bhasmani = the ashes; atha āplute = were flooded; rāma = O Rāma; gaṅgāyāḥ = of Gaṅgā; salilena vai = by the waters; sarva-loka-prabhuḥ = the master of all the worlds; brahmā = Lord Brahmā; rājānam = to the king; idam = the following; abravīt = spoke.