Chapter 35 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 35.6

ते गत्वा दूरमध्वानं गतेऽर्धदिवसे तदा। जाह्नवीं सरितां श्रेष्ठां ददृशुर्मुनिसेविताम्॥

te gatvā dūramadhvānaṃ gate'rdhadivase tadā| jāhnavīṃ saritāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ dadṛśurmunisevitām||

English Meaning

Having proceeded far, when the day had been half spent, they beheld that foremost of streams, the Jahnavi, worshipped by ascetics.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)