Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.9.10

bhagīrathaḥ sa rājarṣir

ninye bhuvana-pāvanīm

yatra sva-pitṝṇāḿ dehā

bhasmībhūtāḥ sma śerate

SYNONYMS

bhagīrathaḥ — King Bhagīratha; saḥ — he; rāja-ṛṣiḥ — the great saintly king; ninye — carried or brought; bhuvana-pāvanīm — mother Ganges, who can deliver the whole universe; yatra — in that place where; sva-pitṝṇām — of his forefathers; dehāḥ — the bodies; bhasmībhūtāḥ — having been burnt to ashes; sma śerate — were lying.

TRANSLATION

The great and saintly king Bhagīratha brought the Ganges, which can deliver all the fallen souls, to that place on earth where the bodies of his forefathers lay burnt to ashes.

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