Chapter 43 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 43.25

तस्यावलेपनं ज्ञात्वा क्रुद्धो जह्वश्च राघव॥ अपिबत् तु जलं सर्वं गङ्गायाः परमाद्भुतम्। ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वा ऋषयश्च सुविस्मिताः॥ पूजयन्ति महात्मानं जहुँ पुरुषसत्तमम्।

tasyāvalepanaṃ jñātvā kruddho jahvaśca rāghava|| apibat tu jalaṃ sarvaṃ gaṅgāyāḥ paramādbhutam| tato devāḥ sagandharvā ṛṣayaśca suvismitāḥ|| pūjayanti mahātmānaṃ jahu~ puruṣasattamam|

English Meaning

Thereat, O Rāghava, reading her insolence, Jahnu, waxing wroth, drank up all her wonderful waters. Thereupon, the deities, and the Gandharvas, and the saints, struck with amazement fell to worshipping that foremost of men, the high-souled Jahnu.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)