Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 43: Gaṅgā Descends to the Earth
Text 1.43.41
ततस्तुष्टो महातेजाः श्रोत्राभ्यामसृजत्पुनः।
tatas tuṣṭo mahā-tejāḥ śrotrābhyām asṛjat punaḥ
tataḥ = after she was made his daughter; tuṣṭaḥ = was satisfied; mahā-tejāḥ = the sage of great prowess; śrotrābhyām = through his ears; asṛjat = he released her; punaḥ = then.
After she was made his daughter, the sage of great prowess was satisfied. He then released her through his ears.
Among the apertures of a man’s body, the purest apertures are the ears. Therefore he released her through his ears.