पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - O Ganga, ever flowing stream of water, life and life energy, Yamuna, stream that joins others and flows, Sarasvati, stream of abundant water and light of life, Shutudri, fast flowing stream of water and energy, Marudvrdha, stormy stream of water, prana and passion for life, Arjikiya, overflooding stream of life breaking over the banks, along with Parushni, sparkling stream flowing through stages, and Sushoma, stream of peace and vitality deep as the fathomless ocean, Asikni and Vistasta may all listen to this song of homage of mine and bless life.$Note: It is said that the words from Ganga to Sushoma are names of ten particular streams. It is not so. According to Yaska and Swami Dayananda, Veda is universal knowledge, there is no history and no geography in this body of knowledge. If particular streams are called by these names, the names were derived from the Vedas in which those name-words already existed, and the name-word and the characteristics of the stream corresponded. For this very correspondence, certain nerves, arteries and veins in the body also were named after these Vedic words. Pandit Jaya Deva Sharma in his translation of Rgveda (published Arya Sahitya Mandala, Ajmer, 1936, vol. 7, p. 131) quotes from a Kerala manuscript on music the following: