भगीरथो हि राजर्षिर्दिव्यं स्यन्दनमास्थितः॥ प्रायादग्रे महाराजस्तं गङ्गा पृष्ठतोऽन्वगात्।
bhagīratho hi rājarṣirdivyaṃ syandanamāsthitaḥ|| prāyādagre mahārājastaṃ gaṅgā pṛṣṭhato'nvagāt|
English Meaning
And stationed on an excellent car that mighty king, the royal saint Bhagiratha, went first, and Gangā went at his back.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)