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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.37.5

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 37: Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons. Sagara’s wives choose one dynastic heir or sixty thousand sons, the many grow in ghee-filled pots while Asamañja is banished for killing children

In the sequence: Sagara undertakes austerity at Bhṛguprasravaṇa, “Bhṛgu’s cascade,” in the Himālaya with his wives Keśinī, a Vidarbha princess, and Sumati, daughter of Ariṣṭanemi

1.37.5

tābhyāṃ saha tadā rājā patnībhyāṃ taptavāṃs tapaḥ
himavantaṃ samāsādya bhṛguprasravaṇe girau

With those two wives the king then performed austerities, having betaken himself to Himavat, on the mountain at Bhṛgu's cascade.

Words: tābhyāṃ — with those two; saha — together with; tadā — then; rājā — the king; patnībhyāṃ — with (his two) wives; taptavāṃs — performed; tapaḥ — austerity; himavantaṃ — Himavat (the Himālaya); samāsādya — having reached, betaken himself to; bhṛguprasravaṇe — at Bhṛgu's cascade (loc.); girau — on the mountain (loc.)

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.