तत्र चतुर्धा भिद्यमाना चतुर्भिर्नामभिश्चतुर्दिशमभिस्पन्दन्ती नदनदीपतिमेवाभिनिविशति सीतालकनन्दा चक्षुर्भद्रेति ॥ ५ ॥
tatra caturdha bhidyamana caturbhir namabhis catur-disam abhispandanti nada-nadi-patim evabhinivisati sitalakananda caksur bhadreti.
- tatra
- there (on top of Mount Meru)
- caturdha
- into four branches
- bhidyamana
- being divided
- caturbhih
- with four
- namabhih
- names
- catuh-disam
- the four directions (east, west, north and south)
- abhispandanti
- profusely flowing
- nada-nadi-patim
- the reservoir of all great rivers (the ocean)
- eva
- certainly
- abhinivisati
- enters
- sita-alakananda
- Sita and Alakananda
- caksuh
- Caksu
- bhadra
- Bhadra
- iti
- known by these names
On top of Mount Meru, the Ganges divides into four branches, each of which gushes in a different direction (east, west, north and south). These branches, known by the names Sita, Alakananda, Caksu and Bhadra, flow down to the ocean.