Valmiki Ramayana Bala Kanda Sarga 42 Shloka 15

तत: thereafter, पितामह: grandsire, सुरगणै: with groups of devatas, उपागम्य having arrived, अथ thereafter, तप्यमानम् engaged in austerities, महात्मानम् illustrious, भगीरथम् Bhagiratha, अब्रवीत् said.

Thereafter, the Grandsire arrived with the gods and spoke to the noble Bhagiratha engaged in austerities.