merit-bestowing

Updated: May 28, 2025

There, O Yudhishthira, the sacred Bhagiratha entereth a lake and there also, O king, is that sacred river known by the name of the merit-bestowing Brahmasara, whose banks are inhabited by persons whose sins have been washed away, and whose sight alone produceth merit.

- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1: Books 1, 2 and 3

There, O Yudhishthira, the sacred Bhagiratha entereth a lake and there also, O king, is that sacred river known by the name of the merit-bestowing Brahmasara, whose banks are inhabited by persons whose sins have been washed away, and whose sight alone produceth merit.

- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose : Vana Parva, Part 1