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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.43.4

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: her waters cover them → Brahmā announces that all sixty thousand have reached heaven and will remain there while the ocean endures

1.43.4

sāgarasya jalaṃ loke yāvat sthāsyati pārthiva
sagarasyātmajās tāvat svarge sthāsyanti devavat

As long as the water of the ocean shall remain in the world, O king, so long will Sagara's sons abide in heaven like gods.

Words: sāgarasya — of the ocean; jalaṃ — water; loke — in the world; yāvat — as long as; sthāsyati — will remain, endure; pārthiva — O king; sagarasyātmajās — the sons of Sagara; tāvat — so long; svarge — in heaven; sthāsyanti — will abide, dwell; devavat — like gods

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.