गङ्गां चापि नयन्ति स्म दुहितृत्वे महात्मनः॥ ततस्तुष्टो महातेजाः श्रोत्राभ्यामसृजत् प्रभुः। तस्माज्जह्वसुता गङ्गा प्रोच्यते जाह्नवीति च॥
gaṅgāṃ cāpi nayanti sma duhitṛtve mahātmanaḥ|| tatastuṣṭo mahātejāḥ śrotrābhyāmasṛjat prabhuḥ| tasmājjahvasutā gaṅgā procyate jāhnavīti ca||
English Meaning
And that highly energetic lord, being propitiated, let Ganga off through his ears. Therefore it is that Gangā goes by the name of Jahnu's daughter.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)