Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 43: Gaṅgā Descends to the Earth
Text 1.43.27
क्वचिद्द्रुततरं याति कुटिलं क्वचिदायतम्।
विनतं क्वचिदुद्भूतं क्वचिद्याति शनैः शनैः॥
kvacid drutataraṁ yāti kuṭilaṁ kvacid āyatam
vinataṁ kvacid udbhūtaṁ kvacid yāti śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
kvacit = sometimes; drutataram = fast; yāti = Gaṅga went; kuṭilam kvacit = sometimes she went in crooked pathways; āyatam = sometimes she went straight; vinatam kvacit = sometimes she stooped below and faltered; udbhūtam = sometimes she raised forth by slipping on stones; kvacit = and sometimes; yāti = she went; śanaiḥ śanaiḥ = slow.
Sometimes Gaṅga went fast. Sometimes she went in crooked pathways. Sometimes she went straight. Sometimes she stooped below and faltered, sometimes she raised forth by slipping on stones, and sometimes she went slow.