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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.41.24

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: Brahmā agrees but explains that the earth cannot withstand Gaṅgā's fall → only Śiva can receive her force → after speaking to the King and Gaṅgā, Brahmā departs.

1.41.24

tam evam uktvā rājānaṃ gaṅgāṃ cābhāṣya lokakṛt
jagāma tridivaṃ devaḥ saha sarvair marudgaṇaiḥ

Having spoken thus to the king and having addressed Gaṅgā, the maker of the worlds, the god, went to heaven with all the hosts of the Maruts.

Words: tam — him; evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; rājānaṃ — the king; gaṅgāṃ — Gaṅgā; cābhāṣya — and having addressed; lokakṛt — the maker of the worlds; jagāma — went; tridivaṃ — to heaven (the third heaven); devaḥ — the god; saha — with; sarvair — all; marudgaṇaiḥ — with the hosts of the Maruts

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.