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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.42.6

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 again propitiates Śiva, who releases her toward Lake Bindu

1.42.6

anena toṣitaś cāsīd atyarthaṃ raghunandana
visasarja tato gaṅgāṃ haro bindusaraḥ prati

By this (Bhagīratha) was Hara greatly propitiated, O joy of the Raghus; and then Hara released Gaṅgā toward Lake Bindu.

Words: anena — by this (one), by him; toṣitaś — propitiated, pleased; cāsīd — and was; atyarthaṃ — exceedingly, greatly; raghunandana — O joy of the Raghus; visasarja — released, let go; tato — then; gaṅgāṃ — Gaṅgā; haro — Hara (Śiva); bindusaraḥ — Lake Bindu (Bindusaras); prati — toward

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.