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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.43.17
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: Bhagīratha performs the rites, returns purified to his capital, and rules to the people's joy
1.43.17
bhagīratho 'pi rājarṣiḥ kṛtvā salilam uttamam
yathākramaṃ yathānyāyaṃ sāgarāṇāṃ mahāyaśāḥ
kṛtodakaḥ śucī rājā svapuraṃ praviveśa ha
And the illustrious royal seer Bhagīratha, having made the excellent water-offering for the sons of Sagara in due order and proper manner — his libation performed and himself purified — entered his own city.
Words: bhagīratho — Bhagīratha; 'pi — also, and; rājarṣiḥ — the royal seer; kṛtvā — having made; salilam — the water(-offering); uttamam — excellent, best; yathākramaṃ — in due order; yathānyāyaṃ — in proper manner; sāgarāṇāṃ — for the sons of Sagara; mahāyaśāḥ — of great renown; kṛtodakaḥ — having made the water-libation; śucī — purified, clean; rājā — the king; svapuraṃ — his own city; praviveśa — entered; ha — indeed
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.