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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.41.4

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

1.41.4

dvādtriṃśac ca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇi sumahāyaśāḥ
tapovanagato rājā svargaṃ lebhe tapodhanaḥ

And for thirty-two thousand years the illustrious king, gone to the penance-grove and rich in austerity, dwelt (there and) attained heaven.

Words: dvādtriṃśac — thirty-two; ca — and; sahasrāṇi — thousands; varṣāṇi — years; sumahāyaśāḥ — of very great renown; tapovanagato — gone to the penance-grove; rājā — the king; svargaṃ — heaven; lebhe — attained, obtained; tapodhanaḥ — rich in austerity (whose wealth is penance)

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.