Verse 1·VR 1.44.1

स गत्वा सागरं राजा गंगयानुगतस्तदा | प्रविवेश तलं भूमेर्यत्र ते भस्मसात्कृताः || १-४४-१

sa gatvaa saagaram raajaa gaMgayaa anugatas tadaa | pravivesha talam bhuumeH yatra te bhasmasaat kR^itaaH || 1-44-1

Translation

"King Bhageeratha followed by Ganga has gone to the ocean-like ditch which is dredged up by the sons of Sagara, and entered the subterranean of earth where the sons of Sagara are rendered to ashes." Thus Vishvamitra continued his narration about the Descent of Ganga. [1-44-1]

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saH raajaa tadaa

he [Bhageeratha,] king, then

gangayaa \t\t\tanugataH

followed by Ganga

saagaram gatvaa

having gone to \t\t\tocean - ocean-like ditch

yatra

where

te

they - sons of Sagara

bhasmasaat kR^itaaH

made as ashes \t\t\t; there

bhuumeH talam pravivesha

entered earth's substratum \t\t\t.

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44

Brahma commends Bhageeratha

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