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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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स्रोतोभिः सप्तभिर्या वै स्वर्धुनी सप्तधा व्यधात्
सप्तानां प्रीतये नाना सप्तस्रोतः प्रचक्षते
srotobhiḥ saptabhir yā vai
svardhunī saptadhā vyadhāt
saptānāṁ prītaye nānā
sapta-srotaḥ pracakṣate
WORD BY WORD
srotobhiḥ — by currents; saptabhiḥ — by seven (divisions); yā — the river; vai — certainly; svardhunī — the sacred Ganges; saptadhā — seven branches; vyadhāt — created; saptānām — of the seven; prītaye — for the satisfaction of; nānā — various; sapta-srotaḥ — seven sources; pracakṣate — known by name;
TRANSLATION
 | 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.
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PURPORT
| | This verse has not purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda.
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