all   sins   (27).
 
tæO   dEv¢xIgÓDvaI   vs¤Datlva¢sn:      .
BvaÄñp¢tt|   taEy|   p¢væO¢m¢t   pÞp¦S¤:   ¡ 28¡

tæO

there

dEv¢xIgÓDvaI:

the gods, the sages and the Gandharvas

vs¤Datlva¢sn:

inhabitants of the earth

BvaÄñp¢tt|

falling from the body of Lord Siva

taEy|

waters

p¢væO|

sacred

i¢t	thus considering

pÞp¦S¤:

hailed

The   inhabitants   of   the   earth,   gods,   sages   and   Gandharvas,   all
these hailed   those   waters   falling   from   the   body   of   Lord   Siva
as   holy   (28).  
Sapat¯   p#p¢tta   yE   c   ggna¹s¤Datlm¯   .
k]Ïva   tæOa¢BxEk|   tE   bB¥v¤gItkÚmxa:       ¡ 29¡

Sapat¯

due to curses

p#p¢tta:

suffering

yE

those

c

and

ggnat¯

from the celestial regions

vs¤Datlm¯

on to the earth

k]Ïva

having

tæO

there

A¢BxEk|

bath

tE

they

bB¥v¤:

became

gtkÚmxa:

relieved of all sins

Those   who   were   expelled   from   the   celestial   regions   and   were
suffering   on   the   earth   due   to   curses,  having taken  (the ablutory)
bath   in   those   waters,   (they)   were   rendered   sinless   (29).  
D¥tpapa:   p¤nÞtEn   taEyEnaT   s¤BaÞvta        .
p¤nrakaSma¢vÜy   Þvan¯   laEkan¯   p#¢tpE¢drE   ¡ 30¡

D¥tpapa:

shorn of all sins

p¤n:

again

tEn

by those

taEyEn

waters

AT	thereafter

s¤BaÞvta

splendid

p¤n:

again

AakaS|

heavenly regions

Aa¢vÜy

reentering

Þvan¯

their own

laEkan¯

original place of residence

p#¢tpE¢drE

reached

Having   been   purified   of   all   sins   by   those   splendid   waters,
they   thereafter   re-entered   the   heavenly   regions   and   reached
their   original   places   of   residence   (30).