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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.35.3

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses. The Devas interrupt Śiva & Umā’s union, his released energy transforms the earth through Agni & Vāyu, Umā curses the Devas and the earth

In the sequence: The brothers ask for the fuller account of Gaṅgā's three paths

1.35.3

vistaraṃ vistarajño 'si divyamānuṣasaṃbhavam
trīn patho hetunā kena pāvayel lokapāvanī

You know the matter in full; (tell) in detail her origin among gods and men. For what reason does the purifier of the worlds purify the three paths?

Words: vistaraṃ — the detail, full account; vistarajño 'si — you know in detail; divyamānuṣasaṃbhavam — her origin among gods and men; trīn — three; patho — paths; hetunā — by (what) reason, cause; kena — what, by which; pāvayel — does she purify; lokapāvanī — the purifier of the worlds

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.