Verse 4·VR 1.35.4

अयं शोणः शुभजलोऽगाधः पुलिनमण्डितः | कतरेण पथा ब्रह्मन् संतरिष्यामहे वयम् || १-३५-४

ayam shoNaH shubha jalo gaadhaH pulina maNDitaH | katareNa pathaa brahman saMtariShyaamahe vayam || 1-35-4

Translation

"This River Sona is with auspicious waters and even adorned with dunes, where it is so deep. Oh, Brahman, in which of the two ways, namely by fordless waters or by fordable water with dunes, we have to cross this river?" [1-35-4]

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brahman

oh Brahman

shubhajalaH

one with \t\t\tauspicious waters

pulinamaNDitaH

decorated with - overspread with sand-dunes,

ayam shoNaH

this, [river] Sona

agaadhaH

so deep

vayam katareNa pathaa

we, in which \t\t\tof the two, ways

samtariSyaamahe

very, easily cross it \t\t\tover - rather, without a boat

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Legend of River Ganga

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