भगीरथ: स राजर्षिर्निन्ये भुवनपावनीम् । यत्र स्वपितृणां देहा भस्मीभूता: स्म शेरते ॥ १० ॥
bhagirathah sa rajarsir ninye bhuvana-pavanim yatra sva-pitrnam deha bhasmibhutah sma serate
- 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.
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.