imāḥ somya nadyaḥ purastāt prācyaḥ syandante paścāt pratīcyaḥ tāḥ samudrāt samudram evāpiyanti sa samudra eva bhavati tā yathā tatra na vidur iyam aham asmīyam aham asmīti
'These rivers, my son, run, the eastern (like the Gangâ) toward the east, the western (like the Sindhu) toward the west. They go from sea to sea (i.e. the clouds lift up the water from the sea to the sky, and send it back as rain to the sea). They become indeed sea. And as those rivers, when they are in the sea, do not know, I am this or that river,