Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.9.2

dilīpas tat-sutas tadvad

aśaktaḥ kālam eyivān

bhagīrathas tasya sutas

tepe sa sumahat tapaḥ

SYNONYMS

dilīpaḥ — named Dilīpa; tat-sutaḥ — the son of Aḿśumān; tat-vat — like his father; aśaktaḥ — being unable to bring the Ganges to the material world; kālam eyivān — became a victim of time and died; bhagīrathaḥ tasya sutaḥ — his son Bhagīratha; tepe — executed penance; saḥ — he; su-mahat — very great; tapaḥ — austerity.

TRANSLATION

Like Aḿśumān himself, Dilīpa, his son, was unable to bring the Ganges to this material world, and he also became a victim of death in due course of time. Then Dilīpa's son, Bhagīratha, performed very severe austerities to bring the Ganges to this material world.

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