O!   Rama!   On   the   death   of   Sagara,   the   ministers   settled   upon
the   extremely   righteous   Amsuman   to   be   the   (next)   king   (1).  
s   raja   s¤mhanas£d|S¤man¯   rG¤nÓdn      .
tÞy   p¤æOaE   mhanas£¢êl£p   i¢t   ¢v½¤t:   ¡ 2¡

s:

he

raja

king

s¤mhan¯

very great

As£t¯

was

A|S¤man¯

Amsuman

rG¤nÓdn

O! Darling of the Raghu race!

tÞy

his

p¤æO:

son

mhan¯

great

Aas£t¯

was

¢dl£p:

Dilipa

i¢t

thus

¢v½¤t:

famous

O!   Delight   of   the   Raghu   race!   That   Amsuman   was   a   very
great   king.   He   begot   a   famous   and   great   son   named   Dilipa   (2).
 
t¢Þmn¯   raÇy|   smavEÜy     ¢dl£pE   rG¤nÓdn   .
¢hmv¢ÅCKrE   rØyE   tpÞtEpE   s¤daâNm¯          ¡ 3¡

t¢Þmn¯

in him (Dilipa)

raÇy|

kingdom

smavEÜy

entrusting

¢dl£pE

in Dilipa

rG¤nÓdn

the delight of the Raghu race!

¢hmvt¯

of the Himalayas

¢SKrE

on the peak

rØyE

charming

tp:

penance

tEpE

observed

s¤daâNm¯

extremely arduous

 
O!   Delight   of   the   Raghu   race!   Having   coronated   that Dilipa
as   the   king,   (Ansuman)   engaged   in   extremely   arduous
penance   in   the   delectable   peak   of   mount   Himalayas   (3).
 
¹a¢æO|SÅc   sh*a¢N   vxaI¢N   s¤mhaySa:     .
tpaEvngtaE     raja   ÞvgI|   lEBE   tpaEDn:   ¡ 4¡

¹a¢æO|St¯

thirty-two

c

verily

sh*a¢N

thousands of

vxaI¢N

years

s¤mhaySa:

of great fame

tpaEvngt:

staying in the penancegrove

raja

the king

ÞvgI|

heavenly regions

lEBE

attained

tpaEDn:

the one having penance for his riches

 
That   extremely   famous   king,   whose   wealth   consisted   of only   his   penance,   having   been   in   (penance)   the   penance-grove for   thirty   thousand   years,   attained   heaven   (4).  
¢dl£pÞt¤   mhatEja:   ½¤Ïva   pWtamh|   vDm¯   .
Ѥ:KaEphtya   b¤ÑGYa     ¢này|   na¢DgÅC¢t   ¡ 5¡

¢dl£p:

Dilipa

t¤	on his part

mhatEja:

of great effulgence

½¤Ïva

coming to know

pWtamh|

of the grandfathers'

vDm¯

death

Ѥ:KaEphtya

struck with sorrow

b¤ÑGYa

mind

¢này|

further steps

n

not

A¢DgÅC¢t

able to formulate

 
That   supremely   radiant   Dilipa   too,   having   learnt   about
the   death   of   his   grand   fathers,   greatly   stricken   with
grief   did   not   (for   their   salvation)   find   any   way   out   (5).  
kT|   gÄñavtrN|   kT|   tExa|   jl¢@ya     .
taryEy|   kT|   cWna¢n¢t   ¢cÓtapraE{Bvt¯   ¡ 6¡

kT|

how

gÄñavtrN|

bringing Ganga down could be

kT|

how

tExa|

their

jl¢@ya

oblations with waters could be

taryEy|

may I ford

kT|

how

c

and

enan¯

these

i¢t

thus

¢cÓtapr:

lost in thought

ABvt¯

(he) became

 
He   was   drowned   in   the   thoughtful   anxiety   thus:   `How   can
Ganga   be   made   to   fall   downwards   ?   How   can   they   be
propitiated   with   waters   (from   Ganga)   ?   How   can   I
make   these   ferry   across   (the   worldly   bonds)   ?'   (6).
 
tÞy   ¢cÓtytaE   ¢nÏy|   DmIN   ¢v¢dtaÏmn:   .
p¤æOaE   Bg£rTaE   nam   jåOE   prmDa¢mIk:       ¡ 7¡

tÞy

his

¢cÓtyt:

anxiously thinking

¢nÏy|

always

DmIN	in the right path

¢v¢dtaÏmn:

knower of reality

p¤æO:

son

Bg£rT:

Bhagiratha

nam

named

jåOE

was born

prmDa¢mIk:

righteous to the core

In   this   way,   always   in   righteous   thought   and   in   anxiety,
for   him   who   was   also   a   realised   soul,   there   was   born   a
son   by   name   Bhagiratha,   who   was   extremely   righteous   (7).  
¢dl£pÞt¤     mhatEja   yMWbIh^¢B¢r¾van¯   .
¢æO|S¹xIsh*a¢N   raja   raÇymkaryt¯   ¡ 8¡  

¢dl£p:

Dilipa

t¤	on his part

mhatEja:

of great radiance

yMW:	through sacrifices

bh^¢B:

many in number

i¾van¯

performed

¢æO|St¯

thirty

vxIsh*a¢N

thousand years

raja

the king

raÇy|

kingdom

Akaryt¯

ruled over

Greatly   resplendent,   king   Dilipa   also   ruled   over   the   country
for   thirty   thousand   years,   performing   many   sacrifices   (8).
 
AgÏva   ¢này|   raja   tExam¤ÑGrN|   p#¢t   .
Ûya¢Dna   nrSaÑ¥Il   kalDmIm¤pE¢yvan¯       ¡ 9¡

AgÏva

unable to reach

¢này|

a definite course of action

raja

the king

tExa|

in their

uÑGrN|

salvation

p#¢t

for

Ûya¢Dna

struck by disease

nrSaѥIl

O! tiger among men!

kalDmI|

the rule of time

upE¢yvan¯

met

 
O!   Tiger   among   men!   Without   finding   a   way   to   uplift   them,
the   king   struck   by   disease,   met   his   end   (9).  
iÓd#laEk|   gtaE   raja   Þva¢jItEnWv   kmINa   .
raÇyE   Bg£rT|   p¤æOm×y¢x·°rxIBm¯           ¡ 10¡  

iÓd#laEk|

the world of Indra

gt:

went

raja

king

Þva¢jItEn

acquired by himself

ev

alone

kmINa

deeds

raÇyE

in the kingdom

Bg£rT|

Bhagiratha

p¤æO|

son

A×y¢x·t¯

coronated

nrxIBm¯

the bull among men

Due   to   (the   merit   of)   his   own   (good)   deeds,   the   king   attained
the   world   of   Indra,   having   coronated   his   son   Bhagiratha,   a   bull
among   men,   as   the   heir   to   the   throne   (10).