Chapter 42 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 42.7

तस्य चिन्तयतो नित्यं धर्मेण विदितात्मनः। पुत्रो भगीरथो नाम जज्ञे परमधार्मिकः॥

tasya cintayato nityaṃ dharmeṇa viditātmanaḥ| putro bhagīratho nāma jajñe paramadhārmikaḥ||

English Meaning

As that pious one furnished with selfknowledge was always meditating upon this, an eminently virtuous son was born to him named Bhagiratha.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)