मन्दाकिनीमिन्दुनिभां कालिन्दीं चोत्पलामलाम् । सरस्वतीं शतद्रूं च चन्द्रभागामिरावतीम् ॥ ३३ ॥
mandākinīmindunibhāṁ kālindīṁ cōtpalāmalām | sarasvatīṁ śatadrūṁ ca candrabhāgāmirāvatīm || 33 ||
Translation
the Mandākinī, bright as the moon; the Kālindī, pure with its lotuses; the Sarasvatī, the Śatadrū, the Candrabhāgā and the Irāvatī;
Word by word
- mandākinīm
- the Mandākinī
- indu
- the moon
- nibhāṁ
- bright as
- kālindīṁ
- the Kālindī
- ca
- and
- utpala
- with its lotuses
- amalām
- pure
- sarasvatīṁ
- the Sarasvatī
- śatadrūṁ
- the Śatadrū
- candrabhāgām
- the Candrabhāgā
- irāvatīm
- the Irāvatī
Meaning
The rivers of the north. The Mandākinī is the Gaṅgā; the Kālindī is the Yamunā; the Śatadrū, Candrabhāgā and Irāvatī are the rivers of the Punjab now called the Sutlej, the Chenab and the Ravi.