Verse 5·VR 1.42.5

दिलीपस्तु महातेजाः श्रुत्वा पैतामहं वधम् | दुःखोपहतया बुद्ध्या निश्चयं नाध्यगच्छत || १-४२-५

diliipaH tu mahaatejaaH shrutvaa paitaamaham vadham | duHkha upahatayaa buddhyaa nishcayam na adhyagacChata || 1-42-5

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The great resplendent Dileepa on hearing the elimination of his grandfathers, the sixty thousand sons of Sagara at the hand of sage Kapila, and with a mind that is marred by the plight of his father Amshuman in absolving the souls of Sagara's sons, he that Dileepa could not arrive at any decision concerning the descent of Ganga. [1-42-5]

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mahaatejaaH diliipaH tu

great resplendent, Dileepa, \t\t\ton his part

paitaamaham vadham shrutvaa

on hearing grandfather's [sixty thousand sons of Sagara] elimination

duhkhopahatayaa buddhyaa

with a mind marred by agony - at the plight \t\t\tof his father Amshuman

nishcayam na adhyagacChata

not arrived at decision.

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42

King Bhageeratha's effort to bring River Ganga to earth

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