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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.35.4

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

1.35.4

kathaṃ gaṅgāṃ tripathagā viśrutā sariduttamā
triṣu lokeṣu dharmajña karmabhiḥ kaiḥ samanvitā

How is Gaṅgā, best of rivers, renowned as the three-pathed one in the three worlds, O knower of dharma — by what deeds is she attended?”

Words: kathaṃ — how; gaṅgāṃ — Gaṅgā; tripathagā — the three-pathed (epithet); viśrutā — renowned, famed; sariduttamā — best of rivers; triṣu — in the three; lokeṣu — worlds; dharmajña — O knower of dharma; karmabhiḥ — with deeds; kaiḥ — which, what; samanvitā — endowed, attended

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.