रथेन वायुवेगेन प्रयान्तमनुधावती । देशान्पुनन्ती निर्दग्धानासिञ्चत्सगरात्मजान् ॥ ११ ॥
rathena vayu-vegena prayantam anudhavati desan punanti nirdagdhan asincat sagaratmajan
- rathena
- on a chariot
- vayu-vegena
- driving at the speed of the wind
- prayantam
- Maharaja Bhagiratha, who was going in front
- anudhavati
- running after
- desan
- all the countries
- punanti
- sanctifying
- nirdagdhan
- who had been burnt to ashes
- asincat
- sprinkled over
- sagara-atmajan
- the sons of Sagara.
Bhagaratha mounted a swift chariot and drove before mother Ganges, who followed him, purifying many countries, until they reached the ashes of Bhagiratha’s forefathers, the sons of Sagara, who were thus sprinkled with water from the Ganges.