स्रोतोभि: सप्तभिर्या वै स्वर्धुनी सप्तधा व्यधात् । सप्तानां प्रीतये नाना सप्तस्रोत: प्रचक्षते ॥ ५२ ॥
srotobhih saptabhir ya vai svardhuni saptadha vyadhat saptanam pritaye nana sapta-srotah pracaksate
- srotobhih
- by currents
- saptabhih
- by seven (divisions)
- ya
- the river
- vai
- certainly
- svardhuni
- the sacred Ganges
- saptadha
- seven branches
- vyadhat
- created
- saptanam
- of the seven
- pritaye
- for the satisfaction of
- nana
- various
- sapta-srotah
- seven sources
- pracaksate
- known by name.
The place is called Saptasrota (divided by seve) because there the waters of the sacred Ganges were divided into seven branches. This was done for the satisfaction of the seven great rsis.