Chapter 42 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 42.16

यदि मे भगवान् प्रीतो यद्यस्ति तपसः फलम्। सगरस्यात्मजाः सर्वे मत्तः सलिलमाप्नुयुः॥ गङ्गायाः सलिलक्लिन्ने भस्मन्येषां महात्मनाम्। स्वर्गं गच्छेयुरत्यन्तं सर्वे च प्रपितामहाः॥

yadi me bhagavān prīto yadyasti tapasaḥ phalam| sagarasyātmajāḥ sarve mattaḥ salilamāpnuyuḥ|| gaṅgāyāḥ salilaklinne bhasmanyeṣāṃ mahātmanām| svargaṃ gaccheyuratyantaṃ sarve ca prapitāmahāḥ||

English Meaning

If, adorable one, you are pleased with me, if you would grant me the fruit of my asceticism, may Sagara's sons receive water at my hands; and on the ashes of those high-souled ones being laved by the waters of Gangā, may my greatgrand-father without fail repair to heaven!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)