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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.42.22

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 42: Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair. Śiva catches the falling river in his matted hair, Bhagīratha wins her release and leads the purifying waters across the earth

In the sequence: Bhagīratha drives ahead in a divya syandana (divine chariot) → Gaṅgā follows wherever he leads, accompanied by rejoicing heavenly beings and creatures of the water.

1.42.22

devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ sarve daityadānavarākṣasāḥ
gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ

All the gods with the hosts of seers, the daityas, dānavas and rākṣasas, the foremost of gandharvas and yakṣas, together with kiṃnaras and great serpents,

Words: devāḥ — the gods; sarṣigaṇāḥ — with the hosts of seers; sarve — all; daityadānavarākṣasāḥ — daityas, dānavas and rākṣasas; gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ — the foremost of gandharvas and yakṣas; sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ — together with kiṃnaras and great serpents

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.