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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.13.52
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 52
- srotobhiḥ saptabhir yā vai
- svardhunī saptadhā vyadhāt
- saptānāṁ prītaye nānā
- sapta-srotaḥ pracakṣate
srotobhiḥby currents — by currents; saptabhiḥby seven (divisions) — by seven (divisions); yāthe river — the river; vaicertainly — certainly; svardhunīthe sacred Ganges — the sacred Ganges; saptadhāseven branches — seven branches; vyadhātcreated — created; saptānāmof the seven — of the seven; prītayefor the satisfaction of — for the satisfaction of; nānāvarious — various; saptaseven sources-srotaḥseven sources — seven sources; pracakṣateknown by name — known by name.
The place is called Saptasrota ["divided by seven"] because there the waters of the sacred Ganges were divided into seven branches. This was done for the satisfaction of the seven great ṛṣis.