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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 9]
yatra sva-pitṛṇāṁ dehā bhasmībhūtāḥ sma śerate
bhagīrathaḥ—King Bhagīratha; saḥ—he; rāja-ṛṣiḥ—the great saintly king; ninye—carried or brought; bhuvana-pāvanīm—mother Ganges, who can deliver the whole universe; yatra—in that place where; sva-pitṛṇām—of his forefathers; dehāḥ—the bodies; bhasmībhūtāḥ—having been burnt to ashes; sma śerate—were lying.
TRANSLATION
The great and saintly king Bhagīratha brought the Ganges, which can deliver all the fallen souls, to that place on earth where the bodies of his forefathers lay burnt to ashes.
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रथेन वायुवेगेन प्रयान्तमनुधावती । देशान् पुनन्ती निर्दग्धानासिञ्चत् सगरात्मजान् ॥११॥
rathena vāyu-vegena prayāntam anudhāvatī deśān punantī nirdagdhān āsiñcat sagarātmajān
rathena—on a chariot; vāyu-vegena—driving at the speed of the wind; prayāntam—Mahārāja Bhagīratha, who was going in front; anudhāvatī—running after; deśān—all the countries; punantī—sanctifying; nirdagdhān—who had been burnt to ashes; āsiñcat—sprinkled over; sagara-ātmajān—the sons of Sagara.
TRANSLATION
Bhagīratha mounted a swift chariot and drove before mother Ganges, who followed him, purifying many countries, until they reached the ashes of Bhagīratha's forefathers, the sons of Sagara, who were thus sprinkled with water from the Ganges.