Verse 9·VR 1.24.9

तस्मात् सुस्राव सरसः सायोध्यामुपगूहते || १-२४-९ सरः प्रवृत्ता सरयूः पुण्या ब्रह्मसरश्च्युता | तस्यायमतुलः शब्दो जाह्नवीमभिवर्तते || १-२४-१० वारिसंक्षोभजो राम प्रणामं नियतः कुरु |

tasmaat susraava sarasaH saa ayodhyaam upaguuhate || 1-24-9 saraH pravR^ittaa sarayuuH puNyaa brahma saraH cyutaa | tasya ayam atulaH shabdo jaahnaviim abhivartate || 1-24-10 vaari saMkShobhajo raama praNaamam niyataH kuru |

Translation

"That river which spontaneously flows out of that Maanasa Lake surrounds Ayodhya city is this one, the River Sarayu. Because this has originated from a lake, saraH, this is known as Sarayu. And because it flows from Brahma's Lake it is a merited river. This is the remarkable noise of such a Sarayu River in its coursing towards River Ganga, generated by the collision of their waters, and Rama, offer regards to these rivers, respectfully." So said Vishvamitra to the princes. [1-24-9b, 10, 11a]

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yaa

which river]

tasmaat

from it [from that lake]

susraava

spontaneously, flowed out; that is this

sarasaH

River Sarayu

saa ayodhyaam upaguuhate

that [the river,] surrounds Ayodhya

saraH pravR^ittaa sarayuuH

[because] from sara [lake,] originated, [it is called] Sarayu river

brahmasaraH cchyutaa

from Brahma's, lake, flowed out

puNyaa

merited [river]

jaahnaviim abhivartate

coursing towards River Ganga

tasya

its [Sarayu river's]

ayam atulaH shabdaH

this is, the remarkable, noise

vaarisamkSobhajaH

generated by waters collision; Rama

praNaamam niyataH kuru

respectfully offer regards.

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24

The legend of demoness Tataka

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