Indeed, Ganga, having faine and vast extent and at one with the entire universe and respected by the deities headed by Indra, the Munis, and human beings, is competent to grant the fruition of all their wishes io them who are blind, to them who are idiots, and to them who are destitute of all things.
अन्धान् जडान् द्रव्यहीनांश्च गङ्गा यशस्विनी बृहती विश्वरूपा। देवैः सेन्ट्रैर्मुनिभिर्मानवैश्च निषेविता सर्वकामैथुनक्ति ॥