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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.43.19

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: Viśvāmitra ends the Gaṅgā story as twilight passes and declares the blessings of hearing it.

1.43.19

eṣa te rāma gaṅgāyā vistaro 'bhihito mayā
svasti prāpnuhi bhadraṃ te saṃdhyākālo 'tivartate

This, O Rāma, is the full account of Gaṅgā that I have told you. Fare well; blessings on you — the hour of twilight is passing.

Words: eṣa — this; te — to you; rāma — O Rāma; gaṅgāyā — of Gaṅgā; vistaro — the full account, detail; 'bhihito — told, related; mayā — by me; svasti — well-being, hail; prāpnuhi — attain, obtain; bhadraṃ — welfare, blessing; te — to you; saṃdhyākālo — the twilight hour; 'tivartate — is passing, elapsing

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.