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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.41.2

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: The people choose Aṃśumat as King after Sagara's death → he eventually entrusts the Kingdom to his son Dilīpa and practices austerity in the Himālaya for thirty-two thousand years before reaching heaven

1.41.2

sa rājā sumahān āsīd aṃśumān raghunandana
tasya putro mahān āsīd dilīpa iti viśrutaḥ

That king Aṃśumat was very great, O joy of the Raghus; his son too was great, renowned as Dilīpa.

Words: sa — that; rājā — king; sumahān — very great; āsīd — was; aṃśumān — Aṃśumat; raghunandana — O joy of the Raghus; tasya — his; putro — son; mahān — great; āsīd — was; dilīpa — Dilīpa; iti — so, thus; viśrutaḥ — renowned, famed

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.