- and while being burnt with the fire of god Shiva compounded with that of yours my life-force is very highly tortured.' He who consumes fire-oblations on behalf of all the gods, then the Fire-god ( Agni - dev ), on seeing the miserable condition of river Ganga, spoke this to her,..... -[1-37-16]
- ''you may lay away that embryo here at the side of Himalayan Mountains.' So said Fire-god to River Ganga. On hearing the words of Fire-god, Ganga then..... - [1-37-17]
- ejected that great-radiant embryo of Shiva from all her rills and channels, Oh ! glorious, sinless one, (Rama). Which refulgent embryo with the glitter of molten gold emerged from River Ganga reached..... - [1-37-18]
- earth, and from that the silver, and even the gold with its matchless dazzle emerged. In that process, copper and iron were also generated from that combustion..... - [1-37-19]
- of fires of Shiva and Fire-god, and the residua became tin and lead, and thus that embryo on reaching the earth evolved itself into various other elements also. [1-37-20]