तथैवालकनन्दा दक्षिणेन ब्रह्मसदनाद्बहूनि गिरिकूटान्यतिक्रम्य हेमकूटाद्धैमकूटान्यतिरभसतररंहसा लुठयन्ती भारतमभिवर्षं दक्षिणस्यां दिशि जलधिमभिप्रविशति यस्यां स्नानार्थं चागच्छत: पुंस: पदे पदेऽश्वमेधराजसूयादीनां फलं न दुर्लभमिति ॥ ९ ॥
tathaivalakananda daksinena brahma-sadanad bahuni giri-kutany atikramya hemakutad dhaimakutany ati-rabhasatara-ramhasa luthayanti bharatam abhivarsam daksinasyam disi jaladhim abhipravisati yasyam snanartham cagacchatah pumsah pade pade ’svamedha-rajasuyadinam phalam na durlabham iti.
- tatha eva
- similarly
- alakananda
- the branch known as Alakananda
- daksinena
- by the southern side
- brahma-sadanat
- from the city known as Brahmapuri
- bahuni
- many
- giri-kutani
- the tops of mountains
- atikramya
- crossing over
- hemakutat
- from Hemakuta Mountain
- haimakutani
- and Himakuta
- ati-rabhasatara
- more fiercely
- ramhasa
- with great force
- luthayanti
- plundering
- bharatam abhivarsam
- on all sides of Bharata-varsa
- daksinasyam
- in the southern
- disi
- direction
- jaladhim
- the ocean of salt water
- abhipravisati
- enters into
- yasyam
- in which
- snana-artham
- for bathing
- ca
- and
- agacchatah
- of one who is coming
- pumsah
- a person
- pade pade
- at every step
- asvamedha-rajasuya-adinam
- of great sacrifices like the Asvamedha yajna and Rajasuya yajna
- phalam
- the result
- na
- not
- durlabham
- very difficult to obtain
- iti
- thus
Similarly, the branch of the Ganges known as Alakananda flows from the southern side of Brahmapuri (Brahma-sadana). Passing over the tops of mountains in various lands, it falls down with fierce force upon the peaks of the mountains Hemakuta and Himakuta. After inundating the tops of those mountains, the Ganges falls down onto the tract of land known as Bharata-varsa, which she also inundates. Then the Ganges flows into the ocean of salt water in the south. Persons who come to bathe in this river are fortunate. It is not very difficult for them to achieve with every step the results of performing great sacrifices like the Rajasuya and Asvamedha yajnas.