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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.41.14

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 41: Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task. Aṃśumat & Dilīpa leave the ancestral task unfinished, Bhagīratha wins permission for Gaṅgā’s descent and learns that Śiva must receive her

In the sequence: after thousands of years Brahmā appears with the Suras and offers a boon

1.41.14

tataḥ suragaṇaiḥ sārdham upāgamya pitāmahaḥ
bhagīrathaṃ mahātmānaṃ tapyamānam athābravīt

Then the Grandsire, coming together with the hosts of gods, said to the great-souled Bhagīratha as he performed his austerities:

Words: tataḥ — then; suragaṇaiḥ — with the hosts of gods; sārdham — together with; upāgamya — having approached, come near; pitāmahaḥ — the Grandsire; bhagīrathaṃ — Bhagīratha; mahātmānaṃ — the great-souled; tapyamānam — performing austerity; athābravīt — then said

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.