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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.9.10
bhagirathah sa rajarsir
SYNONYMS
bhagirathah -- King Bhagiratha; sah -- he; raja-rsih -- the great saintly king; ninye -- carried or brought; bhuvana-pavanim -- mother Ganges, who can deliver the whole universe; yatra -- in that place where; sva-pitrnam -- of his forefathers; dehah -- the bodies; bhasmibhutah -- having been burnt to ashes; sma serate -- were lying.
TRANSLATION
The great and saintly king Bhagiratha brought the Ganges, which can deliver all the fallen souls, to that place on earth where the bodies of his forefathers lay burnt to ashes.
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