O descendant of the Bharata race, as soon as they were born, they were one after the other thrown into the river by Ganga, who said, when she threw them into the stream. “ This is done for your good.”
जातं जातं च सा पुत्रं क्षिपत्यम्भसि भारत। प्रीणाम्यहं त्वामित्युक्त्वा गङ्गा स्रोतस्यमज्जयत्॥