Chapter 43 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 43.28

भगीरथोऽपि राजर्षिर्गङ्गामादाय यत्नतः॥ पितामहान् भस्मकृतानपश्यद् गतचेतनः।

bhagīratho'pi rājarṣirgaṅgāmādāya yatnataḥ|| pitāmahān bhasmakṛtānapaśyad gatacetanaḥ|

English Meaning

Having carefully brought Gargā, that royal saint, Bhagīratha, beheld his grand-fathers deprived of senses, and reduced to ashes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)