कैलास-मन्दाकिनी-स्वच्छोदा-लौहित्य-सरयू-उद्गमवर्णनम्
Kailāsa and the Origins of Mandākinī, Svacchodā, Lauhitya, and Sarayū
ततो विसृज्यमानायाः स्रोत स्तत्सप्तधा गतम् / तिस्रः प्ताचीमिमुखं प्रतीचीं तिस्र एव तु
tato visṛjyamānāyāḥ srota statsaptadhā gatam / tisraḥ ptācīmimukhaṃ pratīcīṃ tisra eva tu
Then, as she was released, the river’s current flowed forth in seven streams: three turned eastward, and three indeed went westward.