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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.41.8

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 many sacrifices and thirty thousand years of rule, Dilīpa installs Bhagīratha and dies of illness, his purpose still unfulfilled. Bhagīratha too is childless

1.41.8

dilīpas tu mahātejā yajñair bahubhir iṣṭavān
triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi rājā rājyam akārayat

The mighty Dilīpa offered many sacrifices, and the king ruled the kingdom for thirty thousand years.

Words: dilīpas — Dilīpa; tu — and, but; mahātejā — the mighty, of great splendour; yajñair — with sacrifices; bahubhir — many; iṣṭavān — offered, sacrificed; triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi — thirty thousand years; rājā — the king; rājyam — the kingdom; akārayat — ruled, governed

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.