Chapter 43 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 43.5

अचिन्तयच्च सा देवी गङ्गा परमदुर्धरा॥ विशाम्यहं हि पातालं स्रोतसा गृह्य शंकरम्।

acintayacca sā devī gaṅgā paramadurdharā|| viśāmyahaṃ hi pātālaṃ srotasā gṛhya śaṃkaram|

English Meaning

And that divine one, Gangă, exceedingly difficult to sustain, thought, ‘I will enter the nether regions, carrying off Sankara by my streams.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)