Having said to that great river, the sage, pleased and filled with joy, then praised her in these words. Hear them duly, O king!
इत्युक्त्वा स तु तुष्टाव वचोभिर्वै महानदीम्॥ प्रीतः परमहृष्टात्मा यथावच्छृणु पार्थिव।