O!   Depressor   of   foes!   The   bringing   down   to   earth   of
the   Ganga   has   been   achieved   by   you   and   you   have   established   the refuge   for   meritorious   deeds   in   a   great   way   (13).

ÔlavyÞv   ÏvmaÏman|   nraEäOm   sdaE¢ctE     .
s¢llE   p¤âxÛyaG#   S¤¢c:   p¤ÎyPlaE   Bv   ¡ 14¡

ÔlavyÞv

dive deep for a bath

Ïv|

you

AaÏman|

your body

nraEäOm

O! Best among men!

sda

always

u¢ctE

famed

s¢llE

waters

p¤âxÛyaG#

O! Best among men!

S¤¢c:

pure

p¤ÎyPl:

result of meritorious deeds

Bv	may you become

 
O!   Best   among   men!   May   you   always   perform   ablutory   bath
in   these   famed   waters   by   taking   a   dip.   You   will   become   pure
and   achieve   the   result   of   the   meritorious   deeds   (14).
 
¢ptamhana|   svIxa|   kâÝv   s¢ll¢@yam¯        ¡     
Þv¢Þt  tE{Þt¤   g¢mÝya¢m  Þv|  laEk|  gØyta|  n¦p¡ 15¡
¢|b:ptamhana|     |?b: for your ancestors

svIxa|

to all

kâÝv

do

s¢ll¢@yam¯

water oblations

Þv¢Þt

prosperous

tE

you

AÞt¤

may be

g¢mÝya¢m

am going

Þv|

my

laEk|

world

gØyta|

may you also leave

n¦p

O! King!

May   you   perform   the   water   oblations   to   all   your   ancestors.
May   you   be   prosperous.   I   am   now   returning   to   my   abode.
O!   King!   May   you   also   depart'   (15).
 
iÏyEvm¤?va   dEvES:   svIlaEk¢ptamh:      .
yTa{{gt|   tTa{gÅCêEvlaEk|   mhaySa:  ¡ 16¡

i¢t

so

ev|

like this

u?va

saying

dEvES:

the god of gods

svIlaEk¢ptamh:

the creator of all the worlds

yTa

the way

Aagt|

had come

tTa	in the same way

AgÅCt¯

left

dEvlaEk|

the world of the gods

mhaySa:

of great fame

So   saying,   the   Lord   of   the   worlds,   the   Grandsire,   the   one   of   wide fame,returned  to   the   world   of   the   gods,   the   way   he   had   come   (16).
 
Bg£rTaE{¢p   raj¢xI:   k]Ïva   s¢llm¤äOmm¯   .
yTa@m|   yTaÓyay|   sagraNa|   mhaySa:     ¡ 17¡

Bg£rT:

Bhagiratha

A¢p

also

raj¢xI:

the royal sage

k]Ïva

having performed the oblations

s¢ll|

with water

uäOmm¯

holy

yTa@m|

in proper order

yTaÓyay|

as laid down

sagraNa|

for the sons of Sagara

mhaySa:

of great reputation

k]taEdk:   S¤c£   raja   Þvp¤r|   p#¢vvES   h   .
sm¦ÑGaTaI   nr½E¿     ÞvraÇy|   p#SSas   h    ¡ 18¡

k]taEdk:

having performed water oblations

S¤¢c:

in a state of purity

raja

the king

Þvp¤r|

his capital city

p#¢vvES

entered

h	lo and behold

sm¦ÑGaTI:

having achieved his task

nr½E¿

O! Best among men!

ÞvraÇy|

his own kingdom

p#SSas

ruled over

h	it is said

O!   Best   among   men!   The   royal   sage   Bhagiratha   too,   having
performed   the   sacred   water-oblations   to   the   sons   of   Sagara,
as   injuncted   and   as   per   procedure,   having   completed   the   rituals,
becoming   pure   and   earning   wide   fame,   entered   his
capital   city.   What   a   wonder!   Thereafter,   with   no   anxiety,
he   ruled   over   the   kingdom.   Behold!   (17-18).
 
p#m¤maEd   c   laEkÞt|   n¦pmasaï   raGv   .
n¾SaEk:   sm¦ÑGaTaI   bB¥v   ¢vgtÇvr:     ¡ 19¡

p#m¤maEd

rejoiced

c

and

laEk:

the world

t|

that

n¦p|

the king

Aasaï

having approached

raGv	O! Raghava!

n¾SaEk:

relieved of suffering

sm¦ÑGaTI:

plentiful

bB¥v

became

¢vgtÇvr:

free from fear

O!   Raghava!   Having   been   blessed   with   that   king,   the   people
were   extremely   happy,   with   no   sufferings,   rid   of   fear   and
highly   prosperous   (19).

ex   tE   ram   gÄñaya   ¢vÞtraE{¢B¢htaE   mya   .
Þv¢Þt   p#ap"¤¢h   Bd#|   tE   sÓÒyakalaE{¢tvtItE   ¡ 20¡

ex:

this

tE

to you

ram

O! Rama!

gÄñaya:

of Ganges

¢vÞtr:

extensive episode

A¢B¢ht:

narrated

mya

my

Þv¢Þt

wellbeing

p#ap"¤¢h

may be with you

Bd#|	auspiciousness

tE

to you

sÓÒyakal:

the twilight

A¢tvtItE

is fast approaching

 
O!   Rama!   The   episode   of   yonder   Ganga   has   been   narrated   by   me
to   you.   May   you   be   auspicious.   May   you   prosper.   The   twilight
time   is   round   the   corner   (20).
 
DÓy|   ySÞymay¤Ýy|  p¤æy|  ÞvÂyImTa¢p  c   .
y:   ½avy¢t   ¢vp#Ex¤   X¢æOyE¢ÝvtrEx¤   c     ¡
p#£yÓtE   ¢ptrÞtÞy   p#£yÓtE   dWvta¢n   c   ¡ 21¡

DÓy|	capable of bestowing prosperity

ySÞy|

of conferring fame

Aay¤Ýy|

of long life

p¤æy|

of progeny

ÞvÂyI|

of heaven

AT

then

A¢p

also

c

and

y:

whoever

½avy¢t

discourses to

¢vp#Ex¤

among Brahmins

X¢æOyEx¤

among the warrior class

itrEx¤

and others

c

and

p#£yÓtE

become happy

¢ptr:

ancestors

tÞy

his

p#£yÓtE

become happy

dWvta¢n

all the gods

c

and

idmaÁyanmÛyg#|   gÄñavtrN|   S¤Bm¯             .
y: ½¦NaE¢t  c  kakt¯ÞT  svaIn¯  kamanvap"¤yat¯  ¡22¡

id|

this

AaÁyan|

story

AÛyg#|

with sincerity

gÄñavtrN|

bringing Ganges to earth

S¤Bm¯

auspicious

y:

whoever

½¦NaE¢t

listens to

c

and

kakt¯ÞT

O! Kakutstha!

svaIn¯

all

kaman¯

desires

Avap"¤yat¯

will achieve

svI   papa:   p#NÜy¢Ót   Aay¤:   k£¢tIà   vDItE  ¡ 23¡

svI

all

papa:

sins

p#NÜy¢Ót

are destroyed

Aay¤:

lifespan

k£¢tI:

fame

c

and

vDItE

increases

 
O!   Scion   of   the   Kakutstha   dynasty!   Whoever   will   cause   this
auspicious   episode   of   bringing   Ganga   to   earth,   which   is
capable   of   bestowing   prosperity,   conferring   long   life,   wide   fame,
blessing   with   offspring,   provider   of   heaven,   being   heard   by
the   teacher   class,   the   warrior   class,   and   others,   his   ancestors
become   pleased   as   also   all   the   gods   are   pleased.   Whoever,
reverentially   listens   to   this   episode,   he   will   attain   all
his   desires   and   be   cleansed   of   all   his   sins,   his   life-span
lengthens   and   his   reputation   soars   (21-23).  
iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE   ct¤àÏva¢r|S:   sgI:¡44¡
Thus   ends   Canto   44   of   the   Bala   Kanda   of  the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work  Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki