Note 38 — Chapter XIX · DEATH OF BABURAM BABU.
G. D. (George Devereux) Oswell translation
To die conscious in the full possession of all his faculties is regarded as of supreme importance with a Hindoo, and as ensuring a happy hereafter; even though a Hindoo may not be dying in the waters of the sacred Ganges, if he is able to ask the question as he dies— Is this the Ganges that I am dying in? ’tis enough: the priest in attendance will reply: It is the Ganges.