← 1.43.13 · Bāla Kāṇḍa 43: Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand · 1.43.15 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.43.14

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 43: Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand. The waters cover the sixty thousand’s ashes and raise them to heaven, Brahmā names Gaṅgā Bhāgīrathī & Tripathagā and Bhagīratha completes the ancestral rites

In the sequence: he instructs Bhagīratha to bathe and make the offerings, then departs

1.43.14

plāvayasva tvam ātmānaṃ narottama sadocite
salile puruṣavyāghra śuciḥ puṇyaphalo bhava

Bathe yourself, O best of men, in this ever-fitting water, O tiger among men, and become pure, with holy reward.

Words: plāvayasva — bathe, immerse; tvam — you; ātmānaṃ — yourself; narottama — O best of men; sadocite — ever-fitting, always suitable (loc.); salile — in the water (loc.); puruṣavyāghra — O tiger among men; śuciḥ — pure, clean; puṇyaphalo — having holy reward; bhava — become, be

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.