प्रेक्षामि सरितां श्रेष्ठां सम्मान्यसलिलां शिवाम्। देवमानवगन्धर्वमृगपन्नगपक्षिणाम् ॥
prekṣāmi saritāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ sammānyasalilāṃ śivām| devamānavagandharvamṛgapannagapakṣiṇām ||
English Meaning
I see (before me) the foremost of streams, whose waters are honoured (by all) and which is sacred to celestials and men and Gandharvas and beasts and serpents and fowls.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)