Verse 8·VR 1.42.8

दिलीपस्तु महातेजा यज्ञैर्बहुभिरिष्टवान् | त्रिंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि राजा राज्यमकारयत् || १-४२-८

diliipaH tu mahaatejaa yaGYaiH bahubhiH iShTavaan | triMshat varSha sahasraaNi raajaa raajyam akaarayat || 1-42-8

Translation

That great-resplendent king Dileepa on his part performed numerous Vedic-rituals, and he ruled the kingdom for thirty thousand years - to the delight of each of his subjects, but could not find a way to fetch Ganga. [1-42-8]

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mahaatejaaH

great resplendent

diliipaH tu

Dileepa, on his part

bahubhiH yaGYaiH iSTavaan

performed numerous Vedic rituals

raajaa

king

trimshat varSasahasraaNi

thirty thousand years

raajyam akaarayat

ruled kingdom.

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King Bhageeratha's effort to bring River Ganga to earth

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