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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.34.14

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 34: Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters. Himavat gives Gaṅgā to the Devas for the worlds’ welfare, while Umā undertakes austerity and marries Śiva

In the sequence: Rāma asks how Gaṅgā came to travel through the three worlds. Viśvāmitra explains that Himavat and Menā, daughter of Meru, had two daughters: Gaṅgā the elder and Umā the younger

1.34.14

tasyāṃ gaṅgeyam abhavaj jyeṣṭhā himavataḥ sutā
umā nāma dvitīyābhūt kanyā tasyaiva rāghava

Of her this Gaṅgā was born, the elder daughter of Himavat; and Umā by name was his second daughter, O Rāghava.

Words: tasyāṃ — of her, in her; gaṅgeyam — this Gaṅgā; abhavaj — was born, came to be; jyeṣṭhā — eldest, elder; himavataḥ — of Himavat; sutā — daughter; umā — Umā; nāma — by name; dvitīyābhūt — was the second; kanyā — daughter; tasyaiva — his very; rāghava — O Rāghava

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.