Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 43: Gaṅgā Descends to the Earth
Text 1.43.44
भगीरथोऽपि राजर्षिर्गङ्गामादाय यत्नतः।
पितामहान्भस्मकृतानपश्यद्दीनचेतनः॥
bhagīratho ’pi rāja-rṣir gaṅgām ādāya yatnataḥ
pitāmahān bhasma-kṛtān apaśyad dīna-cetanaḥ
bhagīrathaḥ api = Bhagīratha; rāja-ṛṣiḥ = the saintly king; gaṅgām = Gaṅgā; ādāya = having brought; yatnataḥ = with much endeavor; pitāmahān = his grandfathers; bhasma-kṛtān = who had been burnt into ashes; apaśyat = saw; dīna-cetanaḥ = with a sorrowful mind.
Having brought Gaṅgā with much endeavor, the saintly King Bhagīratha, with a sorrowful mind, saw his grandfathers who had been burnt into ashes.