Valmiki Ramayana Bala Kanda Sarga 43 Shloka 40
Original Shlokaभगीरथोऽपि राजर्षि: गङ्गामादाय यत्नत:। पितामहान् भस्मकृतानपश्यद्दीनचेतन:।।1.43.40।।
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English Translation
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.
English Commentary
Rajarshi Bhagiratha, having brought Ganga with supreme efforts, saw with a sad heart his grandfathers reduced to ashes.