Chapter 31 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 31.18

ते यूयमवागहध्वं नर्मदां शर्मदां शुभाम्। सार्वभौममुखा मत्ता गङ्गामिव महागजाः॥

te yūyamavāgahadhvaṃ narmadāṃ śarmadāṃ śubhām| sārvabhaumamukhā mattā gaṅgāmiva mahāgajāḥ||

English Meaning

Therefore like to Särvabhauma and other infuriated elephants going down into the water of the Ganges, do you descend into the water of Narmadā conferring auspiciousness and health.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)