दिलीपस्तत्सुतस्तद्वदशक्त: कालमेयिवान् । भगीरथस्तस्य सुतस्तेपे स सुमहत् तप: ॥ २ ॥
dilipas tat-sutas tadvad asaktah kalam eyivan bhagirathas tasya sutas tepe sa sumahat tapah
- dilipah
- named Dilipa
- tat-sutah
- the son of Amsuman
- tat-vat
- like his father
- asaktah
- being unable to bring the Ganges to the material world
- kalam eyivan
- became a victim of time and died
- bhagirathah tasya sutah
- his son Bhagiratha
- tepe
- executed penance
- sah
- he
- su-mahat
- very great
- tapah
- austerity.
Like Amsuman himself, Dilipa, his son, was unable to bring the Ganges to this material world, and he also became a victim of death in due course of time. Then Dilipa’s son, Bhagiratha, performed very severe austerities to bring the Ganges to this material world.