Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 44, Shloka 6
गङ्गावतरण-समापनः
Conclusion of the Descent of Gaṅgā
गङ्गा त्रिपथगा राजन् दिव्या भागीरथीति च।त्रीन् पथो भावयन्तीति ततस्त्रिपथगा स्मृता।।1.44.6।।
gaṅgā tripathagā rājan divyā bhāgīrathī iti ca | trīn patho bhāvayantī iti tatas tripathagā smṛtā || 1.44.6 ||
ಹೇ ರಾಜನೇ, ದಿವ್ಯ ಗಂಗೆಯನ್ನು ‘ಭಾಗೀರಥೀ’ ಹಾಗು ‘ತ್ರಿಪಥಗಾ’ ಎಂದೂ ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಮೂರು ಲೋಕಗಳ ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳನ್ನು ಪಾವನಗೊಳಿಸುವುದರಿಂದ ಅವಳು ‘ತ್ರಿಪಥಗಾ’ ಎಂದು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾಳೆ.
O Lord of men! O King! you may offer the waters of Ganga here to all your ancestors and thereby fulfil your vow.
FAQs
Dharma is linked with purification and uplift across realms: the sacred is that which benefits broadly (not privately), symbolized by Gaṅgā’s reach through ‘three paths’.
The speaker explains Gaṅgā’s epithets and the rationale behind the title Tripathagā.
Loka-saṅgraha (holding the world together): the divine function of sustaining and purifying life in multiple spheres.