यतो भगीरथो राजा ततो गङ्गा यशस्विनी॥ जगाम सरितां श्रेष्ठा सर्वपापप्रणाशिनी।
yato bhagīratho rājā tato gaṅgā yaśasvinī|| jagāma saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvapāpapraṇāśinī|
English Meaning
Whither soever king Bhagiratha went, the famous Gangā, foremost of streams, capable of destroying all sins, went.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)