Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 91: Bharadvāja’s Hospitality to Bharata, His Army and FamilyText 2.91.14
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 91: Bharadvāja’s Hospitality to Bharata, His Army and Family
Text 2.91.14
प्राक्स्रोतसश्च या नद्यः प्रत्यक्स्रोतस एव च।
पृथिव्यामन्तरिक्षे च सहायान्त्वद्य सर्वशः॥
prāk-srotasaś ca yā nadyaḥ pratyak-srotasa eva ca
pṛthivyām antarikṣe ca sahāyāntv adya sarvaśaḥ
prāk-srotasaḥ = flowing eastward; ca = and; yāḥ nadyaḥ = the rivers; pratyak-srotasaḥ eva ca = westward; pṛthivyām = on earth; antarikṣe = in outer space; ca = and; saha-āyāntu = may simultaneously come [here]; adya = now; sarvaśaḥ = all.
May all the rivers flowing eastward and westward, on earth and in outer space, simultaneously come [here] now.1
1 “Simultaneously,” not one by one.
The sage then states what these rivers should do in the next verse.