Chapter 42 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 42.15

तमुवाच महातेजाः सर्वलोकपितामहम्। भगीरथो महाबाहुः कृताञ्जलिपुटः स्थितः॥

tamuvāca mahātejāḥ sarvalokapitāmaham| bhagīratho mahābāhuḥ kṛtāñjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ||

English Meaning

Thereupon that great car-warrior, the highly powerful and mighty-armed Bhagiratha, with clasped hands, said to the grand sire of all creatures,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)