Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.9.1

śrī-śuka uvāca

aḿśumāḿś ca tapas tepe

gańgānayana-kāmyayā

kālaḿ mahāntaḿ nāśaknot

tataḥ kālena saḿsthitaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; aḿśumān — the king named Aḿśumān; ca — also; tapaḥ tepe — executed austerity; gańgā — the Ganges; ānayana-kāmyayā — with a desire to bring the Ganges to this material world to deliver his forefathers; kālam — time; mahāntam — for a long duration; na — not; aśaknot — was successful; tataḥ — thereafter; kālena — in due course of time; saḿsthitaḥ — died.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: King Aḿśumān, like his grandfather, performed austerities for a very long time. Nonetheless, he could not bring the Ganges to this material world, and thereafter, in due course of time, he died.

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