O sky ranger, whether the stomach be empty or full, there is no special time to come to this foremost of all rivers, the Ganges, whether it is night or day.
भुक्तो वाप्यथवाभुक्तो रात्रावहनि खेचर। न कालनियमो ह्यस्ति गङ्गां प्राप्य सरिद्वराम्॥