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Verse 43.40

Sarga 43

भगीरथोऽपि राजर्षि: गङ्गामादाय यत्नत:। पितामहान् भस्मकृतानपश्यद्दीनचेतन:।।1.43.40।।

bhagīratho'pi rājarṣi: gaṅgāmādāya yatnata:. pitāmahān bhasmakṛtānapaśyaddīnacetana:..1.43.40..

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English Translation

"Rajarshi Bhagiratha, having brought Ganga with supreme efforts, saw with a sad heart his grandfathers reduced to ashes."

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Word Meanings

राजर्षि: royal saint, भगीरथोऽपि Bhagiratha also, यत्नत: with supreme efforts, गङ्गाम् Ganga, आदाय having brought, दीनचेतन: with grieved mind, भस्मकृतान् reduced to ashes, पितामहान् grand fathers, अपश्यत् beheld.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 43

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43.40