श्रीशुक उवाच अंशुमांश्च तपस्तेपे गङ्गानयनकाम्यया । कालं महान्तं नाशक्नोत् तत: कालेन संस्थित: ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca amsumams ca tapas tepe ganganayana-kamyaya kalam mahantam nasaknot tatah kalena samsthitah
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- amsuman
- the king named Amsuman
- ca
- also
- tapah tepe
- executed austerity
- ganga
- the Ganges
- anayana-kamyaya
- with a desire to bring the Ganges to this material world to deliver his forefathers
- kalam
- time
- mahantam
- for a long duration
- na
- not
- asaknot
- was successful
- tatah
- thereafter
- kalena
- in due course of time
- samsthitah
- died.
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: King Amsuman, like his grandfather, performed austerities for a very long time. Nonetheless, he could not bring the Ganges to this material world, and thereafter, in due course of time, he died.