Shloka 1.41.20

अंशुमान्—अश्वान्वेषणम्, दिशागजसंवादः, कपिलदाहवृत्तान्तः, गङ्गोपदेशः (Anshuman’s Search for the Horse and the Counsel to Bring Ganga)

Devanagari script

भस्मराशीकृतानेतान् प्लावयेल्लोकपावनी।तया क्लिन्नमिदं भस्म गङ्गया लोककान्तया।।।।षष्टिं पुत्रसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोकं च नेष्यति।

Transliteration

bhasmarāśīkṛtān etān plāvayel lokapāvanī | tayā klinnam idaṃ bhasma gaṅgayā lokakāntayā || ṣaṣṭiṃ putrasahasrāṇi svargalokaṃ ca neṣyati |

Translation

Gaṅgā, purifier of the worlds, will wash over these who have become heaps of ash. When this ash is moistened by Gaṅgā, beloved of the world, she will lead those sixty thousand sons to heaven.

Context

Ganga, the purifier of the three worlds, will sanctify your uncles reduced to heaps of ashes. These heaps when inundated by waters of Ganga, beloved of the worlds, will take all the sixty thousand sons to heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• the sixty thousand sons (Sagara’s sons)
• heaven (svarga)
• ashes (bhasma)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma teaches that rightful remedies exist for grave consequences: purification and upliftment come through sanctioned sacred channels, not improvised substitutes.

What is the narrative situation?

Garuḍa reveals that only Gaṅgā’s waters can sanctify the ashes of Sagara’s sons and grant them ascent to heaven.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Hope grounded in śāstric-sacred order: faith that proper action (right rite, right medium) restores welfare.